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Proudly serving the Villages of Galena and Sunbury

Berkshire, Genoa, Harlem, Kingston, Porter & Trenton Townships

Welcome!

The Sunbury / Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce is growing in activity, in size, and in influence. We are a team of business, professional and community people working hard to improve the business climate and the quality of life in our area.

The Chamber serves as a catalyst through which people work together for a better community. Collectively, we are able to accomplish activities which no one member can do alone.

We hope you will join us. Together we can have an impact. The Chamber needs every member's input to help assure that all is done to keep the best interests of the Big Walnut ommunity in front of those in a position to have an impact. 

Please take a few moments to complete our Member Activity Survey and return it to us.  Click here for a printable copy.

The mission of the Sunbury / Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce

is to foster, support and promote the business environment in our community.

The purpose ofour Chamber is to provide the members an opportunity to pool their resources to continually improve the enviromnent for conducting business in the area.

We will strive to accomplish this by:

• Encouraging the development of a local infrastructure that will support existing and new businesses.
• Promoting the area to prospective new businesses.
• Providing a structure for local businesses to identify their mutual needs, and collectively work to satisfy them.
• Cooperating with local government to provide, through zoning codes, practice and services, an environment that is consistent and encouraging to orderly business development in the community.
• Organizing and supporting civic activities for the benefit of community residents and to enhance the relationship between the Sunbury / Big Walnut Area residents and business community.

Membership Benefits include:

• Making contacts with other area busineess persons and community leaders
• Becoming informed about developments in our local area that affect your business
• Providing opportunities to promote your business through Chamber involvement in business and community affairs
• Using leverage of a large group to obtain lower rates on health insurance and other group sensitive services (Click here to view a list of member agencies who can provide group rating information).
• Promoting the area to attract other businesses, customers and new residents 
• Free membership mailing lists and labels upon request
• Discounted participation in the Annual Community Open House, Trade Fair & Health Expo held in the spring at Big Walnut High School
• Identify issues of importance to the business community, develop and advance pro-business advocacy positions.  Click here to view the Pro-Business Advocacy Policy and Request for Issue Advocacy form
• Sponsorship opportunities for the major Chamber hosted events throughout the year
• Advertising opportunities in our quarterly newsletter and the Chamber directory produced annually
• Use of ChamberMaster for updating membership database

Activities sponsored by the Chamber include:

•   Meetings featuring speakers on business growth, development, planning and other business                 and community topics
•   Publication of the Chamber Directory
•   Quarterly newsletter to keep members informed of Chamber and community activities
•   Hosting of area Candidates' Night prior to elections
•   Sponsor and coordinate the area's July Fourth activities
•   Business After Hours - social events which bring local business persons together informally
•   Bi-monthly breakfasts for networking between members and elected officials
•   Community Open House, Trade Fair & Health Expo
•   Annual Dinner Meeting for membership & silent auction to benefit Big Walnut Friends Who Share
•   Christmas on the Square Community Celebration
•   Sunbury Farmers' Market, mid-May through mid-October
•   Annual team participation in the Big Walnut Relay For Life

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