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Why join the Yuba-Sutter Chamber? |
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Whether you own a business, are an employee, or are a community member, you have a stake in the future of Yuba-Sutter. Because the Chamber of Commerce works to promote a climate that will maximize business potential and profitability, your direct involvement in the Chamber can best assure your goals and interests are heard.
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Chamber Benefits Include: |
- Exclusive member referral
- Legislative and business advocacy on behalf of members
- Legislative Speaker Luncheons
- Direct Mail opportunity through our monthly mailer
- Complimentary listing in Yuba Sutter Visitor's Guide
- Member-to-Member Discounts with complimentary window poster to advertise your participation
- Complimentary periodic publication in Beale Air Force Base newspaper of your discounts to the military
- 110% Club promotion on website and in Business Today
- Weekly e-newsletter with updated information about the local business community, state legislative issues, Chamber activities and events, issues involving business organizations and groups that impact our local members
- Networking opportunities:
- Ribbon Cuttings, Grand Openings and Ground Breakings
- Business After Hours
- Business Connection Breakfasts
- Committee interaction
- Great Balls of Fire!
- Annual Dinner & Installation of Officers
- Ambassadors
- Member Appreciation Night
- Complimentary Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Employer Advisory Council membership
- Complimentary U.S. Chamber of Commerce membership
- Complimentary Certificates of Origin, under certain restrictions
- Chamber member mailing lists, labels, disks
- Complimentary display of your promotional materials in the Chamber office
- Complimentary monthly issue of Business Today
- Complimentary listing in Business Today annual membership directory, distributed to over 24,000 subscribers of the Appeal-Democrat and 900 Chamber member representatives
- Complimentary yearly listing under "Anniversaries" in Business Today, extra listings available for purchase
- Complimentary, mulitple category, no-charge listings in Chamber website Business Directory and live link to your website. Enhanced listings available for purchase, free to members with 5-years or more continuous membership. Website advertising opportunities available.
- "Shop Local" vendor festival opportunities
- High visibility and advertising value through event sponsorship at various levels
- Credibility: static cling decal to display in your storefront
- Advertising opportunity on the most "official" and recognized map of the Yuba-Sutter area
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- Complimentary KUBA & STAR 94.1 radio announcements
- Listing under "New Members" in Business Today
- Choice of one of the following
Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening - photo of the ceremony in Business Today
Free monthly mailer insert, OR
Free profile in Business Today - a $195 value!
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Chamber Services Include: |
- Visitor's Information and Visitor's Packet
- Relocation Information and Packet
- City and County maps
- Establishment and maintenance of area's tourism website (www.visityubasutter.com )
- Multiple tourism/visitor related publications including a farmstands tour , an brochure, a Historic Marysville Walking Tour, tourism video , and others, distributed by the thousands throughout the region and across the country
- Business and community resource and referral
- Support of special events which create new dollars and sales tax revenue
- Chamber Conference room rental to members and the community at-large
- Exclusive member referral
- Partnerships and affiliations with other organizations
- LEAD Yuba^Sutter (leadership training program)
- Candidates forums
- Four membership orientations annually with continental breakfast for new members, or attend for a "refresher" on getting the most from your membership
- Workforce Development Awards program offering more than $20,000 annually to help your employees with continuing education costs
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California Employer Advisory Council |
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Government and business keeping California Competitive! Every Chamber member, with their membership, is enrolled as a member of the local Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Employer Advisory Council (EAC). In partnership with the local Employment Development Department (EDD), the EAC assists employers by advocating local workforce development and training efforts, supporting veterans' stand downs and providing scholarships to local youth.
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Small business members of the Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce, by virtue of our membership in the U.S. Chamber, are U.S. Chamber members under a program implemented in 2006. Most benefits are redeemed online, and the U.S. Chamber offers various discounts with national companies as well as its incredible leverage for the voice of business in national governmental affairs.
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The Yuba-Sutter Chamber of Commerce belongs to and/or works with many organizations on a consistent basis. Your membership supports their work, as well. Among these are the following:
- The Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corporation
- Yuba Sutter Business Consortium
- Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau
- Marysville Business Improvement District
- Yuba City Downtown Business Association
- California Chamber of Commerce
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council
- Community Leadership Association
- Marysville Peikang Sister City Association
- Western Association of Chamber Executives
- Yuba College Small Business Development Center
- Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Employers Advisory Council
- Yuba City Economic Development Committee
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