McKinney
Chamber of Commerce
Mission
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“Empowering our members to achieve economic success …”
Values
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Business Growth in McKinney
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Communication
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Partnership/Relationships
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Quality of Life
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Providing Resources
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Pro-Business Influence
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Celebration
2010 Goals
Advocacy
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Develop a legislative action center on the Chamber’s website to engage more members in the legislative process and keep them apprised of issues affecting the business community.
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Refocus the efforts of the PAC by developing operating guidelines and developing opportunities for fundraising
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PRIL – continue to advance the agenda of our cooperative legislative initiative with the City and proactively plan our issue development for the 2011 legislative session
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Host Collin County Business Day in Austin in February 2010 and encourage our members to proactively participate in issue development for the 2011 legislative session
Business Development
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Support the creation of the McKinney Economic Development Alliance and a comprehensive plan for economic development as well as robust initiatives for assisting existing and expanding industries
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Expand the reach of the Chamber’s Buy Local and Shop McKinney campaigns and creating metrics to gauge the success of the program
Community Development
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Launch Experience McKinney program as a feeder program to Leadership McKinney
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Evaluate the opportunities to host an Inter-city visit with key business and community leaders to discuss issues of importance to the future of McKinney as part of the process in creating a comprehensive economic development strategy
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Utilize McKinney Living to deliver the priorities of the McKinney Chamber and continue to evolve the content to serve as a strong community development tool
Member Services
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Market the Chamber Choice Health Insurance Program with a goal of bringing a cost effective insurance offering to 50 chamber member companies
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Revamp the Chamber’s website to provide more content, become a business tool for our members, better communicate our priorities and increase web site hits to 10,000 per month
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Continue to expand the chamber network by recruiting new members and maintaining an 80% retention rate of existing members to reach a year end goal of 1,250 members