EVENTS COMMITTEE: Every year the County Chamber hosts several community events and meetings including the Annual Pasta Calamari Dinner, Quarterly Awards Luncheon, Farm City Awards Banquet, Annual Installation Awards Dinner, Farm Safety Camp and the Bi-Annual Economic Development Manufacturing Summit. A new event project in the works is the Annual Chambers Roundtable Awards Luncheon. A substantial portion of the proceeds from these events is donated to community organizations such as the Boy Scouts, Castle Air Museum, California Highway Patrol Sober Grad Program and the Merced County Schools ROP programs.

BUSINESS ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (BAC)

The Business Advocacy Committee of the Merced County Chamber of Commerce was established on April 1st, 2004. The purpose of the BAC is to be a business advocate and effectively address prescribed issues that affect Merced County Business and Economic Development. The objectives of the BAC include, but are not limited to: encourage county-wide and surrounding community participation, promote business information programs, participate in the Legislative process regarding business issues and support other business advocacy councils in the community as well as the State. Identify and publicize issues affecting County Business, Economic Development and Smart Growth and Maintain the highest level of management integrity of all projects and campaigns. The BAC may do everything it considers necessary and desirable to carry out these objectives consistent with its stated purpose and as approved or ratified by the County Chamber Board of Directors.

CHAMBERS ROUND TABLE

For almost a century the City Chambers of Commerce and the County Chamber have been a driving force in the communities of Merced County and the Central Valley. Now more than ever, we are all committed to our communities and our business members, our agricultural members and our youth. We have all grown to become major players in our communities, not only as business and youth advocates, but also as official voices for our Central Valley.

For over thirty years the Merced County Chamber’s Roundtable whose membership is comprised of the City Chambers and the County Chamber have pledged to make all of our Chambers stronger by working together. This will help guarantee a “Cohesive Voice” by which we can help each other relay Business and Smart Growth concerns and solutions from a City level to County level, thus aiding our communities in their endeavors to be a “focused force” in Sacramento and throughout California.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

The new Merced County Chamber Education Committee is partnering with such great educational teams as the Merced County Schools, UC Merced and Merced College to help our community produce a better-educated workforce to support the economic vitality of our valley. The County Chamber is a charter member of the Merced County School’s P-16 Council, which is one of the pioneering programs in this challenge. The Education Committee as well supports such curriculum as the “Teacher of the Year” and the “Students of the Year” programs.

STATE FAIR COMMITTEE

For over eighty years, the County Chamber has created a beautiful County Exhibit at the California State Fair. The exhibit is a proud representation of our beautiful Merced County that is viewed by over a million visitors to the Fair. For several years the County Chamber has shared the project with the County Schools ROP programs donating over eight thousand dollars. We will carry on this wonderful tradition.

For the past few years the participation in the program has declined to approximately 35 counties out of the 58 counties in California. The Merced County Chamber is a member of the California State Fair Exhibits Steering Committee and together with several other counties on the committee we are working together to regain the participation of these counties.

PAST PRESIDENTS CLUB

All the members of the Past Presidents Club are Past Presidents of the Merced County Chamber of Commerce. Once a year they host a Past Presidents Bar B Q to celebrate the wonderful 100 year history of the Chamber. They share stories from as far back as 50 years ago and enlighten the current leaders and members of the Chamber with their wisdom. It is an experience you will not forget.

MERCED COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
A COUNCIL OF COHESIVE VOICES

If you would like to volunteer for a committee, please call the Chamber at
(209)722-3864
or e-mail us at
info@mercedcountychamber.com