The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce is a member-driven organization that serves its members by helping to create and sustain a healthy economic climate for the Durham community.
This community impact report details the activities the Chamber has been involved in from January 2023 - July 2023.
Totaleventsfrom January-July2023
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce is committed to producing and executing content heavy, relevant, and worthwhile events for our members and community. From January 2023 - July 2023, we have executed 23 events. Details of executed events below.
January 12 - February 23, 2023
10 Attendees
January 18, 2023
40 Attendees
January 20, 2023
March 1, 2023
45 Attendees
Doing Business with RDU
March 20, 2023
28 Attendees
Playing Inside or Out, Disrupting Bias
April 12, 2023
80 Attendees Sold Out Event
Business Capital Readiness
April 17, 2023
15 Attendees
March 22, 2023
300 Attendees Sold Out Event
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce held its 2023 Annual Meeting amongst members, community leaders, and elected officials from all different industries and business sectorsonMarch22,2023. Highlightsfromtheeventinclude the NCCU Drum Line and Football Team, details of accomplishments from CEO, Geoff Durham, conversations with JB Buxton of Durham Tech Community College and ShaylaNunn-JonesofNovoNordisk,andupdatesfromAdam Klein, past Board Chair and Dr. Stelfanie Williams, present BoardChair.
DayattheCapitol
April 18, 2023
12 Attendees
RibbonCutting: CarolinaTrade&Loan
April 19, 2023
RibbonCutting:Volunteersof AmericaSeniorCommunityCare ofNorthCarolina(PACE)
April 20, 2023
NewMemberOrientation
April 26, 2023
14 Attendees
SmallBizSeries
Simplifying your Marketing with Data and AI
May 15, 2023
32 Attendees
MeetMattinMay,NewVPof EconomicDevelopment
May 20, 2023
65 Attendees Sold Out Event
RibbonCutting:AriaCultural Center
June 6, 2023
MastermindSeries1.0
May 14 - June 15, 2023
2 Attendees
January 1 - July 31
23k
TOTAL FOLLOWERS
685
TOTAL POSTS
40% Email Open Rate
910 POST LINK CLICKS
+2.11%
TOTAL FOLLOWERS OVER LAST YEAR
4.1k
TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS
Our mission is to create and sustain a healthy economic climate for the Durham community by coordinating economic development efforts and activities between businesses and State, County, City, and other local officials and entities.
RecruitmentActivities
24
Submitted RFIs
6 Leads Generated
4 Site Visits
6 Project Meetings
The Chamber Is the voice of business throughout Durham. We monitor and advocate for issues affecting our community, region, state, and nation.
36 City Council Meetings Attended
24 Board of County Commissioners Meetings Attended
8 City-County Planning Commission Meetings Attended
9 Joint Meetings Attended
Over 100 public policy related partner events and meetings attended
The Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce is out and about in the Durham and Triangle Community at large. Beyond executing our own events, the Chamber attends, supports, and promotes our community partner's events, engages and speaks with other organizations to spread the word on the Durham business eco-system, and serves on multiple boards and committees with the purpose to continue to excel the Durham Community.
97.9 The Hill
ABC11 Eyewitness News
Aisin North Carolina
AT&T North Carolina
Avison Young
BASF Corporation
bioMerieux Inc
Burt's Bees/Clorox
Carolina Theatre, Inc.
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
Clark Nexsen
CT Wilson Construction Co., Inc.
DMJ & Co.
Dominion Energy
Duke Energy
Durham Center
Durham Technical Community College
Eli Lilly and Company
Families and Communities Rising
Fidelity Investments
First Citizens Bank
First National Bank
Genentech
Hendrick Southpoint Auto Mall
Kompleks Creative
LeChase
Construction Services, LLC
Lee & Associates
Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Longfellow
LRC-Cordoba, LLC
LRC-GB LLC
Manning, Fulton & Skinner, P.A.
McAdams Company, Inc.
McDonald York Building Company
Measurement Incorporated
Merck
Meta
MHAworks Architecture
Morningstar Law Group
Nexsen Pruet
North Carolina Central University
Northwood Ravin
O'Brien Atkins Associates, P.A.
Olive & Olive, P.A.
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Precision BioSciences, Inc.
Radio-One Raleigh
RTI International
Samet Corporation
SEGRA
Sheraton Imperial Hotel
The Forest at Duke
The Streets at Southpoint
Thomas Judy & Tucker
Triangle Media Partners
Trinity Partners
United Therapeutics Corporation
Verizon Communications
Welcome Group, LLC
Wolfspeed, Inc.
WorkSmart
YMCA of the Triangle
