What are your Areas of Interest?
Maximize your Membership!

Ambassadors:
Connect with fellow Chamber members and build business relationships with one-on-one personal calls to other members. Meets monthly.

Business Excellence Awards Committee:
Reach out and create the business and industry awards program everyone will be talking about.

Housing Committee:
Committee to address local housing issues and promote practices to enhance the local housing market and the community’s quality of life. Meetings begin in March and will be held as needed.

Environment:
Be on the front end of the Air Quality Improvement Committee. This group meets monthly to address environmental concerns. Via email, group also receives environmental information/alerts.

Government Relations:
Engage local, state and federal governments through briefings. You’ll receive legislative email alerts and will be invited to the Day on the Hill legislative trip to Nashville.

HR Focus Group:
Stay up-to-date and in the conversation on crucial employment issues. Meets monthly.

Operation Thank-You:
Network face-to-face with fellow Chamber members while distributing Chamber information packets in February.

Growth Discussion:
Join the dialogue on the challenges of growth and find out what you can do to shape a safe, strong, sustainable community.

Speed Networking:
Have a blast and turbo-charge your networking capability with this “everyone participates” roundtable format! Meets quarterly.

Tourism/Travel:
Volunteer to keep this important industry viable in our region by working to preserve the Scenic Highway 321 byway, explore geotourism/smart growth initiative, Preserve America program, and Cades Cove transportation alternatives.

Transportation:
Take your talents on the road with this important group that addresses crucial local and regional transportation issues.

Service to Existing Industry:
Put your interviewing skills to good use by assisting with the survey of existing business and industry, explore the feasibility of a manufacturing summit and launch a manufacturer’s association.

Technology Group:
For the tech savvy and the not-so-savvy. Get ahead of the technology curve with this new group that will address the latest trends. Help plan and host a special member event to share tech ideas. Group will also receive tech news from industry experts and the Innovation Valley.

Webinars:
Attend a top-notch business workshop from the comfort of your office or boardroom. Check this box if you want updates on times/dates for these virtual workshops presented by Harvard Business School and Kiplinger Business Institute.

Women In Business Focus Group:
Receive email notifications and reminders for this popular lunch series in which women pros share best practices and discuss issues relevant to their work. Meets quarterly.

Workforce/Education:
You will focus on human resources, workforce employer outreach and help plan the annual Job Fair. If education and workforce preparedness is your area of interest, there will be additional opportunities to connect with the new Blount Education Initiative.

Volunteers in Progress:
Be on the front end of economic development! VIP Members pay above the normal membership dues and receive special benefits and exposure for their business through exclusive economic development and social events.

Event Planning and Volunteer OPPORTUNITIES!

Job Fair - Help plan this event set for October 21st. Planning meetings begin in June.

Taste of Blount - Help plan this event set for September 18th. Planning meetings begin in May.

Earth Roundup - Volunteers are needed to work during this event on April 19

Townsend Festivals - Volunteers needed to work during several festivals/events such as the Smoky Mountain Pottery Festival, Townsend Spring & Fall Festivals and Winter Heritage Festival.