The Chamber's monthly newsletter reaches over 1,200 professionals in the Great Bend area. Members can submit articles, photos, and calendar items, and the journal features affordable color advertising.
The Chamber offers year-round ways to meet local business and community leaders. Choose from weekly Chamber Coffees, After Hours, Legislative Coffees, the golf tournament, and FUEL Barton County events.
Each year the Chamber honors outstanding people and businesses with its Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, and NextGen Leader of the Year awards. Learn about each award and submit a nomination.
Showcase your business by hosting a Chamber Coffee or a Business After Hours event. Members can also book a free ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a grand opening, an expansion, or a new membership.
Share your events, news, and promotions with other members between the monthly newsletters. Contact the Chamber to be added to the distribution list, and send in your news items to be included in the email.
The Chamber website gives members online visibility through a searchable membership directory that feeds content to Google. A community calendar offers a free place to promote member events and promotions.
The annual membership directory is a handy desktop reference for community demographics, local government contacts, and fellow Chamber members. It is also available online in a searchable format on our site.
Chamber members can access the Chamber Solutions health plan, an Aetna level-funded medical plan with no open enrollment period. It is open to qualified member businesses with 2 to 100 employees in Kansas.
The Spray-Holt Family Board Room is a state-of-the-art Chamber meeting space for rent that holds up to 50 people. It includes a 54-inch flat screen TV, a buffet area, free Wi-Fi, and ample free parking.
Use the Chamber's informational resources, from city maps and sales tax information to church directories and rental contacts. Members can also distribute brochures at the Chamber and in relocation packets.
The Chamber's community calendar is a free platform for members to promote their events and promotions. Members can also submit calendar items for publication in the Outlook Business Journal newsletter.
Reach local customers with affordable advertising, including color ads in the Outlook Business Journal newsletter. The monthly flyer insert program also lets members add a flyer to the journal mailing.
Planning a direct mailing? Bring in a box of mailing labels and the Chamber staff will print the contact information for all other Chamber members on them at no charge. It is a handy free member service.
Over 140 members take part in the gift certificate program, keeping more than $140,000 local each year. Enrolling is free for members, with a 3% fee deducted at redemption to cover the program's costs.
