Chamber Membership Drive

The Chamber's No. 1 priority is to grow our members’ businesses. Through a variety of resources and year-round events, we provide you opportunities to network with other businesses, engage in the community, increase your knowledge, build awareness, meet prospects and generate sales.

Through events year-round, you receive valuable strategic information to help improve your business and develop lasting relationships with business leaders, community trailblazers and elected officials. 

Monthly - We hold two chamber-wide networking events geared towards connecting you with other members.

• Business Over Breakfast gives you the opportunity to share your 30-second elevator pitch with the 100+ attendees in the room. Every 2nd Tuesday from 8-9:30am.
• Chamber After Hours allows you to walk around a new venue every month, chat with new and long-time Chamber members and enjoy snacks and a cash bar. Every 4th Tuesday from 5:30-7pm.

Annual - Our major events provide key information on what’s happening locally and are a great way to meet civic leaders, elected officials and all types of community and business stakeholders. 

• Inspired Women Luncheon (MAR)
• State of the County (APR/MAY)
• Small Business Resource Expo (MAY/JUN)
• Legends & Leaders (JUL/AUG)
• State of the District (AUG)
• Annual Dinner (SEPT)
• Golf Tournament (OCT)
• State of the City (OCT)

Complimentary with membership, we provide you with awareness-building tools that give your business a greater reach in the community. 

Member Directory: As a member, your business is automatically added to our online directory, which has more than 180,000 views a year. 

Member Marketplace: Members can make exclusive offers to other Chamber Members in our online marketplace.

Community Calendar: Members can promote free events, community functions and more in our online calendar. 

Member News: As a member, you can share press releases about your companies’ accomplishments, updates to business hours, or highlight unique services in the Member News section. 

Our Chamber Member groups provide a more intimate setting where you can create lasting relationships and build camaraderie within a specific interest area. There is no limit to the number of groups you can engage in. Building meaningful relationships expands your business' potential. 

Member Groups include:

• Chamber Ambassadors
• Asian Business Council
• Black Business Alliance
• Latino Business Alliance
• Veterans Business Council
• Women’s Alliance
• Young Professionals

In addition, you can join one of our four Networking Groups, where you can assemble contacts and generate leads. Each group has one representative per industry, allowing you to create strategic partnerships and promote each other.

The Chamber advocates for you and your business. We work with our local, county, state and federal elected officials as a representative for the business community. We also hold forums with elected officials, giving you the opportunity to directly communicate with your representatives.

As an active member of the Chamber, you’ll build relationships with community leaders and local influencers. 

All of our members, whether they joined five decades ago or just last year, will tell you that networking through the Chamber is one of the most valuable benefits of membership.

Stay updated on everything happening in the community. The Chamber provides content weekly to keep you informed on events and good news throughout greater Arlington. Whether it's celebrating a new business, highlighting successful business partnerships or sharing news on the public policy affecting the business community, we're here to keep you in the loop.

The Chamber offers two professional development sessions events each month. 

Business Resource Sessions – resources & tools to help you grow your business! Hear from and engage with industry leaders about how to grow, protect and efficiently run your business.1st Wednesday of the Month at 3:00 pm

Coaching Hour -  training and guidance aimed at helping you develop, grow and transform in and out of the office. Chamber Member Business & Life Coaches will provide workshops, assessment tools, and engaging presentations to improve your critical thinking, decision-making skills, help you identify obstacles, manage projects more efficiently, and more! 4th Wednesday of the Month at 3:00 pm

In addition, our member groups offer development opportunities through their unique events throughout the year. You can also find business guidance and resources with Small Business Scott: your friendly business development chatbot.

The Chamber invests in developing our community’s youth to build a strong future workforce ready to tackle the modern challenges Chamber-member businesses face. Our initiatives focus on enhancing academic achievement, developing college readiness, encouraging workforce preparedness and cultivating leadership, citizenship and responsibility.

This Chamber makes an impact on the community in so many ways. Whether its welcoming new businesses to the area, bringing together the leaders of our community to celebrate giving back and educate on corporate citizenship or playing a major role in bringing big projects to Arlington like the Medal of Honor Museum, your membership makes all of this possible. Your contribution, no matter the size, enables us to create a brighter future for everyone.