Show Low Chamber of Commerce
Mission statement: To promote a successful business environment in the Show Low and White Mountain region.
The main function of a Chamber of Commerce is to promote interest in local business possibilities. The Show Low Chamber of Commerce provides an avenue for the business people in its community to create a positive business environment. It also provides the local business community with a vehicle to promote their region to the outside world for tourism or business investment, then serves to help people find their way when they arrive. The Chamber provides an opportunity for those people who create local jobs and drive the local economy to work with government and the public to build a better community. The community Chamber works closely with the municipal and regional governments. The provincial Chamber acts as an umbrella organization to lobby the provincial government on issues of mutual concern to all chambers, and the Show Low Chamber serves a similar role at a national level. The chamber speaks for the business community at public hearings, to the media and behind closed doors. They are the voice of business. When a business joins the Chamber they can learn about rising government issues that affect business, and add their voice to the chambers’ efforts to address them. Equally important is that the Chamber can then support them on the issues that concern their business. When a business joins the Chamber, they help make their community and their business healthy and prosperous. There are excellent networking opportunities at monthly luncheons and other special events providing businesspeople the opportunity to get to know their peers in the local community. There, they can interact, make contacts and give their business greater exposure to those who are its likely clientele.
Chamber newsletters keep businesses up to date on what is happening, not just on the government issues, but on community events and chamber activities. They also provide an excellent avenue for advertising directly to the most influential businesses in the community.
Because the Chambers are business organizations, they provide a number of benefits strictly geared to the business community. One of the key services is training. They can provide learning opportunities and seminars that help small business to operate more efficiently. Whether its computers or accounting (or both) the chamber can, at the very least, point a business in the right direction to get the information they need.
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