Profile: Grapevine Chamber of Commerce

WHAT IT IS 

• The Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization of citizens who are investing their time and money in a community development program - working together to improve the economic, civic and cultural well-being of the area.
• Any citizen who is interested in helping develop Grapevine (which means more money - more business - more jobs and better living for everyone) is eligible to be a member of the Grapevine Chamber of Commerce. The dues structure is designed to permit even the smallest business to be a member.
• The work of the Grapevine Chamber is financed by the investment of the members who support it on the basis of their ability to pay and their interest in the progress of this area.
• The Chamber is composed of Committee workers, Directors and Officers who serve without pay.

WHAT IT DOES

• The Grapevine Chamber of Commerce is a service institution and an organization. It provides a medium through which people can take effective action for the progress of Grapevine.
• It helps create job opportunities through stimulation of industrial and commercial growth.
• It seeks the improvement of community facilities - streets, highways, parks, schools, marketing facilities and human resources.

 HOW IT FUNCTIONS 

• The Grapevine Chamber of Commerce functions through working committees of the organization. Money, planning, inspiration and guidance are useless unless the members work on committees of their choice.
• Studies are made of community needs and an action blueprint, the program of work, is designed. The goal of the program is always to create more dollars and more people to improve the economic welfare of all. Every member has a voice in determining the policies and projects and every member is needed to work on active committees to get the job done.