ten things you may have not known about your chamber

Ten Things You May Have Not Known about

Your ChamberKristen Smith,

Vice President for Advocacy & EngagementChapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce

Over 1,400 members strong & cover the entire

region We have over 1,400 members, most of them

with 10 employees or fewer.

Most of our members are in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, but we have members located all over the Triangle.

Did you know the University of North Carolina, OWASA, CHCCS, and over 100 nonprofits are all members of the Chamber?

We formally disassociated with the U.S. Chamber in 2009 over their position on health care.

We are members of the N.C. Chamber, N.C. Retail Merchants Association, and the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.

We have the “same last name” as other Chambers of Commerce

We save our members money!

… and we can help save you money!

We have a 16-point public policy agenda covering four main ideas:

Retain, Recruit, & Grow Employers Improve Regulatory Environment & Business

ClimateBuild & Maintain Infrastructure Increase participation and influence by and

of the business community

We Advocate for the Business Community

We created a green and sustainable certification program

Check out gogreenplus.org for more information!

We’re Helping Attract Talent

WorkInTheTriangle.com

Email Justin Simmons at jsimmons@carolinachamber.org.

You can rent our conference room!

Formed a partnership with the REALTORS Assoc. Visit ChapelHillREALTORS.com

$60 doctors visits and $10 prescriptions at Piedmont Health Services

We offer a Small Business Health Service

Did you know we have a charitable arm?

Thank you very much for inviting me to

speak! ksmith@carolinachamber.org919.357.9988@kcs_tarheel