Membership Benefits
Networking
Build and strengthen your business network with Chamber members through Chamber events each year designed to build your business brand and attract clients.
Advocacy
We work to inform, educate, and advocate on your behalf with local, county, and state leaders. Provide input by serving on a Chamber committee. Ensure a pro-business environment that allows area businesses to flourish.
Learning
Grow as a professional through Chamber education resources. Participate in professional development programs, seminars and business training. Receive discounted training, counseling and mentoring.
Community
A strong local economy creates a better quality of life for its residents. Recruit new employees on the Chamber website. Become a Chamber Ambassador. Participate in volunteer opportunities with the Chamber.
Supporting Economic Growth
Your Chamber directly impacts local business environments and the local economy, a win-win for everyone.
Visibility
Get noticed as an active member and increase exposure through Chamber publications. Get a listing in the Chamber’s online and print membership directories. Participate in ribbon cutting ceremony.
Promotion
Your busines name is published in printed form and in our online Business Directory. Become a sponsor of Chamber events. Benefit from referrals. Take advantage of your enhanced business listing.
Credibility
Raise your reputation through membership. Display the Chamber’s window decal and membership plaque for clients to see. Use our electronic logo on your website, business cards and promotional materials.
Professional Development
Increase your company’s edge by taking advantage of our Professional Development opportunities including programs likes Leadership Glynn and the Ambassadors Program. The Chamber also partners with the Glynn County Board of Education, College of Coastal Georgia and Coastal Pines Technical College to provide training opportunities taught by industry professionals. You can have a direct impact on our schools and your future workforce.
Additional Benefits
Insurance Discount- Georgia Chamber SMART Plan
This plan was launched as a comprehensive health program offered to small businesses that are members of the Chamber or are a part of the Chamber Federation. Administered through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the plan allows smaller employers to join together and share in the overall claims risk. By being part of a larger, self-funded pool, employers have financial protection backed by Anthem.
Drugs Don’t Work
This program is designed to assist businesses in developing a drug-free workplace. GA employers certified by the State Board of Workers’ Compensation as having a drug-free workplace are entitled to a 7.5% discount on their workers’ compensation premiums.
SCORE
Whether you are in the planning stages or are ready to take your business to the next level, SCORE is here to help you with free mentoring and low-cost training. SCORE Middle Georgia is a non-profit resource partner of the Small Business Administration.
Certificate of Origin
A certificate of origin is a document issued by an exporter that confirms and certifies the country of origin of its products. A certificate of origin may be added to a commercial invoice that supports the listing of the country of origin by line item. We can assist in certifying this document.
Georgia Trend Magazine Life-time Subscription
All contacts of your company that are listed with the Chamber will receive a GA Trend Magazine for as long as you are a member. Subscription begins one month after joining the Chamber.
GA Chamber Federation Membership
Through the GA Chamber Federation, any business with 10 or fewer full-time employees who is a member of a participating local chamber will receive free Federation membership into the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. You will have access to the Georgia Human Resources Library, webinar series focused on small business education, savings tools for growth and tool to gain knowledge of the key legislative issues facing small businesses.
Mailing Labels
As a member, you may purchase a mailing list of members. This information includes company name, main contact and mailing address. The cost is $150. You must be a member to take advantage of this opportunity.