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The Monroe Chamber is a private, non-profit, membership-driven organization comprised of over local business enterprises, civic organizations, educational institutions and individuals. 

Feel free to explore and discover what the Monroe Chamber of Commerce can do to help connect your business with the Monroe community!  

Don't hesitate to book a meeting with our staff for a personal introduction and explanation about our benefits and how we can work together to strengthen your community engagement and business in Monroe. 


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  • 10 Dec 2024 11:30 AM
    Cascade Community Church,14377 Fryelands Blvd, Monroe, WA 98272

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WHY JOIN THE CHAMBER

Together, we can make a difference for the businesses in our area. Whether you are a new or existing business,
the Monroe Chamber can assist you in expanding your reach and growth. 

LATEST NEWS

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  • 24 Oct 2023 1:39 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    November and December has some really great Chamber events!  

                

  • 2 Mar 2023 11:48 AM | Janelle (Administrator)

    Small Business Disaster Relief grants

    Commerce has $9.7 available for grants to small businesses with annual gross receipts of $5 million or less that have sustained a reduction in business income or activity as the result of:

    • Natural disaster such as flood, earthquake, or a comparable
    • Human-caused disaster such as a major utility disruption resulting in property damage or prolonged outages

    Grant limit is $75,000 per business. Funds may be used to reimburse the following eligible expenses:

    • Payroll
    • Utilities and rent
    • Marketing and advertising
    • Building improvements and repairs
    • Replacing damaged inventory and equipment
    • Other operational and business expenses related to a qualifying disaster

    Applications are due March 31

    First, identify and contact the Associate Development Organization (ADO) (webpage) representing your county. You will need the name of your local ADO and a representative's name and contact information to complete the online grant application.

    In addition to the ADO information, eligible businesses must provide all of the following in the application:

    • Washington State Business License
    • proof of address
    • W-9 and 2019-2021 tax returns
    • documentation of receipts

    Once you have gathered the required information, visit the application portal online at Washington State Department of Commerce Statewide Disaster Relief Grant Application – BUSINESS (smartsheet.com).


  • 25 Jan 2023 7:52 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    Ambassador program position opens!

    The ambassadors of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce meet the 2nd Tuesday every month from 10:30am to 11:30am.

    Requirements:

    ️ ️Ambassadors represent the Chamber and believe in our mission and values.

    ️ ️Chamber Ambassador are a walking testimonial to the good our chamber does within the community.

    ️Required to attend at least 1 ribbon cutting ceremony.

    ️ ️Welcome new business owners to the community.

    ️ ️ ️Name Badge made just for you!

    ️ ️Volunteering for at least 1 event a year.

    ️ ️Attend most meetings remote or in person.

    ️ ️Bring information from around Monroe to meetings: issues businesses may be facing, strategies, ideas, etc.

    Being an Ambassador helps your business stay in the know of the good work the Monroe Chamber is doing.

    It also creates a way for you to become more involved and network within our community. As an Ambassador, you support the Chambers efforts in recruitment, planning, economic development and help with an effort to strengthen Monroe's business community and organizations. An Ambassador is a very important role and we are excited to partner and accept nominations for positions!

    CHAIRS OPEN for the 2023 fiscal year:

    POSITION #3

    POSITION #4

    POSITION #5

    POSITION #6

    Currently, Kathleen Sather LE and Cara Fleming are on our ambassador program.

    Ambassadors report to the Executive Director.

    Please if interested email Janelle at Director@choosemonroe.com


  • 10 Jan 2023 8:22 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    January 2023

    As we begin a new year, we look forward to our new location of our luncheons at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds at the LongHouse. With change means we have many new exciting networking events, events, video podcasts and more! 

    The link from Anneliese Vance-Sherman presentation today is below. Anneliese is a Regional Labor Economist of Employment Security and serves Snohomish County as her district.

