Exec Talk

By:
Steve Gilmore
CEO

June marks my second year as the CEO of the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce. It has been a wonderful ride and thank you all very much! We have accomplished much and your Chamber Board and staff pledge to continue to make the Wilsonville Area Chamber of Commerce the most vital business and advocacy association in the south metro region.

These successes are the result of many people who dedicate their time and energy to the Chamber, leaving a positive impact on the area in which we all live or work. With the economy being so difficult, the staff, Ambassadors, and leadership of the Chamber find ourselves out in the community even more, interfacing with businesses to try to help them through these rocky times. The Chamber will do everything possible to help our individual members, but the long-term solution to the challenges that our individual members have is to ensure that the business climate in Oregon, Wilsonville, and in the Metro region is more business friendly.

Businesses must be given every opportunity to succeed. Some businesses will flourish while others will fail, however government should never be the reason that a business fails and that is why we must continue to advocate strongly on behalf of the business community. Past actions by the Chamber in opposing Measure 66 & 67, our strong support of transportation projects, and our current support of PGE’s 20/20 Plan is proof that we are willing to step up and do what is right on behalf of business.

Your membership to the Wilsonville Chamber not only benefits your business because of the benefits that you receive such as networking and the annual directory, but because we have a unified voice we can strengthen and grow our local economy which will ultimately help all of us.