Business Pledge

Dear Friend, Our Pledge to You Throughout 2015, the Franklin County Regional Chamber of Commerce pledges to promote your business or organization to the best of our ability. We pledge to represent you at all of the regional meetings and conferences we are invited to attend. We pledge to keep you informed of what we hear and how it might impact you and your bottom line. We pledge to deliver your voice to Montpelier. And, we pledge to come to work every day with the expressed purpose of making Franklin County a better place to work and live. That is our pledge. Our Request of You  We are a not-for-profit, membership organization. As such, we receive the majority of our funding from you - our members. We have no outside source for funding except for a few minor stipends to represent stakeholders in county and regional activities (think Health Connect and Champlain Valley Nation Heritage Partners).  Half of our funding comes from your membership dues and the other half from your sponsorship support in our three annual fund raisers. Our Annual Dinner, the Great Race Triathlon and the St. Albans Raid Half-Marathon are recognized as integral parts of the culture and promotion of our county. We are not here to make money and all that we take in goes right back into the business community in the form of education, business development, programming and charity. But, we must pay our staff and keep our office open and we can't do that without you. So, our request is that you not only renew your membership but that you also consider adding at least one additional package to your renewal. We have sponsorship and advertising packages to meet every need. We have added packaging incentives in the form of discounts if you bundle everything today. We will be happy to talk to each individual to help build a package where you will see tremendous return and value.       Our Thanks to You Over the next couple of weeks you will be receiving an envelope from the Franklin County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Please take a moment to read our offer, complete your registration form and submit your payment. This year we are even prepared to accept monthly installments if that helps with your cash flow. We thank you for your support and encouragement for all that we were able to do in 2014. Our job is not done, we need your strong support in 2015 so that we can continue to serve you. Please contribute generously.

Did You Know? The SS Savannah was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It carried the name Savannah at the demand of the shipbuilder to support his city and the Chamber of Commerce that so willingly supported him.

Thank you for your continued support of the Chamber in your community.

Dave Southwick