The Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce is governed by a Board of Directors, elected from its membership. This Board sets policy, investment schedule, and hires a professional staff to oversee operations.

What does the Chamber do?
You have probably heard that question at one time or another and you may have wondered about it yourself. It is a legitimate question and many people - including those to whom the Chamber is very important - have no real concept of exactly what our Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce is, how it works or what its for.

The primary functions of the Chamber go far deeper than the routine jobs of gathering statistics, printing brochures, visiting new businesses, or market Mitchell. The Chamber is a catalyst - a common vehicle through which business and professional people work together for the good of the community. A better community means better business conditions, and we work for a better community for everyone.

There is, in the final analysis, one reason for the Chamber to exist... to do whatever is necessary to keep the area's economic condition at a level where businesses will risk their resources here in hopes of making a profit. Everything else is just frosting on the cake... a means to an end.

In any community, it is from the profitable operations of business that all other benefits are derived. Only by succeeding in this fundamental goal can we provide the jobs and produce the wealth to finance all the governmental, civic, educational, cultural and charitalbe needs that our community is faced with every day.

This means we must do the job needed, leaving us with one final question: Who is this "we" that does all of this? "We" are you - the Chamber member and all of you r business and professional friends who are also Chamber members.

You are the Chamber of Commerce. You provide the ideas, the drive, the goals, the funds and the volunteer services to keep the Chamber doing what it does.