Businesses that qualify to be Associate Members can join the Greater Hamilton Chamber for $150 per year and have full membership benefits.
“(We’re) aking a number of steps to work more regionally and in partnership with all of the other Chambers in Southwest Ohio,” Grubb said. “Our businesses understand that there are many issues that don’t stop at political boundaries and that it is in the best interest of businesses regionally to work together.
As an example, Grubb said nearly all businesses in our region are struggling with filling their workforce needs.
“Rather than creating initiatives at every chamber, including the five chambers in Butler County, it makes sense for us to work cooperatively,” she said. “As a part of this effort, it’s especially important for small businesses to be able to participate in the process with their peers in multiple locations but it becomes financially burdensome to join chambers across the region.”
For that reason, Greater Hamilton Chamber of Commerce felt that an associate membership tier would encourage small businesses from beyond its normal service area to be members of multiple chambers without creating any type of financial stress, Grubb said.
“This brings benefits both to those businesses as well as our stakeholders from the Greater Hamilton area,” she said. “Our stakeholders will gain exposure to more of their peers in the region which gives them an opportunity to learn from each other’s experience, grow their businesses, and become an even more important part of our community.”
In addition, those businesses that are from outside the chamber’s normal service area have an opportunity to connect better with the “significant potential” of the Hamilton market, Grubb said.
In addition to the Associate Membership Tier, the chamber recently introduce a Start-Up Business Tier that allows businesses to join the chamber for $150 during their first year in business. Membership then reverts to standard rate after first year of membership.
For more information, call 513-844-1500 or email tiffany@hamilton-ohio.com.
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