The Chamber has many committees of volunteers working to bring value to the membership. A list of those committees as well as a short description appears below.

Business Advocacy
Develops positions the chamber adopts on local, state, and federal legislation and issues

Membership
Establishes policies and programs relating to membership development and retention

Transportation
Transportation issues in all modes of transportation

Workforce Development and Education
Works with local education and workforce providers to improve and enhance the pool of prepared workers both today and in the future

Young Professionals Organization of Greater Peoria
Develops programs and opportunities to attract and retain young professionals within the region

Taskforces and Workgroups
The Chamber forms short and long term taskforces and work groups as the need arise. These can revolve around a topical area such as Transportation or be task specific such as a marketing work group to assist in the redesign of marketing materials. These are done on an as needed basis and vary in size and duration of work.

Program Committees

Ambassadors
The focus of the Ambassador program is to further the mission of the Chamber by increasing member retention and participation through mentoring, referrals, personal contact and communication.

Community Leadership School
Develops and trains new leaders for service to the community. CLS acquaints participants with a broad range of programs and issues, familiarizes them with the local government, and makes them aware of community services and resources.

Golf Outing
This committee helps plan the Chamber’s annual Golf Outing, held each summer.

Business Showcase
This committee helps plan the annual Business Showcase, the area’s largest trade show held in the spring.

Awards
This committee helps give direction to the awards given out to area businesses every year at the Heartland Partnership Annual Meeting.

Subsidiaries

Business Resource Services
Business Resource Services of Central Illinois is a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Peoria Area Chamber of Commerce. It provides value-added products and services to Chamber of Commerce members by creating a purchasing alliance of Chamber members, and utilizing the strength of that alliance to develop and market products and services which will assist in maintaining a profitable environment for member businesses.


How to get involved?
If you would like to learn more about getting involved with any of these committees, please contact the Chamber office at 309.495.5900. We will direct you to the appropriate contact.