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Community Partnership: Catoosa County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Authority by Jodi Varnado
of Commerce has been serving
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Commerce, guided by President and
Business Expo, and five hundred
Catoosa and surrounding
CEO, Amy Jackson, is a membership-
individuals were in attendance.
he Catoosa County Chamber
The Catoosa County Chamber of
businesses were represented at the
areas for over ninety years, acting as
based organization led by an elected
an advocate and facilitator for the
Board of Directors who set the
changing challenges, the Catoosa
wellbeing of Catoosa’s community,
policies for the organization, and a
County Chamber of Commerce has
including local business, workforce
professional staff who implement
continued to grow. Forty-five new
education, economic stability, and
the Board of Directors’ objectives
members, including new and existing
tourism. With the effects of the
on a day-to-day basis. The Catoosa
businesses, joined the Chamber in
pandemic still lingering through our
County Chamber of Commerce offers
2021. The Catoosa County Chamber
local economy, the Catoosa County
membership programs and networking
of Commerce has a 95%-member
Chamber of Commerce has established
events throughout the year, including
retention rate, totaling four hundred
a valuable partnership with Catoosa
Showcase Catoosa Business Expo. This
business members. “We have a very
County’s Economic Development
annual event allows local businesses
active Chamber,” said Jackson. This
Authority to support community
to network with the community.
activity has encouraged Jackson to
awareness and growth.
On December 7, 2021, seventy-five
partner with the Catoosa County
22 // January 2022
Even amid a year of ever-
