Chamber History
Long, Successful Tradition
Blount County was a growing regional business center over a century ago, and the Chamber worked hard through one decade after another as the community prospered. Today, Blount County and the Chamber are home to hundreds of small stores, small industrial shops, professional service providers, large-sized retailers and corporations of nearly every size.
Blount County has a long, successful tradition as a business-friendly community, and the Blount County Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to maintaining that tradition, as it has for more than 100 years.
History
Formed in 1920 by the Kiwanis Club, the Blount County Chamber of Commerce now has more than 1,000 members working together to develop a robust economic base.
The voice of the business community, active here since 1920, is fully supported by the Chamber membership.
The Chamber is the eyes, ears and voice of the business community. We work daily with local and regional governments and business-related agencies to protect business interests and to keep the community healthy through a vital commercial sector.
The Chamber serves the business community through a wide variety of programs and services from quarterly mixers, networking coffee clubs and ribbon-cutting ceremonies for new businesses, to marketing assistance, business expos and business recruitment, which is the life blood of any prospering community.