Monroe Chamber of Commerce Inc

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS/AFFAIRS DIVISION - FOCUSED ON STATE, LOCAL AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES. THE CHAMBER HAD TWO REGISTERED STATE LOBBYIST ON STAFF. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE IN BATON ROUGE DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AS NEEDED. THEY ALSO CONDUCTED AN ANNUAL NORTHERN EXPOSURE ADVOCACY TRIP TO THE STATE CAPITAL. ON THE LOCAL POINT, THE CHAMBER HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF MONROE TO REPRESENT THE CITY IN THE AREAS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFASTRUCTURE. THE CHAMBER ALSO CONDUCTED ONE TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO MEET WITH HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBERS AS WELL AS VARIOUS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PROMOTE ISSUES OF CONCERN FOR OUR AREA.

MEMBERSHIP SERVICES DIVISION - BENEFITED MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER BY PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION THROUGH A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AND A SEMI-ANNUAL NEWS MAGAZINE. THE CHAMBER ALSO PROVIDED LITERATURE TO ACQUAINT NEWCOMERS WITH OUACHITA PARISH. THE CHAMBER ALSO PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS AND NEWCOMERS ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE.