Greetings! 

10. Produced a once in a life time celebration, the Rooftop Hullabaloo, honoring the success of Beaverton business, BACC partnerships, the Chamber's 60th and City's 120th anniversaries.

9. Grew our BACCPAC (Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce Political Action Committee) and successfully passed the Beaverton School District bond measure to reduce class sizes, reinstate teachers and improve our future workforce.

8. Drew over 3 million unique visitors to Beaverton.org and more than 71,000 calendar views where we showcase our Diamond members.

7. Produced 48 weekly eNews letters highlighting our Mission and Diamond members, providing banner ad visibility, and grew our distribution list to over 2,398 contacts.

6. Connected over 4,800 face-to-face business networkers through Coffee Connection, Business After Hours and more.

5. Successfully started Oregon's first YEA! program fostering entrepreneurism and innovation with our youth.  "Create a job - don't take a job".  Education & Workforce preparedness are a priority in helping our youth succeed and ensuring a trained workforce for the future.

4. Posted and promoted over 220 member news releases and announcements in our Newsroom.

3. Launched direct*CONNECT.  This internal, exclusive leads program has saved our members thousands of $$ and generated over $360,000 in revenue.  A third group (morning) will launch in January 2014.

2. Launched the Beaverton Chamber App - available for both Android & Apple to make accessing our membership directory, events, calendar and news from the convenience of your smartphone.

1. Achieved the NO. 1 ranking of Social Media Friendly Chambers in the state of Oregon & no. 69 in the Nation - because we talk about YOU all the time on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Instagram and more. 

Bigger, better, greater and stronger things planned for 2014. Have a safe and wonderful New Years!

Lorraine Clarno, President/CEO, ACE
Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce
503.350.2006