Ballina Chamber Of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce in Ballina

balling Chamber of Commerce is a notforprofit business support organization made up of leaders and business owners in the balling community. The Chamber provides value for members through advocacy, representation, information, education, promotion and networking. The Chamber provides representation and advocacy on behalf of members, actively lobbying to encourage the interests of the local community. The member elected Board of the Chamber meet once a month to discuss local issues and address business concerns of members. Issues up for discussion include but are not limited to: parking and infrastructure upgrades differential business rating tourism and town promotion economic development zoning and land planning Local Government procurement policies (Buy Local) penalty rates and compliance burden. The Chamber is frequently approached by Government departments, community groups, and private enterprise to host briefing events for the purpose of keeping members up to date on legislation, development projects, and various activities in and around balling Shire. We bring up to date information to you instead of you taking time out to find it. This program has been vital in uniting the Chamber movement and ensuring the interests of little and important businesses are represented at a local, regional, state and federal levels. balling Chamber of Commerce has a proven track record when it comes to local lobby and advocacy outcomes. We are also committed to influencing decision makers on bigger picture issues such as taxation, industrial relations and compliance burden. This partnership with Council offers us opportunity to actively convince tourism initiatives. The local economy is underpinned by tourism activity and with the recent completion of the balling bypass it is more important than ever to focus on increasing tourist visitation. With many visitors becoming locals, we also see tourism playing a vital role in an overall growth strategy for balling Coast Hinterland. Creating a collaborative capacity across the Mid North Coast and Northern Rivers regions. Reducing the amount of duplication in regional tourism resulting in greater economies of scale. Membership with NCDN guarantees annual funding for destination marketing and greater opportunities for product development specific to balling. The Chamber looks forward to occupied with Council and industry into the coming to firmly position our unique and diverse towns, villages and hamlets as key holiday destinations.