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Why join the Portland Business Alliance?

Because we will help you accomplish the goals that are most important to you. We'll help you boost your business, raise your impact and lift your community.

The Alliance is greater Portland's leading business association. By joining the Alliance, you'll be connected to our community's best businesses - representing more than 325,000 business people in the Portland region.

Our extensive networking programs, Community activities and special events provide you with opportunities to develop new leads and grow your business. You'll meet potential customers and clients in informal settings, when relationship-building is most effective.

As a member, you'll qualify for free listings and exclusive opportunities to buy value-priced advertising in our popular printed and web-based publications. You'll reach our region's top business decision-makers - as well as residents, newcomers and visitors.

You'll save money by using our Members' Only negotiated group-savings programs, including a program from Office Depot that allows even the smallest businesses to access the lowest prices on office products. You'll be able to choose from more than 100 Member-to-Member discounts, providing savings on a wide range of business services, as well as restaurants, hotels and travel.

Membership gives you exclusive access to event-sponsorship opportunities that fit every budget so you can use this proven method of raising your company's visibility. And by offering your own Member-to-Member discount you'll extend your reach to more than 1,300 other area businesses who believe, like you, in helping our community's businesses succeed by buying locally.

We know that today's business executive can't do it all. That's why our Board of Directors, made up of the region's premier business leaders, and our knowledgeable and committed staff are focused on getting you maximum results for your time and energy.

Our Public Policy and Downtown Services departments are working to enhance our regional and Central City economy. Our leadership on the Regional Business Plan and Small Business Prosperity Strategy, as well as our topical white papers, downtown market research, Calls to Action, and advocacy at the city, county, state and federal level all bring you the expertise, access and strategic partnerships that help you achieve more.

Our innovative educational and leadership programs, such as Cornerstones for Success and Leadership Portland, link you with other successful business people - both locally and nationally - so you can sharpen your skills and build your connections.

Our dynamic committees and councils give you the opportunity to shape the initiatives that matter to you - whether that means encouraging business philanthropy, building public understanding of key business issues, helping groom the next generation of community leaders, or simply kicking back with an occasional great day of golf or evening of celebration.

Ever since our beginning as the Portland Chamber of Commerce in 1870, Portland's business community has helped create one of the nation's best places to live and work.

We provide business leadership to our community by pursuing these important goals:

• Developing and implementing a successful Regional Business Plan and Small Business Prosperity Strategy so a prosperous economy can provide the foundation for our region's continued livability.
• Promoting a Central City that is vibrant and attractive. We operate one of the nation's oldest and most successful Business Improvement Districts and accomplish a broad range of other initiatives to build the Central City's vitality, including Clean & Safe services, the Sidewalk Ambassadors, holiday lighting and downtown and retail marketing.
• A productive and sustainable business environment with excellent and balanced transportation, education and land-use systems, robust trade, healthy small businesses and affordable, effective public services.