Benefits of Chamber Membership

Grand openings & ribbon cuttings are promoted to all chamber members, press, members of the community and local government. The chamber provides luxurious red ribbon, photo opportunities for local press, and use of large ‘Chamber Scissors’.

The chamber utilizes its capacity to broadcast emails to members and the community to publicize your event. This makes a fantastic promotional opportunity usually covered by the Los Alamos Monitor and Los Alamos Daily Post. It also attracts local dignitaries and when combined with special customer/client opportunities offers great exposure.

Ribbon Cuttings are offered to new businesses and as requested by Chamber Members.

Place your print marketing materials at line-of-site locations within both the Los Alamos and White Rock Visitor Centers. Also, if you qualify, your materials will be distributed to key attractions and locations around town in our Only-In-Los-Alamos rack stands targeted to tourists and visitors of Los Alamos.

Find your business listed on our popular business directory. The directory is easily searchable and navigable with categories that allow seekers to find the businesses, products and services they are looking for. This directory lives on this website and at FYILosAlamos.com.

Tourists, visitors, and Los Alamos residents (including recently relocated individuals) visit the Chamber and Visitor Centers requesting information about local businesses and organizations. Visitors often request information about where to shop or have a great meal. Receptionists in all locations make referrals which are tracked. We always refer chamber members first.

Bring greater awareness to your business or organization by participating in any number of Chamber Events or events hosted by our partner organization Los Alamos MainStreet.

Jump into well attended and treasured community events like Chamberfest, ScienceFest, the Los Alamos Fair & Rodeo Parade, Trick or Treat on MainStreet, Winterfest, Chamber Golf Events and other special events. Simply participate by renting low-cost booth space allowing you to get in front of hundreds or even thousands of Los Alamos consumers.

Monthly Chamber Business Breakfasts provide quality programs of interest to our membership. The programs typically focus on critical topics that affect the business community and provide an opportunity for networking.

Business After Hours is a monthly after-work-hours social that promotes interaction, friendship, & identification of business opportunities.

Chamber Members have the opportunity to host events and meetings at their place of business in order to bring more awareness to their business location, products/ services and staff. Business After Hours is typically hosted on the third Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7 p.m. but different schedules are possible to match the desires of the member business.

Chamber Members are encouraged to offer discounts to fellow members and to do business with one another. Member-to-member discounts provide an excellent way to promote your business and offer money-saving services.

Thousands of dollars of Chamber Checks are purchased each year for individual gift-giving as well as for company gifts and recognition rewards. Purchasers pay face value. Chamber member businesses and organizations accept the gift certificates just like cash and redeem the checks for face value.

Checks are packaged in a variety of denominations (multiples of ten dollars)together with a listing of Chamber members where they may be redeemed. You may also click on the Chamber member directory for a searchable directory of current members and their offerings.

The Chamber promotes Chamber Checks through advertising and through follow-ups with customers who have purchased checks in bulk for employee reward/recognition use in their business.

The Chamber has served on the following committees:

·       White Rock Master Plan Committee

·       Manhattan Project National Historical Park

·       Historical Museum Committee

·       Downtown Street Standards Committee

·       County’s Charter Review Committee

·       Economic Vitality Strategic Plan Committee

·       Trinity Advisory Committee

.       Los Alamos CARES Act Funding application review  committee

 

When consumers know that a business is a member of the local chamber, they are 44% more likely to think favorably about it. Consumers who are told that a business is a chamber member are 51% more likely to be highly aware of it and 57% more think positively of its local reputation Consumers are 63% more likely to buy goods and services in the future from a company that they believe is a member of the local chamber of commerce. The study also has good news for businesses that sell to other businesses. When business decision-makers believe that a business is a chamber member, they are 37% more likely to think favorably of the business, 51% more likely to be highly aware of it, 58% more likely to think positively of its local reputation, and 59% more likely to buy goods and services from it.

Chamber members are eligible for use of the conference room and day office located at the Chamber of Commerce. The conference room accommodates meetings of up to fourteen participants. Internet access and some A/V devices may be available with advance arrangements. Check with the Chamber office for availability, rules, and conditions of use.

The Chamber provides you a bulk mailing opportunity by using its bulk-mailing permit. Each mailing must be of like pieces (minimum 200, maximum 1000 pieces) for which the member pays at our lower bulk rate. Facilities can usually be made available (with notice) at no charge for your own volunteers to do the sorting and preparation.