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WHERE WE’RE GOING
Leading Longview. R.E.A.C.H. is a five-year initiative to promote our assets, strengthen our existing businesses and business opportunities, and significantly improve the economic future for all who call the Longview area home.
Advocacy
Represent the interests of the business community at the local, state, and federal levels by advocating for issues of importance to economic and business development. 2020 brings a return to Washington, D.C.
Business Attraction and Retention
Continue to target to fill retail and commercial gaps. Work with existing businesses to ensure they continue to thrive in the Longview area and provide employment opportunities for the county’s citizens.
Improve Perceptions
Collaborate with other organizations to attract and retain a skilled workforce by leveraging Longview’s assets.
Enhance Value for Small Business and Entrepreneurs
Promote innovative practices, new business formation, and opportunities for business growth.
Member Services
Provide membership benefits and services that give our members an operational and financial competitive advantage.
Skilled Workforce
Lead, coordinate, and support activities that produce a globally competitive, educated, and skilled labor force and that provide quality employment opportunities.
The Chamber coordinates trips to both Austin, Texas and our nation’s capital to advocate for Longview businesses.
City officials, developers and community leaders discuss redevelopment during the Chamber’s Coffee conversations focused on the city’s billboard codes, in particular the three-sided billboard residing at the vacated Waffle Shoppe restaurant. Ultimately the sign and vacated building were demolished in readiness for new development.
The East Texas Advanced Manufacturing Academy has been established to provide high school students an opportunity to obtain training in instrumentation and electrical technology and precision machining technology.