It used to be that businesses automatically joined their local chamber of commerce because “it was the right thing to do.” Today, however, it’s not an automatic decision for business owners to join the chamber of commerce. Instead, business owners ask, “Why should I join the Washington County Chamber of Commerce? What’s in it for me?” Both are fair questions.
First and foremost joining the Washington County Chamber of Commerce is an investment in the health and well-being of Washington County. We work to protect the investment you have made in your business. Our chamber’s mission is to foster and maintain a thriving business climate in which our members – and our community as a whole – can grow and prosper. The private sector is the driving force of any prosperous community, AND a community must have an excellent quality of life for its private sector to be fully successful.
Since its founding over one-hundred years ago, the Washington County Chamber of Commerce has focused on helping to create and support a prosperous private sector and a thriving community. We work on your behalf, every day, so you can focus on running your business.
Your business can benefit from the chamber’s stellar reputation. In a study done by the Shapiro Group and Market Street Services, they found that when someone knows a small business is a member of its local chamber of commerce, they were “44 percent more likely to think favorably of it and 63 percent more likely to purchase goods or services from the company in the future.”
We Find You Customers - The Chamber generated over 7 million leads last year, referred directly to you through our online directory. Add to that the 4,300 people who attended the Chamber’s 70+ events, and we represent a market that your competition can only dream of.
We Get You What You Need- A healthy business community depends on critical infrastructure for the delivery of goods and services. The Chamber leads a community-wide advocacy effort that has brought $16 million to Washington County and fought to protect another $18 million from being taken away.
We Make Them Listen - Representing over 560 business members - and 43,000 employees - the Chamber has a voice that policy makers cannot ignore. The louder our voice, the stronger your message with policy makers and in the media.
First and foremost joining the Washington County Chamber of Commerce is an investment in the health and well-being of Washington County. We work to protect the investment you have made in your business. Our chamber’s mission is to foster and maintain a thriving business climate in which our members – and our community as a whole – can grow and prosper. The private sector is the driving force of any prosperous community, AND a community must have an excellent quality of life for its private sector to be fully successful.
Since its founding over one-hundred years ago, the Washington County Chamber of Commerce has focused on helping to create and support a prosperous private sector and a thriving community. We work on your behalf, every day, so you can focus on running your business.
Your business can benefit from the chamber’s stellar reputation. In a study done by the Shapiro Group and Market Street Services, they found that when someone knows a small business is a member of its local chamber of commerce, they were “44 percent more likely to think favorably of it and 63 percent more likely to purchase goods or services from the company in the future.”
We Find You Customers - The Chamber generated over 7 million leads last year, referred directly to you through our online directory. Add to that the 4,300 people who attended the Chamber’s 70+ events, and we represent a market that your competition can only dream of.
We Get You What You Need- A healthy business community depends on critical infrastructure for the delivery of goods and services. The Chamber leads a community-wide advocacy effort that has brought $16 million to Washington County and fought to protect another $18 million from being taken away.
We Make Them Listen - Representing over 560 business members - and 43,000 employees - the Chamber has a voice that policy makers cannot ignore. The louder our voice, the stronger your message with policy makers and in the media.
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The Washington County Chamber of Commerce
1 South Potomac St., Hagerstown, MD 21740 Phone: 301-739-2015 | info@hagerstown.org | sitemap |
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