Benefits of Membership
Your company's Greater Oak Brook Chamber of Commerce membership fee includes the following membership benefits:
ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF BUSINESS
- Free subscription to the Chamber's Business First News, a biannual publication that provides current Oak Brook and Oakbrook Terrace business, legislative and economic news; supplemental Business First issues are also published online throughout the year
- Free registration for you and your employees at the Chamber's annual Greater Oak Brook Fall Legislative Luncheon for you and your employees
- Ongoing information and action alerts on federal, state and local policies affecting business, provided by the Chamber’s Public Policy Council
- State and federal contact information for elected officials and policy-making organizations
LEADERSHIP TO IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY
- Free registration for you and your employees at the Chamber's bi-monthly Corporate Community Forums, including the Annual Meeting & Awards Breakfast; these events link local businesses to area corporate and government leaders who discuss critical local, regional and national policy and infrastructure issues affecting business
- Ongoing updates about local infrastructure initiatives, ranging from major transportation and commercial revitalization activities to ongoing road construction updates
- Information about available office space and local zoning and signage opportunities and relocation and retention incentive programs through the Greater Oak Brook Partnership
PARTNERSHIPS TO STRENGTHEN OUR WORKFORCE
- Free job postings in Chamber publications and on the website
- Free workforce training and other employer resources through the Greater Oak Brook Partnership Workforce Advisory Council
MARKETING TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES TO AREA COMPANIES
- Free registration for your employees at the Chamber's Monthly Networking Breakfasts and Business Before Hours and After Hours events
- Free listings and news story opportunities in the Chamber's Business First newspaper and on the Chamber’s website news sections
- Marketing opportunities for restaurants, hotels and retail businesses through the Experience Greater Oak Brook website and the Greater Oak Brook Partnership Hospitality & Retail Council
- Complimentary Chamber membership directory in Excel format
- Member discounts on website, email and publication advertising
Please note: Chamber members and partners may participate in all Chamber meetings, events and activities at no charge; a company's membership covers all Chamber activities for all employees for the full year. Non-members and non-partners may not attend Chamber meetings, events or activities, except for the Chamber's State of Greater Oak Brook Corporate Community Forums and Annual Meeting & Awards Breakfast (see calendar) at $40 per person.