Small Business of the Month: Homewatch CareGivers!

2013-2014 will be our 125th year of operation. In celebration, we are re-launching the official printed Greenville Chamber Business Directory. We hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity to further your support of the Chamber and promote your business to our membership, prospective members, area newcomers and more. Click here to learn more about featuring your business.

New Diversity & Inclusion Initiative Programs  

 

As part of the Chamber's efforts to support talented women and minorities in our community in achieving leadership positions in greater numbers, the Chamber has developed the Diversity Leadership Pipeline. With this Pipeline, the Greenville Chamber serves as a key resource for Upstate organizations looking to fill volunteer leadership roles. The Pipeline is currently gathering information from qualified individuals who may be interested in serving in various leadership capacities, including nonprofit and corporate boards of directors in our community. Click here to join the Diversity Leadership Pipeline!

 

The CAPACITY Goal Setters program is designed to track and help facilitate the development of goals for spending with minority and women-owned businesses. The Chamber is working with Upstate companies and organizations to collect and track spending with qualified minority-owned suppliers.

In seeking to increase supplier diversity efforts, Goal Setter organizations commit to setting annual spend goals, reporting actual spend dollars, and tracking progress with using diverse suppliers. In return, the Greenville Chamber commits to provide resources to assist with supplier diversity efforts, maintain confidentiality for all information shared, and to recognize companies as CAPACITY Goal Setters on the Chamber website. Click here to learn more about becoming a Goal Setter! 

Be a Chamber Ambassador! The Chamber's team of dedicated Ambassadors engage new members throughout their first year of membership. They provide personal contacts and advice on how to make the most of their Chamber membership. Ambassadors meet at the Chamber for lunch once a month to share best practices for engaging new members. Contact Lorraine Woodward at 864-239-3742 to learn more today.

 

Join the NEW Ribbon Cutting/Grand Opening Committee! We are looking for members to get involved with and attend our member Ribbon Cuttings and Grand Openings. Contact Lorraine Woodward at 864-239-3742 to learn more today.

Did you know that you can reduce the energy consumption of your vending machines by an average of 46%?  How many vending machines do you have in your business? You can install Vending Misers on your vending machines for under $200. Vending Miser is an energy efficiency tool which is compatible with all types of cold drink vending machines. It saves money and power by turning off lighting and managing compressor cooling cycles when they are not needed. It does this through use of a Passive Infrared Sensor (PIR) to power down the machine when the area surrounding it is vacant. Then it monitors the room`s temperature and automatically re-powers the cooling system at one to three hour intervals, independent of sales, to ensure that the product stays cold. One Vending Miser can be used for a series of up to four machines. To learn more simple ways to reduce your utility costs, visit FurmanBEST.biz.

 

Individual Health Care Plans Are Available! 

If you need a health care plan that lets YOU control costs, the Chamber's individual insurance program may be a perfect fit. This Individual plan has 10 plan designs to choose from with four different deduction levels. Contact Jennifer Powell for more information at 864-239-3731.