Our Chamber

Welcome to the Woodburn Area Chamber of Commerce, the friendliest group of active business people you’ll ever meet!  Encompassing the communities of Woodburn, Gervais, and Hubbard, you’ll find “Growing Your Business” isn’t just our tag line, it is the single-minded obsession of your Chamber staff and fellow members.

Enhance your business success with additional marketing opportunities:

1. •Your separate page on our 30,000 hit per year website with a map to your location, your hours of operation, the products and services you provide, hot deals for your customers, key words for Internet searches, special events for your business, job postings, and a link to your website.
   

2. •Articles and promotions in our e-newsletter and weekly e-mails to 400+ people
   

3. •Referrals to your business from Chamber staff
   

4. •Grand opening and ribbon cutting events
   

5. •Listing in our annual Community Guide and Business Directory distributed to over 10,000 homes and businesses throughout our area
   

Enjoy feeling welcomed to our Chamber family:

1. •Experience the warmth of our Greeters program every Friday morning September through June, where you will network and grow your business with over 50 of the most active business people in our area
   

2. •Take part in our Distinguished Service Awards Banquet, Golf Tournament, Fiesta Mexicana, Community Auction, or Crystal Apple Awards Banquet to promote your business and meet other enthusiastic leaders
   

3. •Patronage of your business by other Chamber members through our shop local focus
   

Escape from your daily responsibilities and learn ideas to help you succeed:

1. •Our monthly Forum Lunch brings speakers and topics critical to your success
   

2. •Learn effective business techniques with our seminars on leadership, marketing, and access to other agencies
   

Discover the benefits of a united voice on your behalf to local government:

1. •Business retention, expansion, and recruitment
   

2. •Economic development – the new I-5 Interchange, Downtown Woodburn, the 99E Corridor Plan, Gervais revitalization, and Hubbard improvements
   

3. •Sign and Zoning Codes
   

4. •Promoting tourism
   

We look forward to helping increase your success!

Chamber Events

Annual Meeting – January – celebrate our Chamber and members’ success and officially pass the gavel to the new Board President

Distinguished Service Awards Banquet – March – our “First Citizen” celebration of the best in the Woodburn area

Golf Tournament – June – fundraiser to support the Chamber with an exciting day of

golf and camaraderie

Woodburn Fiesta Mexicana – 1st weekend in August celebrating the contribution of the Mexican culture with authentic food, live entertainment, a carnival, youth and adult soccer tournaments, a parade, car show and just plain family fun!

Community Auction – October – fundraiser for the Chamber and the Woodburn Proud Foundation

Crystal Apple Awards – November – celebrating excellence in local education

Chamber Programs

Ambassadors – group of active members who attend all events and members celebrations

Forum Lunch – second Wednesday of each month, September through June, with speakers of interest to area business

Greeters – every Friday, September through June, 7:30 am to 9 am at various businesses to network with other members

Board of Directors

President Bob Rhoades, Legacy Financial

Vice President Community Relations Paul Iverson, Woodburn Fire District

Secretary Jenipher Miller, OSU Federal Credit Union

Treasurer Dale Nelson, Nelson Financial & Estate Planning

Erik Berkey, Hubbard Chevrolet

Lynn Delmore, Key Bank

Scott Derickson, City of Woodburn

Brent Glogau, Edward Jones Investments

Karla Hunt, French Prairie Nursing and Rehab

Pastor Luis Molina, Woodburn Foursquare Church

Amanda Paden, West Coast Bank

Sharon Schaub, The Estates Golf & Country Club

Mike Sumner, Case Automotive

Elias Villegas, Chemeketa Community College

Janice Webb, Webb Chiropractic

Ambassadors

Networking Coordinator Harry Lee Kwai, Gervais Telephone/DataVision Communications

Connie Bonn, Connie Bonn Jewelry

Lynn Delmore, Key Bank

Kevin Kenagy, Advantage Mortgage

Bill Szabo, Bill’s Bits-n-Bytes Repair

503-982-8221

Woodburn Area Chamber of Commerce

979 Young Street Suite A

PO Box 194

503-982-8221

Fax: 503-982-8410

welcome@woodburnchamber.org

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