About Your Chamber
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The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is the driving force for one of America's premier business communities.
Aligning Business with Opportunity
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce is the fourth largest chamber in the state, with more than 1,300 business and individual partners. Nearly 90% of our partners are small businesses, the majority of which have four or fewer employees. In Bowling Green (Warren County), the Chamber serves a population of more than 108,000.
Economic Development
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce serves as the lead economic development organization for the Kentucky Transpark, Bowling Green/Warren County, and the South Central Kentucky regional marketing coalition.
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce participated in 21 economic development projects in 2010, announcing 1,653 new and retained jobs, and a capital investment of more than $241 million for the South Central Kentucky region. Additionally, these industry projects will generate another $140 million in annual economic impact for the region.
The Chamber is proud to note the achievement of these numbers, which are the highest annual numbers to date for South Central Kentucky. The Chamber's second highest numbers were seen in 2007 with more than $85.8 million in capital investment and 1,168 new and retained jobs. By comparison, the numbers for 2010 are 142% higher than those in 2007 in terms of announced project job growth. The 2010 announced project capital investment growth was 216% higher than that in 2004, the previous highest year.
Partnership Benefits
The Chamber has numerous programs benefiting our partners. While some programs assist and promote business, other programs help develop local business leaders into community leaders. Programs of the Chamber include
- Business Education Partnerships
- Strategic Business Alliance
- 5 Minute Networking®
- Leadership Bowling Green
- Chamber Orientation
- Non-Profit Orientation
- Coffee Hour
- Business After Hours
Legislative Activity
Every year the Chamber produces its legislative agenda for the state and national legislatures. Click here to read about the Chamber's 2011 Legislative Agenda.
In an effort to keep area residents informed about legislative activity during General Assembly sessions, the Chamber sponsors legislative forums that give interested citizens the opportunity to meet legislators. These forums are aired on Insight Communications, giving many Warren Countians the opportunity to keep up with legislative activity.
Also included in our legislative efforts are the South Central Kentucky Washington D.C. Fly-in and South Central Kentucky Night in Frankfort, Ky.
Awards and Recognition
The Chamber annually recognizes the Industry of the Year, the Small Business Person of the Year, and the ATHENA Award recipient, as well as the ATHENA Young Professional Award recipient.
Relocation
The Chamber answers more than 7,000 inquiries about Bowling Green and Warren County annually.
