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what we do.

The mission of the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce is to enhance and develop the economic vitality of businesses through community leadership, education, advocacy, and relationship development.

Chamber membership can boost your community image and increase your sales. But you don’t have to take our word for it. Results from a national survey conducted by the Atlantabased Schapiro Group show that your Chamber involvement can turn into revenue for your business. Two-thirds of consumers believe Chamber members are reputable, trustworthy companies using good business practices, care about their business, and are involved in the community. That’s good company to keep!

The El Dorado Chamber of Commerce is a resource for reliable business information. Across the country, people use chambers of commerce as a primary resource for visitors, relocation, business and community information and more! Our office receives dozens of calls and emails each month requesting the names of businesses who provide specific products and services, and the Chamber provides referrals for our members, a member-only privilege.

"We have been impressed with the Educational Seminars that the chamber has conducted. We have benefitted financially from attending, learning and implementing. "

-Bruce Carselowey, Owner Walnut Valley Packing LLC

Starting a new business? Want to improve on your already existing business? Business counseling

through the El Doado Chamber can help! We have partnered with our local SCORE chapter and KSBDC

to bring valuable benefits to our membership.

SCORE Wichita -SCORE is America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs and small businesses. SCORE Wichita provides face-to-face business mentoring and

workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. As a member of the Chamber,

we can help connect you with these active and retired business men and women, providing you

with free and confidential business counseling.

Kansas SBDC

The broad mission of Kansas Small Business Development Center at Emporia

University is to help start-up and existing businesses grow and prosper. The center serves

individuals interested in starting or expanding a business through training seminars and workshops, free tools and templates, and one-on-one consulting

right here in our Chamber office.

INVITATION FROM THE CEO

Welcome to the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is here to serve you and your business with programs and services to assist in your success while working to sustain a strong and vibrant community.

We invite you to become part of the Chamber, a membership-driven organization where volunteers are a key component to our success. Through the wisdom, time, talent and expertise of our committees and board, we accomplish things that move our mission forward and help our members reach their potential.

Membership in the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce offers many valuable tools and resources designed to encourage business growth and prosperity. Members are part of a dynamic network of local businesses with similar community interests.

As a Chamber member, you’ll benefit from opportunities designed to help ensure your success. Better still, you will enjoy the sense of community pride and satisfaction of joining other businesses in making this great city even better. Join us and together we can accomplish more.

Susie Carson

A recent Schapiro Study survey reveals that being active in a local chamber of commerce is an effective business strategy. If respondents know that a business is a member of its local chamber, the business enjoys:

49% increase in its consumer

favorability rating

73% increase in

consumer awareness

68% increase in its

local reputation

80% increase in the likelhood that consumers will patronize thier business in the future.

80% Increase consumers will patronize their business in the future,

With the El Dorado Chamber of Commerce you get advocacy, networking, exposure, and shared resources. Dues are an investment, not a contribution.

*Membership dues are 99% tax deductible as a necessary business expense, please refer to your accountant for details.