History:

Today's Chamber of Commerce had several predecessors in the earlier years of the city's history.  Its lineage traces back to the first Huntington Park Improvement Association, founded in 1904 by the City Fathers who subsequently founded our first School District and Incorporated the City.  The Improvement Association, after a little more than a year of existence was expanded into the Huntington Park Board of Trade.  Later, when Pacific Boulevard began to develop into a commercial street, there was the Pacific Boulevard Association.

The actual Chamber of Commerce we have today was founded in 1915 as the successor to these earlier organizations.  Its first President, elected in that year, was Mr. Ed B. Lowe, a leading merchant on the Boulevard.The Chamber of Commerce was officially chartered and incorporated under the laws of California on June 30, 1921.

From its earliest years, the Huntington Park Chamber of Commerce has been a vigorous business community organization, effective in attracting new industry and businesses into the city.  It was a major force in helping rejuvenate the downtown business district after its almost fatal decline in the 1960’s and early 1970’s.