The Menomonie Area Chamber & Visitor Center is your partner to a variety of advocacy platforms such as:
- Chippewa Valley Rally legislative visits
- Front seat to legislative information and updates
- Local business advocacy to voice our investors feedback
- Connections and relationship with policy makers
- Organizing and facilitating advocacy events
- Providing letters of support for specific advocacy issues
Contact the Chamber if you have any questions regarding the Chamber's role in advocacy, Ashley DeMuth.
Advocacy Committee
If you would like to assist the Chamber team with planning and implementing advocacy-specific programs & events, then serving on the Advocacy Committee is for you!
Identify key issues in our community by way of information sharing, data review, and other methods to create education and resource tools for Chamber Investors.
The business Advocacy Committee is a standing committee comprised of Chamber Investors. It shall be charged with the primary responsibility to promote a postive, proactive business environment in the Menomonie area by:
- Developing and supporting legislation and other governmental action which promotes a strong business climate and job growth opportunities.
- Establishing productive relationships between business interests and public officials.
- Providing forums to inform public officials and candidates for public office on issues impacting the business community.
- Communicating official Chamber positions to the appropriate public officials prior to their action on the issue.
- Endeavoring to hold public officials accountable for their actions and the resulting impacts on the business community.
While the Committee of the Chamber shall be charged with the above-referenced responsibility to promote a positive, proactive business environment, the Chamber is a non-partisan organization and shall neither endorse candidates for public office nor political parties.
