PROGRAMS & SUPPORT
The Grandview Chamber’s highest honors recognize individuals, and businesses & their teams for outstanding support, innovation, and leadership, along with building improvements made inside or out.
At the Annual Awards Ceremony recognition is given for:
• New Business Investments
• Milestone Anniversaries
• Thumbs Up Award for Social Engagement
• Chamber Champion - the most valuable volunteer/partner of the Chamber
• Golden Scissors for attending the most Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies
The Chamber’s Annual Awards Ceremony is a wonderful evening of networking and celebration. The evening includes a wonderful dinner and drinks, plus it is a time to raise funds for the Chamber through raffles and auctions.
A program follows with thanks to outgoing Directors and the announcement of the new Directors and officers of the Chamber Board. Then it is on to the awards when we honor businesses and individuals for Social Engagement, Ribbon Cuttings, Volunteerism, and more.
The Awards Ceremony provides an opportunity to reflect on what the Chamber accomplished in the past year and inform members of the Board’s plans for the coming year. Awards are presented. Board members (current, incoming, and retiring), Ambassadors, committee members, and new Chamber members are recognized.
The GRANDYs Annual Awards Dinner
The Grandview Chamber of Commerce offers many opportunities for businesses to connect and do business with one another. The opportunities include networking, offering specials and discounts, blog posting, and more.
• Monthly Morning Connections & Connect After Hours: A chance to spotlight your business at this pm or am event
• Quarterly Leadership Lunches: An opportunity for Rising Leaders to connect, learn, and experience
• Member2Member Deals: Online posting of specials and deals for other members to take advantage of
• Blog Posting: An online opportunity to post blogs about member’s businesses and knowledge
Morning Connections & Connect After Hours
Morning Connections: Morning Connections are networking events that allow a Business to open its doors to Chamber Members for the opportunity to show off its business and allow attendees time to meet and greet other members. One mixer is held each month on the second Wednesday of the month unless this conflicts with a holiday.
Sponsor: One business per month. The sponsor is responsible to provide some type of morning snacks and beverages. It is the Sponsors choice to offer some type of door prize.
Location: At the Sponsors location
Time: It will run from 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Connect After Hours: Connect After Hours are similar to our Morning Connections networking events, only they are held in the afternoon. Sponsoring business(es) host the event either in their place of business or at a local establishment. The sponsor provides complimentary hors d’ oeuvres and beverages or a cash bar. Chamber Members have the opportunity to host or cohost this event. If interested in hosting contact the Chamber office.
Member2Member Deals
Online posting in MemberZone of specials and deals for other members to take advantage of.
Blog Posting
An online opportunity to post a guest blog about Member businesses and knowledge on the Chamber’s website blog.
Business Collaboration
The Grandview Chamber offers various programs and educational opportunities to assist and help our Members. As a Member you have access to all of the following:
Constant Contact – Discounted services using this online marketing tool
Professional Training - Workforce Alchemy training and up to $1000 worth of tools available to ALL of our members in good standing who apply for and complete the Workforce Alchemy Challenge! Find more info here.
Edward Jones Services – Discounted rates for select programs.
Advertising Opportunities – Use the Chamber communication tools to market to different audiences
Grandview Pass - Chamber members can participate in our Grandview Pass for FREE.
Business Ribbon Cutting – Let us help welcome you to the Chamber or celebrate a new addition to your business
Constant Contact
Chamber Members can receive up to a 25% discount on the use of Constant Contact, an online marketing program. Email marketing is good for your business. $38-back-for-every-$1-spent kind of good.* And with a tool as powerful and easy to use as Constant Contact, you don’t need to be a marketing expert to see results.
Advertising Opportunities
Grandview Chamber members may place ads and information in our monthly e-newsletter, on our website, and our annual printed Directory & Community Guide. Adding information to our e-newsletter is FREE to our members. Website ads are limited and have a fee associated with advertising. Ads will be placed on the Event Calendar page of the Grandview Chamber website (the most trafficked webpage of the website). Directory & Community Guide ads are sold through TownSquare Publishing. An email will be sent out to all members in July or August for advertising in the upcoming Directory & Community Guide.
Ribbon Cutting
For Grandview Chamber members, we go all out! Invite your customers, partners, friends, and loved ones to join in the fun! We bring the ribbon, you provide refreshments and swag for a lasting impression! Here’s what is included in the Blue Ribbon Experience:
Blue Grandview Chamber Ribbon (We’ll bring the giant scissors!)
Optional Biodegradable confetti cannon (makes for great pics and video!)
We’ll invite Chamber and City leadership, and Chamber members
E-mail marketing campaign
Facebook Event Page (we’ll add you as a co-host)
Event Page on Public Calendar & listed on Upcoming Events on our website
Certificate of Appreciation
A post with photos and/or video of your Ribbon Cutting on our social media.
Not a member? The Grandview Chamber will host a Ribbon Cutting for non-members for a fee of $150.
We give our Members the Blue Ribbon Experience, but we offer a non-member Ribbon Cutting option, too! There is a $150 fee to host a Ribbon Cutting for non-members. Here’s what’s included:
Non-Member Ribbon (we’ll still bring the giant scissors!)
Invite City & Chamber Leadership