    PowerPoint Presentation (wildapricot.org)


  • 17 Nov 2022 5:00 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    DONT MISS THE LARGEST NETWORKING EVENT OF THE YEAR!
    Located at the: Monroe School District 
    $5 register online or $10 at the door.
    DOORS OPEN 5:30PM-7pm
    Door prizes, networking with over 100+ business professionals from around Snohomish County! & Don't forget to bring plenty of business cards! (50+ CARDS)
    Appetizers/Snacks/Drinks

    EMCEE: MAURY KRKO RADIO

    CHAMBER PARTNERS:
    SKY VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    MONROE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    LAKE STEVENS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
    ECONOMIC ALLIANCE SNOHOMISH COUNTY
    SNOHOMISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    MARYSVILLE TULALIP CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

  • 24 Mar 2020 6:26 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    Dear Monroe Businesses,

    On March 23, 2020, Governor Inslee issued a Proclamation directing all residents immediately to heed current State public health directives to stay home, except as needed to maintain continuity of operations of essential critical infrastructure sectors and additional sectors as the State Public Health Officer may designate as critical to protect health and well-being of all Washingtonians. This order takes place on March 25th, 2020 at midnight.

    Prior to the order, some of you reached out to the city requesting guidance on who is designated as “essential businesses” and would be allowed to operate during a shut down.  The Governor’s office has provided a list of â€śEssential Critical Infrastructure Workers” to help state, local, tribal, and industry partners as they work to protect communities, while ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security.

    Please review the PDF link above (If you are unable to view the link please contact me directly on my cell listed below) and if you feel your business is identified as an “essential businesses”, we would ask you to please notify us and let us know the address of the facility where workers will be present and the number of employees who will be present.  We also ask that businesses operating during the shutdown do their best to reduce staff to only those necessary for basic operations/production, plan to ensure social distancing on production lines and follow other guidelines outlined in the US Dept. of Labor/OSHA Guidelines for workplace safety during the COVID-19 outbreak.  Any repeated violations of an order to cease operations of non-essential businesses will be referred to the Snohomish County Health Dept. who has the authority to close businesses during the quarantine. In the event of any disputes regarding what is and what isn't "essential", the determination will be made by the Washington Military Dept.  During such a dispute the businesses will be closed and must submit a request for an exemption from Disaster Area Re-Entry Application website in order to re-open.  The business will remain closed until an adjudication is reached by the WMD.  

    Neither the City of Monroe, nor the Monroe Police Department have any desire to make any arrests for violations of this order. The department views its enforcement role as one of engagement and education with the citizens, educating people on how to keep themselves and their families safe and most importantly, to keep the rest of the community safe, especially vulnerable populations. 

    We understand that the economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak are likely to be great. While we are keeping an eye on the immediate needs of the quarantine trying to keep our community safe, we have an eye on the recovery which will be national in scope and coordinated across state, county and local governments.  The City, the Monroe Chamber, and the Downtown Monroe Association are working together to ensure that recovery happens as quickly as possible and our businesses are informed of the community's recovery strategy and is able to access those resources intended to help with the recovery.​ We will get through this together, as we have through previous crisis. 

    It goes without saying we are in uncharted waters.  Even with the most diligent attempts at providing accurate information, the "Fog of War" often makes the situation nebulous at best.  We will continue to update the business community on the status of the closure as well as announcements about the recovery and other forms of relief being made available.  As always, the City of Monroe website will have the most current information on its special COVID-19 page. If you have questions please contact the Monroe Economic Development Specialist, James Palmer, at 360-631-0050 (cell) or email JPalmer@MonroeWA.gov 

    Thank you for your cooperation. Stay safe Monroe!  

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    Message from Monroe Chamber of Commerce Executive Director:

    Dear Monroe business & organizations,

     I want our Monroe businesses to know the Chamber is here for you, we are your resource during this time for information and working with the City of Monroe to distribute the latest information regarding business and Covid19. We are checking our emails every day Monday through Sunday to be available to you. 

    The Chamber has also launched in partnership with KRKO radio this AD for Monroe business that is playing on the radio now: SHOP LOCAL Monroe KRKO.mp3

    We are working hard to find information on the latest aid for small businesses in our community and are releasing that information to you as well as working with other Snohomish County Chamber Executive Directors to bring free webinars and other means of business resources from SBA, US Chamber of Commerce & AWB. Be sure to check your emails titled "MONROE BUSINESS UPDATE".

    Lastly, the Chamber launched on www.choosemonroe.com a delivery & takeout page for our restaurant sector of Monroe as well as a public Facebook group "Monroe's Delivery & Takeout Options Amid Covid19" for the community and businesses offering takeout, curbside and delivery options. 

    Thank you Monroe businesses for letting me work for you, to support and fuel our local economy and I hope all of us stay safe & healthy during this time. We are Monroe Strong and WILL get through this storm together. 

