Leadership Collaboration Advocacy
mission
The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce champions our community’s quality of life and economic vitality through collaborative leadership and sound business advocacy.
2023 Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Glenn Adams
Confluence Health
VICE PRESIDENT
Open
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Geoff Bailey
Goetz, Bailey & Yale
PAST PRESIDENT
Cheri Dudek-Kuhn
Coaching
DIRECTORS
Dorry Foster
Wenatchee Valley YMCA
Mina Gomez
Edward Jones
Kathy Handley-Nosek, Union Hill Cider
George Harter
CMI Orchards
Bryce MacKay
Bromiley MacKay Williams Law
Nalini Paton
Arlberg Sports
Simon Poole
Goodfellow Bros.
Jeff Rounds
Libke Insurance Associates, Inc.
Jay Smith
Express Employment Professionals
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Steve Wilkinson
About the Chamber
The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization that serves to represent and promote the interests of the businesses in our community. We engage with community partners and offer programs to strengthen the business climate in the valley. The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce also serves the community by promoting our area as a destination for business, sports, and leisure travel including tournaments, competitions, trade shows, corporate meetings, and conventions to maximize additional overnight visitors, visitor expenditures, state and local tax revenues, and job opportunities.
Vision Statement
The Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce is the leader in creating a more vibrant and prosperous business climate in our region. We unify our community around objectives that will strengthen and grow our local economy, build business diversity and improve our quality of life.
Be sure to take advantage of your Chamber member benefits!
Some of these benefits include:
Networking Groups
Cultivate your business through leads and referrals, build a support network and gain more knowledge of other industry sectors. Join today!
Mailer
Advertise your business or special event with a flyer in our monthly mailer that goes out to all 650+ members.
Banner Ads
Feature your business on our newlyupdated website.
We want to hear from you! Contact us at the Chamber to make a strategy for best-utilizing your membership benefits.
chelsea@wenatchee.org
1 MILLION CUPS
Wednesday, September 6th 8:00am-9:00am
137 N Wenatchee Ave Ste 101, Wenatchee
Join us in person at the Wenatchee Valley Chamber! Our September Presenters will be Steamers West and On The Rocks. On the first Wednesday of every month, we hear from two entrepreneurs and find out how we, as a community, can support them, empower them, and connect them to resources so they can grow their business. We will see you at the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce at 8AM, coffee is donated by Steamer’s West!
SEPTEMBER
THE CREPE HOUSE
Thursday, September 7th 4:00pm-5:00pm
619 S Mission St, Wenatchee
Join us as we celebrate the opening of a brandnew restaurant, The Crepe House! They are featuring some beautiful plates with espresso that pairs beautifully. If you arrive early, they are giving free samples, have giveaways, and some prizes so be sure to just us in welcoming a new business and business owner to our city.
JBe MARKETING
Wednesday, September 20th 4:00pm-5:00pm 23 S Mission St Suite A, Wenatchee
We are thrilled to have our new offices in downtown Wenatchee! Please join us for our official ribbon cutting and open house as we celebrate this step forward in our business adventure. JBe Marketing is a full-service marketing and communications firm. Join us, with your business cards, for lucky drawings, networking, and some small bites and beverages.
COFFEE & COMMERCE- STATE OF TOURISM
Wednesday September 20th, 8:30am-9:30am 137 N Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee
Tourism effects our businesses and our way of life here in the Valley We are bringing together the tourism directors of Wenatchee, Chelan County, and from the State of Washington Whether you are in hospitality, business, or a non-profit the exposure that tourism brings is part of our success as a community Join us at the Wenatchee Valley Chamber of Commerce for an informative discussion and coffee. Thank you to Jake Davison from American Family Insurance for being our presenting sponsor of Coffee & Commerce and making this possible..
ROCKEY REACH DISCOVERY CENTER
Thursday, September 28th 5:00pm-7:00pm 5000 State Hwy 97A, Wenatchee
Join us for a FREE monthly networking event hosted at the Rocky Reach Discovery Center. Explore four floors of stories, games, history, and art – plus big views of the Columbia River. Get eye-to-eye with a salmon migrating upriver in our fish ladder, steer a steamboat through a treacherous stretch of the river, get your hands on fishy innards (minus the slime), crank a turbine, and use your own power to make electricity, travel back in time to learn about the first people of the Columbia, and more! Guides will be on hand to lead guests on a journey to the Rocky Reach powerhouse to overlook the generation floor and discover amazing facts about hydropower. The Rocky Reach Discovery Center is located just seven miles north of Wenatchee at 5000 State Hwy 97A, on the Chelan County side of the Columbia River. It’s going to be epic! Register online at www.wenatchee.org
Good times for a good cause!
Sept. 21 • 6-8pm
Numerica’s East Wenatchee Branch 477 Grant Rd
All donations benefit Sage Advocacy Center. Sage works to end violence in the Wenatchee Valley through education, advocacy, and empowerment.
Good Beer
Good Music good food
good cause
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