Membership Information

Joining the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce means taking a step for the good of your business.  When you join the Franklin County Chamber, you are making a commitment to support the efforts to achieve excellence in Franklin County through business initiatives.  In order to succeed in business, it takes dedication, determination, and a willingness to seek opportunities on every corner. 

 At the Franklin County Chamber, the goal is simple.  We want to help you succeed in your business.  We want to support you in ways that translates your hopes and dreams into reality.  You are an important part of the ongoing business successes in Franklin County.  We need your ideas and insight to build upon what we have already achieved. 

Involvement.   Get involved.  Here’s your chance for your company to have a say in the future of doing business in our county.  Get ready to shape your own destiny and gain ground on the pinnacle of success.  In order to do this, you have to take action.  As an interested member, involve yourself in the task of protecting the economic health of this community through your membership in the Chamber.

Ways to get involved:

• Networking Programs
• Social Events
• Community Service
• Volunteer Groups & Committees

Knowledge.  Perhaps the most compelling reason to join the Chamber is the benefit of tapping into the knowledge of fellow members and the Chamber Staff.  Together, they serve as an extension of your own staff.  Along with Chamber membership, you gain greater access to corporate CEO’s, community leaders and government officials.  You can feel the pulse of the business community.

Networking.  If you work with the Chamber, it will work for you.  Networking works and this is the place to do it.  From large companies to high-spirited entrepreneurs nurturing small businesses on the rise, you will encounter scores of other successful people at the Franklin County Chamber.  If you make just one life-long customer in your first year of belonging to the Chamber, your membership has more than paid for itself.

Personal Enrichment.  You can enrich your life, not just your business when you join the Chamber.  If you need a break from the everyday routine, want to make new friends and give something back to the community, the Franklin County Chamber is here for you.  You can catch the spirit of enthusiasm as you encounter Franklin County business leaders at work and play.

Enrichment Opportunities:

• Leadership Programs
• Community Development
• Friendships
• Food & Fun

Return on Investment.  The rewards you can realize on the nominal cost of membership might surprise you.  Your financial “return on investment” only scratches the surface of the true rewards of membership.

Member Benefits

As a member of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, you will be entitled to take advantage of a full range of services offered to our members. Services include:

Committees

• Our Business Committee works with entrepreneurs and industry alike to increase workforce development as an opportunity for expansion and growth within Franklin County.
• Our Membership Committee oversees Chamber membership recruitment and retention so that the Franklin County Chamber generates sufficient members and membership revenues to support needed program.  This committee is also responsible for scheduling the Business After Hours program and the annual Banquet and Silent Auction.
• Our Civic Committee seeks to build events and relationships that will improve life in our county through better cooperation between government, business, civic groups and citizens.
• Our Education Committee serves as a catalyst to spark the development of initiatives to strengthen partnerships between businesses and educational entities in the areas of education and leadership.

Schedule of Annual Dues