Membership Benefits
An investment that brings big returns!

Being a member of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce just got better!  The Chamber’s Board of Directors approved a new membership investment program - a program that clearly lays out all the benefits of your membership dollar and provides investment level options based on what value you want to receive from your membership in the Chamber.

Businesses seek different benefits from the Chamber as they go through their business lifecycles. That’s why we’ve designed a program that works for you and stretches the return on your investment.

Here is an overview of each of the investment levels:

Cornerstone Level

Designed for the start up, small business or entrepreneur looking for visibility, to build awareness of the business and its products or services, to make new contacts that lead to potential new business.

Business Enhancement Level

Attractive to businesses looking to further their opportunities to make new business contacts, have additional visibility across related business categories, have a link from the Chamber’s website to theirs, and be eligible to sponsor a number of Chamber programs and events.

Involve & Innovate Level

Designed for even greater visibility and connections to decision makers and thought leaders throughout the community.  It attracts well established businesses and gives them additional marketing and sponsorship opportunities.

Enterprise Level

Supporting the Chamber at this level demonstrates the enterprising spirit of your business and signifies a commitment to help the Chamber develop new programs that help the community grow and prosper.  It also provides members key additional benefits that distinguish them from other members in a visible, meaningful way.

Executive Level

Investing at this level demonstrates your company’s belief that the Chamber is a key organization to provide leadership on any number of critical business issues.  In turn, this level provides you significant opportunities to be visible as a leader among your peers in the role of the Chamber and to receive benefits not available at lower investment levels.

Catalyst Level

Catalyst level members will interact among their peers and civic and government leaders. Business advocacy and public policy are increasingly important for these members who recognize that good local, state and federal policies are keys to economic prosperity.  Investment at this level provides benefits exclusive at the top investment levels.

Keystone Level

Being well connected so your business has every opportunity to succeed is key to leaders at this level, and having access to key elected officials is one of the major benefits at the Keystone Level. You’ll be part of a team of influence, individuals who can help shape public policy that benefits the entire business community and helps maintain the Triangle region as one of the best places for business in the U.S. and globally.

Visionary Leader Level

Businesses and their executives investing at this level are highly visible in the community and throughout the region for their vision and their leadership - leadership that takes many forms and has a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who call the Durham community and the Triangle home.  Visionary Leaders will be associated with and interact at the highest level of leadership and visibility in the Chamber.  Commitment to the Chamber and community at large is evident, and involvement with influential political and business leaders will benefit your company.

The new program also has an investment level for an individual who has retired from active leadership in business or the community or an individual whose job/career transition has interrupted his/her volunteer leadership in the Chamber.  The Retiree/Individual level is provided to enable an individual to stay closely connected with the Chamber without the benefits of representing and marketing a specific business or organization.

This type of membership investment program is fast becoming the standard for chambers of commerce across the U.S. because it makes sense for the business and it delivers a tangible return on investment.

We invite your comments and questions at any time.  Thank you for being part of this dynamic, member-driven organization. If you’re not yet a member, we invite you to be!

For more information, contact Adrian Brown, Account Executive, at abrown@durhamchamber.org or (919) 328-8735.