    Janelle Drews, Executive Director
    Director@Choosemonroe.com

    Sarah Rosado, Operations Manager
    Office@Choosemonroe.com 


    Monroe Chamber of Commerce
    www.Choosemonroe.com 


  • 2 Mar 2020 2:10 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    We want YOU to Choose Monroe!!

    Check out this article below from The Herald interviewing the City of Monroe, WA. The article spotlights Monroe hoping to bring in new businesses to our community... Especially wine and brewers! 

    https://www.heraldnet.com/business/spill-the-wine-city-asks-vintners-brewers-why-not-monroe/

    "Don't wait for the right opportunity, create it" - George Bernard Shaw

  • 28 Feb 2020 3:27 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    The Monroe Chamber, City of Monroe and business owner Sally King had the pleasure of touring Werner Paddles on February 27th, 2020 a premier manufacturing company specializing in paddles for kayaks and stand up paddle boards. 

    Bruce Furrer, owner of Werner Paddles explains "A love for paddling together turned the family garage into a work shop and started the journey." Werner Paddles is the premier paddle company in America, with top notch designs that lead the industry today setting the bar high for competitors. With a 8,000 square foot warehouse and pushing 70 employee's, Werner Paddles has come along way from the garage his Dad started in. In 1959 Werner, built his first ever kayak and in the same year frustrated with the large Klepper paddles, he built and fashioned a better fitting paddle by using a tree branch and some shingles he builds his first paddle. An early sign of things to come... Starting a business was never the plan. However as more and boater friends asked Jr. to build him paddles, these earliest sales made him realize, "hey people want our paddles!" So Werner set out to help create the first handwritten brochure and encouraged Jr. with business lessons. More sales helped fund his growing passion for slalom racing and like that, a business was born. Check it out, $17.00 for a "Werner Furrer Design" paddle! Starting out as Northwest Design Works in 1986, the company officially changes its name to Werner Paddles. The M upside down stands for Martha, Werner's wife who is also a adventure seeker. 


    Fun Facts:

    1. 80% of employee's are based in Snohomish County.
    2. Werner Paddles has around 70 full time employee's.
    3. Bruce Furrer owner of Werner Paddles has been in business for 33 years. 
    4. They build a few hundred paddles a day.
    5. Werner Paddles has been established in Monroe, Washington for two years.


  • 4 Feb 2020 2:07 PM | Janelle (Administrator)

    The city is submitting a video to HGTV for a chance to be featured on their new show, Home Town Takeover; the network’s biggest renovation project ever. Our video submission will be focused on downtown and the gateway entrances to the area.

    On Saturday, February 1st at 10am, The Chamber, City of Monroe and Downtown Monroe came together to hold a community photo shoot to be used as part of our submission video. "We had an amazing turnout of business leaders, community organizations and SO many residents braving the rain to come together for this! It was a huge success and such a memorable day we will all cherish regardless if we win or not. You could feel the love for Monroe in these pictures, and that's why I am proud to call Monroe home!" Said Janelle Drews Executive Director of Monroe Chamber of Commerce. 

    The photo was taken on West Main Street (between Blakely and Lewis Streets).


  • 21 May 2019 11:20 AM | Janelle (Administrator)

    Huge shout out to the North Kelsey Business Group for another great meeting this morning.

    I was able to give a quick update about events and activities the Chamber is up to this summer to Tuscano's Italian KitchenBricks & Minifigs Monroe WAIdeal LifestyleEmpowered Integrative Health CenterCity of Monroe, WAStars Unlimited and Monroe Army Recruiting Station.

    There is nothing better than being in a meeting and learning so much and hearing about the amazing growth coming to our area!

    Today I learned more about the proposed development out on N. Kelsey to build 180 multifamily units and the proposed changes to the development of 191st Street. Got questions, comments or concerns? Attend a Planning Commission meeting and learn more about this project. There is a meeting tonight and another one on June 3 at 7 pm.

    Fair Fest (a huge basketball competition) is coming to N. Kelsey's very own Galaxy Theatres Monroe August 24-25. This is a huge draw to our community and we are so excited to hear they are coming out of the Fairgrounds and into the city.

    Did you know that City Council meetings are recorded? There is a lot of information but if you can't make a meeting it is great idea to plug in and catch up on these weekly meetings.

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The mission of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce is to lead our community with our members in mind to ensure their diverse opinions and needs are met, in order to cultivate a culture of trust, long term business growth and business development and retention. 

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Director@Choosemonroe.com

360.794.5488

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