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Join Us All Year Long

Ribbon Cuttings celebrate and promote new and
relocated businesses throughout the year. Every event
the Chamber of Commerce provides for its members is
designed to encourage a climate of prosperity, growth,
and sustainability in Burke County’s business community.

Annual Events
Golf Classic – May
Whether you golf or not, there are ways to participate
in this annual tournament that brings together Chamber
members for a game of golf and opt-in Fantasy Cards
that fundraise, with prizes, to better our community’s
business environment.
Litter Sweep – August
Be united in your community for a cleaner Burke County.
This is a great opportunity for families, civic clubs,
church groups, and business sponsors to see how
much difference one person, one team, can make.
Prizes are awarded.
Business Showcase – September
Chamber members display their products and services
Chamber to local residents. “It’s a huge networking event for
people to meet each other, get to know each other and
build relationships with one another,” said Chamber
Services President/CEO Tonia Stephenson. “It’s so much easier to
do business when you first build relationships.”
Annual Meeting – November
Join us as we reflect on and celebrate our
Help Grow Business and Community accomplishments over the past year and what we
anticipate moving ahead. Business Person of the Year
and Business of the Year awards are presented.
Bi-Monthly Events
Emerging Leaders is the Burke County Young
Burke County business successes impact the region, state and, Professionals organization. We partnered in 2019 with
ultimately, the nation by contributing to a thriving economy. the Burke County United Way to create a steering
committee. We are supporting the young professionals
in our county and creating more opportunities for
T he Burke County Chamber of Commerce and marketing system, and mentorship from other networking and giving back to our community.
Burke County Emerging Leaders is open to all young
successful business members.
has played an integral part in growing
professionals ages 21-40.
businesses and bringing trade and industry
to the area since its founding in November 1945. A Members have access to other members’ contacts
chamber of commerce is a board of trade that acts as and opportunities for joint ventures with other local Coffee and Conversation gives local business leaders
a business network, working together to advocate on businesses. Businesses interested in Burke County opportunities to get to know elected officials and to
behalf of the business community. will benefit from membership with the Chamber as inspire dialogue on advocacy for sustainable growth in
it conducts research for the best location for the our pro-business environment.
The Chamber will assist businesses in all stages new business and verifies needed resources, raw
of development, from a single person entity to a materials, and transportation that are available. The
global corporation. Whether a business is a startup, Chamber also advocates on behalf of businesses
nonprofit, governmental or private corporation, through local government issues.
the Chamber will help you take it to the next level,
and beyond. The Chamber of Commerce provides training and
assistance to businesses working to increase their
We assist businesses with finding needed startup online presence. We take advantage of new virtual
cash, less expensive business insurance, resources, training and networking opportunities, allowing
products, and services to assist in the growth of the Chamber members to learn from speakers and
business. We also provide access to a networking industry leaders throughout the year.

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