For a number of Incline Village and Crystal Bay businesses and nonprofit organizations, a membership in the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce is a helpful relationship.
Kym Fabel, manager of the Tahoe City-based Chamber, said 31 percent of the Chamber’s membership is made up of Incline and Crystal Bay area businesses and organizations.
This is a rise from two years ago, when Fabel said the Chamber lost some membership when it merged with the former Incline Village/Crystal Bay Chamber of Commerce in 2006. The merger moved the Chamber’s operations to Tahoe City, though Fabel said the Chamber is still invested in Incline and Crystal Bay.
“It’s true, our numbers suffered a bit after the merger,” Fabel said. “But membership has been growing and our local partnerships are helping.”
Those partnerships include Chamber co-sponsored political forums during the summer and fall along with the Bonanza and monthly — sometimes bi-monthly — mixers which take place at local businesses.
“These are really important to the community and something we plan to continue to do,” Fabel said.
Chamber voting membership costs anywhere from $210 for small businesses and individuals to $550 for a business conference membership with lodging. A non-voting affiliation costs $110.
The price is a worth it, said Linda Offerdahl, owner of Incline-based Dress the Part(y).
“Belonging to the Chamber gives me access to the Tahoe City and Truckee markets, which might as well be 1,000 miles away,” Offerdahl said. “I have an amazing amount of customers drive in from Tahoe City and the South Shore — the Chamber does a good job of getting my name out there.”
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