About the Chamber

FORMATION OF THE SPENCER COUNTY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC.
 
In 1997 a group of insightful area business professional came together and began the process of merging the Rockport Area Chamber of Commerce, the Dale Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Claus Chamber of Commerce.  In 1998 it became what is now known as the Spencer County Regional  Chamber of Commerce.

On January 27, 1999, Spencer County Regional Chamber of Commerce  became Incorporated

Serving on that very first Chamber Board of Directors were:

Melavadene Below	Below Associates
Donna Green	Century 21
Terry Green	In Touch Radio Shack
Barbara Hinton	Hinton Enterprises
Dan Kincaid	Kincaid Insurance
Judy Litherland	American Electric Power
Ron Rust	First State Bank
Brad Schumacher	Rockport Pharmacy
Gene Steinkamp	Emerald Turf Farm
Jim Stevenson	Stevenson Farms
Beverly Titzer	Industrial Environmental

January, 1999 marked the First Annual Membership Banquet.  Ten years later, the Chamber is still going strong and our family continues to grow. 

The Board of Directors has changed over the years as has your Executive Director, but one thing remained the same—our objectives.  As our  Articles of Incorporation state, the Spencer County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s purpose is:

(1) Preserving the competitive enterprise system of business

(2) Promoting business, community growth and development

(3) To advance the best interest of all persons within the area, and to advance the commercial, financial, industrial, civic, agricultural and educational interest of area citizens.

These were the guidelines set for us 10 years ago and these are the same goals we will strive for today and for years to come.