Destination San Anselmo

6 Destination San Anselmo 2016 | 17 MEMBERSHIP PAYS As a member you become eligible to participate in a wide range of activities and programs that benefit your business: n COMMITTEE SERVICE: We can act as your direct line to community involvement, helping you leverage your skills and ideas on Chamber committees. n PROFESSIONAL GROWTH: rough the Chamber's partners, gain access to Small Business Success Guides, business services, and FREE counseling (on topics from starting a small business to business plans to accounting). n AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: Foster relationships with other businesses by welcoming new Chamber members & businesses into the community, planning networking events and creating opportunities to energize and expose our local business community. n COMMUNICATION: We help build business-to- business relationships and connections with other chambers and organizations in the Bay Area and Marin. n GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY: e Chamber serves as a collective business voice in the community and as your business advocate at the Town, county, state, and federal levels. e Chamber is a member of the Marin Economic Forum Board of Directors & Issues Committee, San Anselmo Economic Development Committee and San Anselmo Community Foundation Board of Directors. YOUR INVESTMENT AT WORK n NO TIME TO PARTICIPATE? You don't have to take time away from your business to reap the benefits of Chamber membership. We do most of the work for you! n FREE phone referrals, website listing, and e-blasts to our members about your events and promotions! YOU supply the information to us — WE publicize it for you! n WE WORK DIRECTLY with local and state government representing your business on important issues such as tax issues, signage, beautification and schools to promote the growth and prosperity of local business. n WE WORK ON YOUR BEHALF to improve San Anselmo's schools, housing and economy by our involvement on committees and by sponsoring local organizations and events. n WE SUPPORT LOCAL CANDIDATES who understand business and economics, and put your interests first. n WE'LL DISTRIBUTE YOUR PRINTED MATERIALS and promotional information online, at Chamber events, to visitors, and to relocating families. TO JOIN, please visit www.sananselmochamber.org, E-mail: info@sananselmochamber.org or call (415) 454-2510 About the Chamber Message from Katie Rice, District 2 Marin County Supervisor It is my pleasure to extend a personal invitation to residents and visitors alike, to revel in and enjoy, and even, rediscover, the wonderful place many of us are happy to call home — San Anselmo! Having had the pleasure of working with neighbors, community leaders, and citizen groups on a host of issues large and small for the past 20 years as an active member of the community and more recently as the Ross Valley's County Supervisor, I can tell you that San Anselmo is, indeed, very special. San Anselmo is remarkable not only because of what it has to offer in its surroundings and resources — great schools, beautiful, truly livable neighborhoods, a vibrant and unique business community, unfettered access to thousands of acres of parks and open space and the host of recreational opportunities they provide, and genuine small town character. But, as important, if not more important, it is special because of the people who live here. Folks in San Anselmo are involved. From serving on town boards and commissions, neighborhood associations, volunteering in the schools, supporting or participating in recreation leagues, organizing and attending community events, banding together to advocate for specific issues and causes — people in San Anselmo get involved. And they get involved because they care, about each other, and about their community. San Anselmo truly is one of the nicest places you could ever want to live or visit. So, come visit, shop, live and explore — and become a part of this wonderful community! Sincerely, Katie Rice, County Supervisor

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