DOWNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Chamber is a non-profit, action-oriented membership organization serving as the leading spokesman for, and the representative of, business in Downey. A voluntary organization, it unites business and professional people and firms into a central agency which lends itself to improving business and building a better community. It directs its energies toward improving the community and conditions under which business is conducted.

The Chamber enables its members to accomplish collectively what no one could do individually. Its strength lies in attracting the greatest number of firms and individuals into membership to create a pool of resources from which can be drawn ideas, energy and financing. The Chamber is people - its membership.

To best understand what the Chamber is, you need to know what it is not. The Chamber is not a government agency, a branch of City Hall, nor political organization. It is also not a civic club or professional society, a social service or service organization.