Dekalb Chamber Partnership

The organization provided many opportunities for members and the community to interact and develop relationship. Events included: 1) an annual meeting to recognize various businesses and individuals with awards for outstanding service and performance. Business awards include large business, small business, non profit and education. Individual awards include young professional, citizenship, and educator awards. 2) leadercast events where several local leaders speak on various topics important to the current business environment. One leadercast event is for women while the other event is for all individuals. 3) meet and greet opportunities are also available on a monthly basis to allow an individual business to open their doors to other members for information and socialization. 4) the organization also has a young professional outreach for young professionals ages 18-39. This program allows individuals to build peer- to-peer connctions and relationships. 5) the organization held over 40 events with over 1200 attendees. These events included state of Dekalb 2023 for cities and towns, non-profits and education, hr roundtables, duesy awards, golf outings, ai industries open house, dancing with the stars, career exploration day, prism women's conference, nonprofit roundtable meetings, safety council for safety professionals, and young professional social and networking events.