The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization of the business community uniting hundreds of business and professional firms, non-profit organizations and government entities, thereby creating a unique central organization working to improve business and build an even stronger community.

Supporting a healthy economic system is not the only function of the Chamber of Commerce. A healthy, growing community with a quality of life that contributes to companies and individuals who desire to work and live in Bowling Green is also an important ingredient of business success and expansion.

The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce has grown to nearly 500 investors, with more than 90% of them being small businesses. The strength of the Chamber lies in attracting the greatest number of investors, creating a pool of resources from which can be drawn ideas, influence, legislative power, energy and finances.

The Chamber's membership elects a 27-member governing board. This board approves all of the Chamber's Project Teams and councils. Without the time, support and dedication of volunteers, the Chamber could not possibly serve the needs of its investors.

CHAMBER HISTORY

The Bowling Green Chamber began with the Board of Trade that was formed in January 1905. In 1910 the Bowling Green Commercial Club was formed, and it wasn't until 1936 that the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce became incorporated and was chartered as a non-profit organization under the laws of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce shall be to support an environment for the development and success of business within the Bowling Green area.