Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

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Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

Vision • Leadership • Opportunity

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

We are a nonprofit group with a volunteer board working to promote a strong local business group.

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

Serves businesses who have joined the Chamber as we all strive to make Coalinga enterprises thrive and succeed.

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

Most leadership in the Chamber consists of fellow business owners. We know that together, we can achieve more than we can independently.

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

We provide information and resouces to promote strength and success among our members. Coalinga is isolated, but we are not alone!

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber keeps members informed of laws, legal updates, scams and other issues impacting small businesses. We provide resources such as labor law posters, employee handbook guides, phonebooks, and contacts for government officials, certificates of origin and more. We pass on advice, concerns, compliments, complaints and suggestions to members from the community in hopes of better meeting the needs of Coalinga.

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

We have a board of directors, by-laws, policies and protocols, an employee handbook and are guided by Cal Chambers and the Western Association for Chamber Executives. We pay taxes and follow laws governing non-profits and small businesses alike. The Chamber advocates for Coalinga businesses all the time. We welcome new members all year long, and anyone can join and support the Chamber, as a business, non-profit, individual or friend.

Learn what

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

can do for you and your business!

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

We host CoalingaFest, Candidate’s Night, Veteran’s Day Pageant and Ceremony, the Holiday Boutique, The Annual Community Service Awards and Dinner, and the Annual Horned Toad Derby. We provide ribbon cuttings, Quarterly Luncheons, assist with open houses and other miscellaneous tasks for our members and supporters.

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce

We love Coalinga. In this isolated location, it is important to support each other in our business endeavors. We thank our members for believing in our mission. Coalinga Chamber was established 106 years ago when Coalinga was busting at the seams with potential. Things have changed, but we believe that it is still time to thrive. If you have questions about how we can help you, or your business or about Coalinga please call 935-2948, email: exec@coalingachamber.com.

Scott Netherton

New Leadership

Our New Executive Director

Coalinga Chamber of Commerce is currently under new leadership. Scott Netherton, local businessman, is a life-long resident of Coalinga and loves this town.

After a year of Covid-19 pandemic challenges, Netherton hopes to bolster fellow business owners through Coalinga's Chamber of Commerce as they continue to overcome many obstacles.

A Word From Our Director

Hello fellow business owners. I would like to introduce myself. I am Scott Netherton and I am the owner of Reel Time Entertainment, the Movie Cinema here in Coalinga. I am also very proud to have recently been selected to be the new Executive Director for your Coalinga Area Chamber of Commerce.

Being a business owner myself, I understand how devastating 2020 and this pandemic has and continues to be for almost all our local businesses. At the Chamber, we are dedicated to being Champions for our business partners.

We want you to know that we are here to support, promote and assist any way possible to ensure that our members have access to the information and assistance needed to once again become the leaders and driving force behind this community.

We are currently working on a membership drive and recreating a list of all past, present and hopefully future Chamber Partners.

If you are uncertain exactly what the Chamber of Commerce is about, I hope you will take a moment and read about how becoming a member can not only benefit your business, but also the Community.

Understanding the financial hardship you have been through, we have reduced our membership rate for the balance of 2021 to hopefully be at a price that is affordable and enables your business to become a member.

As a Chamber Partner, we become a team, committed to the success of our local businesses and to providing incredible events and activities for the people and community we serve.

I am honored to be the new Director, and I sincerely hope that you will consider becoming a proud member of the Coalinga Chamber of Commerce.

We are the heartbeat of Coalinga. And our beat has never been stronger.

Our logo represents a pioneering spirit with the feisty critter, the horned toad who scraps out a living by hunting black ants. This lizard, a native of the area, is the high school mascot as well, and races are held each year, using the mighty toad.
The three knots along the edge represent vision, leadership and opportunity; the three tenets of our organization.

Together we are strong!

Still confused about what the Chamber is?

If you are still wondering what goes on at the Chamber of Commerce... We are a "Welcome Center" for those looking for services, activities, history and resources available in our community. We are a non-profit organization which earns its annual budget through membership fees and the Horned Toad Derby. We are promoter of our members and their services.

We are the "Wikipedia" of Coalinga. We are the "Phone Book," a strong supporter of local events, and a promoter of local business. We advocate, advertise, and support our membership. We support the businesses and nonprofits that sustain the Chamber through their yearly membership fee by recommending members constantly. The Chamber keeps members informed of laws, legal updates, scams and other issues impacting small businesses. We provide resources such as labor law posters, employee handbook guides, phonebooks, and contacts for government officials, certificates of origin and more.

We pass on advice, concerns, compliments, complaints and suggestions to members from the community to better meet the needs of Coalinga. We have a board of directors, by-laws, policies and protocols, an employee handbook and are guided by Cal Chambers and the Western Association for Chamber Executives. The Chamber advocates for Coalinga businesses all the time. We welcome new members all year long, and anyone can join and support the Chamber, as a business, non-profit, individual or friend.

We have a webpage: http://www.coalingachamber.org, a FaceBook page, Constant Contact, Linked-In, Twitter, Instagram in better reaching audiences. We host CoalingaFest, Candidate’s Night, Veteran’s Day Pageant and Ceremony, the Holiday Boutique, The Annual Community Service Awards and Dinner, and the Annual Horned Toad Derby. We offer ribbon cuttings, Quarterly Luncheons, supply Certificates of Origin and numerous other miscellaneous tasks for our members and supporters. We are here for Coalinga and the Westside as our membership encompasses the Valley, State and even several from out of state, who support Coalinga in a variety of ways.

We love Coalinga, with all it imperfections, as Coalinga is our home. We thank our members for believing in our mission. We are 106 years strong. We are Team Coalinga! If you have questions about how we can help you, or your business or about Coalinga please call 935-2948, email: exec@coalingachamber.com or stop by 265 W. Elm Avenue, M-F 10a.m – 5p.m. If we can help, we will!

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