Member Benefits
The Chamber promotes the economic, recreational, and historical attributes of the Greater Grand Ledge area.
Being a member of the Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce adds prestige to your business, solidifies your standing in the business community, and sets your business above the rest. Your Chamber membership helps you and your business gain visibility and connect with potential customers, save money on needed products and services, build a network, reach out through unique marketing opportunities, and enhance your professional skills and knowledge. Membership also provides a sense of community and belonging to you and your staff, a feeling like you are a part of something special.
The yearly price to join the chamber and support all that we do for the community are as follows:
- Business Membership - $250 per year
- Non-Profit Business Membership - $130 per year
- Friends of the Chamber - $85 per year (individuals)
- Friends of the Chamber is a special membership category designed exclusively for individuals who wish to support the Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce without representing a business or organization. This category is intended for:
- Retired community members
- Former business owners
- Local residents who want to support Chamber initiatives
- Individuals who want to stay connected but are not promoting or operating a business
- To maintain fairness and consistency across all membership levels, the following policy applies:
- Membership Classification Policy
Any individual who owns, operates, manages, or represents a business—whether full-time, part-time, home-based, freelance, or independent—must join the Chamber under the appropriate Business or Nonprofit membership category.
- Membership Classification Policy
- The Friends of the Chamber membership:
- Does not include business promotion
- Does not include visibility in the Member Directory
- Does not include access to business marketing or advertising benefits
- Cannot be used by businesses or business owners as a substitute for Business Membership
- This ensures:
- Consistent application of member benefits
- Fairness to all Chamber business members
- Integrity and sustainability of the Chamber’s membership structure
- This ensures:
- If You Are a Business Owner
- If you own or operate a business (including home-based or part-time businesses), please register under:
- Business Membership – $250/year
- Nonprofit Membership – $130/year (for qualifying organizations)
- These levels include full access to business-related benefits, visibility, networking, and sponsorship opportunities.
- If you own or operate a business (including home-based or part-time businesses), please register under:
- Friends of the Chamber is a special membership category designed exclusively for individuals who wish to support the Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce without representing a business or organization. This category is intended for:
Visibility and Connection
- Alphabetical and categorical listings on the Chamber's online Member Directory as well as an exclusive members-only opportunity to advertise your business on the Chamber’s website, social media, and eNewsletters. As an added benefit, the Chamber’s website is search engine optimized for all major engines, so people throughout the community and around the world can find information about your business, even if they do not search for the Chamber and whether or not your business has its own website.
- Membership sticker to let all who visit your location know that your business is a member of the Chamber.
- Sponsorship and networking opportunities with our community events
- Coffee & Conversation Networking Events
- Mix & Mingle Networking Events
- St. Patrick's Day Parade
- Annual Chamber Award Dinner
- Spring Fling Business Expo
- Market on the Grand
- Music in the Park Concert Series
- Yankee Doodle Day
- Movie in the Ballfield
- Annual Golf Outing
- Grand Ledge Fall Festival
- Grand Ledge Beer Fest
- Bridge Street Trick or Treat
- Night Lights Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting Festivities
- Ribbon Cuttings to meet the newest members of the Chamber.
- FREE vendor spot at our Business Expo event
- FREE outreach spot in the plaza for Bridge Street Trick or Treat event
- Breakfast and networking at Coffee and Conversation Meetings
- Monthly Mix and Mingle networking events
- Opportunities to share news about your business on the Chamber website and social media
- The opportunity to post job openings on our website at no cost which can be seen by job seekers worldwide all day everyday.
- First hand pick to sponsor events
- Top placement behind sponsors in 3 parades the chamber hosts for the community
- Member to member referrals
- Access to speakers, training, and educational opportunities at Chamber events that will help you to grow your business and enhance the skills that make you more in demand as a professional.
- Email notices about Chamber events and happenings to keep you current, well informed, and able to take advantage of business-building opportunities.
- Leadership Development classes
- Goal Setting Seminar
Treatment of Members and Volunteers
The Grand Ledge Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has a policy that expresses their expectations regarding how members and volunteers are to be treated. The policy states:
- With respect to interactions with members, those applying to be members, and volunteers, the Executive Director or other board designee shall not cause or allow conditions, procedures, or decisions that are unsafe, undignified, unnecessarily intrusive, or that fail to provide appropriate confidentiality or privacy.
If a member or volunteer believes they have not been accorded a reasonable interpretation of their rights under this policy, please contact the Board President.
