Our Team
Chamber Staff
Our Mission
To promote, support, and advocate for our members so as to enhance our business environment, assuring for profitability today and prosperity tomorrow.
Our Grand Vision
To be the premier organization creating essential business-to-business marketing and growth opportunities, while providing visionary community leadership, helping to create a synergistic environment where business can thrive and the economy grows.
Mixing Business with Pleasure
Formation of the Coeur d’Alene Chamber
According to local historian Robert Singletary, in 1912, a local businessmen’s group called the Commercial Club held a series of meetings with the thought of creating an organization focused on a more serious approach to attracting and creating business for the growing community. The most important meeting was held aboard the steamboat Colfax while it cruised Lake Coeur d’Alene. The scenic ride resulted in the formation of the Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce and hence continued a tradition of mixing business with pleasure.
The Values That Drive Our Organization
Future Focused
By thinking in the long-term, taking a big-picture approach, and being an originator of change, you can be a catalyst for change rather than a reactionary responder. As a result, we will incorporate all community stakeholders in policy development and serve as a catalyst for collaboration.
Member Committed
Maintain a flexible, responsive organization that caters to the different needs of our members. Engage our members in specific topics and activities so that we may work together to meet the needs of business and the community.
