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Benefits and Services:
There are many benefits of being a Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce Member.  Below is a list of benefits that are offered to our members

Referrals & Information Center

Advertising

Business Services

Networking Opportunities

Promotional Opportunities

Community Development

Business Development

Government Relations

IT TRULY IS THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT’S YOUR INFORMATION BUREAU
It furnishes your up-to-the-minute data to help your business: facts on population, market potentials, taxes, salary ranges, employment practices, state and federal laws.

IT’S YOUR GOODWILL AMBASSADOR.
It tells visitors and callers about commercial, cultural, and recreational facilities, bringing new business to our area and increasing your enjoyment of the county where YOU live.
It helps local businesses obtain maximum benefit from tourism.
           
Referrals and Information Center

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce is a customer service based organization that receives thousands of requests each year for information and referrals.  The Chamber only refers its members to residents, newcomers, visitors and other business clients.   

Advertising

Membership Directory Listing:
Listing in our annual Membership Directory
Listing on our on-line Membership Directory with a link to your site.
Membership decal indicating to your customers that you support the business community.
Advertising Opportunities:

• Membership Directory
• Newcomer Packets
• Tourist Packets
• Membership Mailer
• “Vision” newsletter

Business Services

• Demographic Information Packets
• Membership Mailing Labels ($10.00 fee)        

Networking Opportunities

Monthly Breakfast
A place where People in Business Do Business.  The monthly breakfast is proven success to bring more than 50 business people together month after month to build business relationships.

Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting brings Chamber members together for dinner, entertainment, and an evening celebration of the previous year’s progress.  It also provides anticipation of the upcoming yea’s opportunities.  The Chamber’s annual report is presented to the general membership at this event.

IT’S YOUR SALES MANAGER . . . It sells your county, city or town, your products, your services, to people everywhere.

Promotional Opportunities
Work with the Chamber to help get your business the attention it deserves.
Participate in giveaways for special events and meetings.
Display your business promotional materials in the Chamber information office.
Have the Chamber schedule and promote a groundbreaking, ribbon cutting or groundbreaking ceremony. Send the Chamber a press release for an upcoming event so that we can publicize it on our website and announce it at our Monthly breakfast, and other meetings.

IT’S YOUR SPOKESPERSON AND ADVOCATE . . . Your voice on questions of taxation and legislation.  It represents you at legislative hearings and budget sessions.  It supports measures that are good for our area and opposes those which are detrimental.  It improves community understanding of the free enterprise system.

Community Development

The work of the Chamber is done through its committees and task forces.  The Chamber is active in many areas that have a real impact on the growth and development of Cherokee County, and consequently, on every company that does business here and every person who calls Cherokee County home.

IT’S YOUR BUSINESS AGENT . . . always ready to lend a helping hand.  It performs service to existing industries and business firms.  It conducts surveys and studies and helps create more payroll dollars for the area. 
IT’S YOUR TRAINING AGENT . . . It conducts seminars and workshops through TVA on subjects of concern and interest to business, and equips community leaders and business people with the tools they need to do business in the modern marketplace.
It provides small business management assistance through Jacksonville State University  counselors.

Business Development

Business Development seminars and workshops offer additional training for businesses, including community and business issues, as well as networking with other business people.

Governmental Relations

The Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce serves as an advocate for the area, working on the local, state wide and federal levels to ensure funding and positioning.  The Chamber also works in cooperation with the CCAA, BCA and other Chamber of Commerce.

IT ANSWERS YOUR MAIL . . . replies to  scores of inquires about:
the surrounding area . . .  your business and you.   It answers every inquiry fully - promptly -  courteously,  creating favorable impressions and building esteem for your business and you.

IT’S THE VOICE OF OUR COMMUNITY
It is the rallying point for every civic movement whose objective is the benefit of the entire community . . . the central organization in which you and your fellow businessmen and women join hands to promote the projects that benefit you, your family, your business, and your community.

IT MULTIPLIES OUR EFFECTIVENESS IN THE COMMUNITY . . .  By providing the structure, volunteer leadership, professional staff and full-time office operation to implement an effective program to meet the needs of a growing community.

Special Events held by the Chamber:

• Monthly Breakfast
• Home & Garden Show
• Corporate Games
• Golf Classic
• Ribbon Cuttings
• Annual Meeting

We promote and participate in:

• Municipality Events
• Club Events
• Renew Our Rivers Clean-up
• PALS Spring Clean-up
• JSU Field School Events
• Several Boat & Travel Shows promoting Tourism & Weiss Lake

We:

• Advertise our Chamber Members with local and surrounding media
• List your business on our web site
• Link your business web site to ours
• Provide Welcome packages
• Mail and email information to relocators, retirees, and prospective business owners
• Work with State Economic Development Agencies
• Provide Demographics
• Provide School classes with maps and literature

The Chamber is:

• A voluntary membership association of business people working to improve the economic and civic vitality of our community.

• A non-profit organization financed entirely by member’s investments.

• Independent of all other groups or organizations.

• A leading action organization.

• The Voice of the Business Community.

WON’T YOU JOIN WITH YOUR FELLOW BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
MEN AND WOMEN IN AN UNITED EFFORT .  .  .

• To make our area a better place to live and do business?

• To make doing business in our area - Good Business?

• To promote and preserve the free enterprise system?