Chamber
Membership Application
Benefits of Membership
Networking and New Business Contacts to help your
business grow such as:
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Contacts with prospective customers and clients though monthly
Chamber meetings attended by prominent members of the business
community.
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Attend
informal “Business After Hours” functions where
Chamber members relax and get to know each other.
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Opportunities
for membership in working committees addressing community
concerns and membership issues.
Opportunities
to Publicize and Grow your Business
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Display your brochure and/or business cards at the Chamber
Office Visitor’s Center. We have hundreds of visitors
every year! Don’t miss this opportunity to promote your
business.
- Referrals
are a daily occurrence, and we promote our Chamber members.
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A listing and link on the Chamber Office on our website at
www.pocomoke.com
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Listing in the Pocomoke Area Business to Business Directory/Business
to Customer Directory. This popular members-only publication
allows our members a head start on new business while encouraging
repeat customers with easy access to their contact information.
The publication is distributed to local realtors, Visitor’s
Center, City Offices, Chamber Office, and in the Welcome Wagon
Packages.
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Welcome Wagon services provided by the Chamber – members
can submit information for inclusion.
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Opportunity to showcase your business by hosting a “Business
Afterhours” networking event.
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News Release and Press Release assistance and Calendar Events
submissions online.
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Member to Member notification of your special events, via
email blast. (6 included annually)
Money
Saving Opportunities
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Reduced pricing for copy services, including color copies.
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Member to Member Discount Program.
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Member
Discounts at events such as Cypress Festival, Educational
Seminars, etc.
Informational
Updates
Our Chamber’s membership with the Maryland Chamber brings
you more up-to-date information on topics that you need, which
are of interest to the business community and your bottom line.
Business Educational Seminars Series and Informative Speakers
at our General Membership meetings.
News services are being offered as the need arises. Your voice
counts, and we listen.
We work hard for your Business
The Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce is organized to achieve
the objectives as stated in our Articles of Incorporation. “The
purpose for which the Corporation is formed and the business or
objects to be carried on and promoted by it are as follows:
The advancement of the civic, commercial, industrial and agricultural
interests of
Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, and the surrounding
territory; the
promotion of the general welfare and prosperity of Pocomoke City
and its surrounding
territory, and the stimulation of public sentiment to these ends;
and the providing of
such social features as will promote these purposes.”
Critical
success factors of the Chamber of Commerce
- Seek
active participation from members by providing a forum to
share information, resources, ideas, and expertise.
- Become
self-sustaining by increasing the number of members and by
finding alternative sources of funding.
- Assist
the city business development, along with being a direct contact
for potential new businesses.
- Promote
tourism, emphasizing the local shopping, dining, lodging,
fishing, and golf.
Mission
Statement
The Pocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce will provide one voice for
the shared need of member companies by identifying and prioritizing
that affect and provide solutions through combined resources.
The purpose of the Chamber of Commerce shall be to represent and
support local business with government, education, and economic
development organizations with emphasis on increasing member’s
productivity and profits.
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