As an active member and investor in the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, you play a vital role in the success of our community at large. Without your support through the Chamber, many of the accolades and accomplishments that make Gwinnett great could not have happened.

Here are just a few of the Chamber’s accomplishments of the past year that are a direct result of your investment in the community and your peer businesses through the Chamber.

Economic Development
We recruit companies and jobs to Gwinnett and help existing industry grow to improve economic opportunities for all. Thanks to our members’ investments, during the past year, our staff has:

• Assisted with more than 120 relocating and expanding companies, growing our tax base and our economy
  
• Added more than 12,500 new high-quality jobs, creating more customers and wealth
• Added more than $300 million in capital investments in the economy
• Provided more than 600 customized demographic reports, assisting local businesses
• Earned the State’s first “Entrepreneurial-Friendly” designation for a County with more than 700,000 residents
• Launched Gwinnett’s most comprehensive long-term economic development strategy, Partnership Gwinnett: A Shared Vision for the Future, in partnership with title sponsor Scientific-Atlanta, A Cisco Company and county, education, healthcare, municipal and business leaders

Community Development
We build stronger communities by focusing on top business, civic, and political priorities. Thanks to your investment of time and money, our staff, board, and volunteers have worked behind the scenes with our community partners to:

• Strengthen higher education through the creation of Georgia Gwinnett College
• Improved safety and traffic flow by lobbying for the Hwy 316/I-85 Interchange improvements
• Eased congestion and overcrowding through County and School System SPLOSTs
• Ensured continued economic opportunities and revitalization through support for Community Improvements Districts
• Honored Public Safety Employees at the first-ever Valor Awards
• Learned Best Practices for Gwinnett’s future through the first Strategic Leadership Visit to Fairfax County, Virginia with county, municipal and business leaders

Member Development and Growth
The Chamber is the only organization where we can leverage the talents and resources of our members to help each other succeed and grow each others business. With your help, the Chamber is able to provide the following to our members:

• An average of a $1,400 return on investment through customer referrals, member discounts, and more
• Access to more than 280 events each year for networking, professional development, and business growth
• The most affordable educational opportunities to grow you, your staff and your business
• Specialized seminars for owners/professionals in the technology, healthcare, human resources, workplace safety, and auto industries
• Savings of 7.5 percent on workers comp insurance by participating in our Drugs Don’t Work program
• Average savings of 5 percent off annual premiums for health insurance and 36 percent off retail prices for office supplies at Office Depot
• The largest Chamber-sponsored business-to-business trade show in Georgia
• Free marketing consultations, free customized mailing lists from Dun & Bradstreet, free Web site listings, and free publicity in the Focus Newsletter
• Strength in numbers - we added more than 1,000 new members through internal sales and our first-ever volunteer-driven membership and sponsorship campaign – placing Gwinnett among the top chambers in the nation for new member growth