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Illinois Valley Chamber simplifies membership with new five-tier structure · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley Chambers simplifies membership with new five tier structure.
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  Speaker 1: Written by Kate Santillan. This article is being read by
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  Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development recently launched
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  Speaker 1: its new membership structure on Wednesday, July first. The Chamber
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  Speaker 1: will renew existing members and welcome new members through a
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  Speaker 1: five tier structure with a member benefits and membership flexibility focus.
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  Speaker 1: The Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce's previous membership structure
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  Speaker 1: included more than thirty investment levels assigned BA on total population,
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  Speaker 1: total assets, and total number of employees. The Chamber has
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  Speaker 1: been changing its membership structure through internal and external research
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  Speaker 1: for over three years. The Chamber members participated in planning sessions,
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  Speaker 1: focus groups, and roundtables to share through and experiences with
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce staff and board. The
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  Speaker 1: Chamber tiers feature four benefit categories including Marketing and Visibility,
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  Speaker 1: business and professional development, Advocacy and Civic Voice, and Events
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  Speaker 1: and Networking. The tiers retain benefits of the tiers below
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  Speaker 1: it and add additional higher value benefits. To view the
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  Speaker 1: new membership tiers visit ivis dot org. This is a
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  Speaker 1: very exciting time for iveach and our members. Illinois Valley
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  Speaker 1: Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lucas Burris said in
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  Speaker 1: a news release, this is a change in the best
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  Speaker 1: interests of our members. It was done not only with
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  Speaker 1: our members in mind, but with our members as part
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  Speaker 1: of the process. We cannot build our businesses and connect
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  Speaker 1: our communities without strong members who can grow and succeed
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  Speaker 1: in the Illinois Valley. For more information, call eight one
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  Speaker 1: five two two three zero two two seven or email
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  Speaker 1: ivist at ivis dot org.