Category Chamber News & Updates

2023 was a big year for Southern Palmetto! It marked the 45th sapphire anniversary of our  Regional Chamber of Commerce and the first full year of operations for our non-profit Foundation. The Chamber board made a strategic bet on the…

At Southern Palmetto, we are enjoying the early days of summer, while we gear up for some of our biggest Chamber events of the year in the months ahead. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to get out to…

Yesterday was deadline day and we are feeding on the excitement that has come through from the program applicants for second cohort of Propel Business Lab. Last Thursday was an equally frenetic day with our first Propel pitch competition, with 17 of…

We are continuing to see excitement around our new schedule of events, with a sold out crowd of 150 in attendance at our first annual Blessing of the Crops last month on March 23. It was a beautiful evening celebrating regional ag…

Since our last news update, we have been VERY busy at the Chamber doing a ton to support local businesses! On February 9th we were excited to have one of our largest Chamber audiences of nearly 200 attendees at Sweetwater County Club for…

I am extremely excited to jump into the driver’s seat this month as President/CEO of the Chamber and Foundation! I have hit the ground running with two new staff members joining me this week, Enterick Lee and Rebekah Grubbs. Enterick…

We are happy to unveil our new logo and look at the Southern Palmetto Regional Chamber! This follows several exciting organizational developments, including the addition of the Southern Palmetto Foundation which is a new 501(c)3 non-profit organization that will work…