Gresham News and Announcements

Welcome STAYCE BLUME Gresham Area Chamber NEW CEO “We are pleased to announce Stayce Blume as the Gresham Chamber’s new CEO. She brings a great history of experience, enthusiasm, and energy that will carry this Chamber into the future. Please help welcome Stayce as she hits the ground running.” Chamber President, Brian York, Clackamas County…

Friday, June 23rd, 2023 McMenamins Kennedy School $80 per person | 21+ | 6pm – 9pm THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS Join us for an evening celebrating the amazing work done in our shelter programs while we share stories of resilience & community and raise funds for our unhoused neighbors! Proceeds from the Resilience…

New CEO Announced Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center The Chamber Board of Directors is pleased to announce Stayce Blume as the new CEO.  Her first day will be July 5th.  In 2016, then owner of Skyland Pub, Stayce won the Business Excellence Award for medium business.  A more complete biography of Stayce…

The Gresham Safety Levy, Measure 26-239, has the full support of the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce. The importance of public safety to the creation of jobs, a thriving economy, and a community is well known. Proposition 26-239 stabilizes the City of Gresham’s finances while bringing transparency, new police and fire officers, resources for those…

Sure, the idea sounds good and people will be drawn to the idea.  Helping people deal with evictions makes sense.  But it is already being done and the devil is in the details with this measure.  No income thresholds for qualifying to use this tax. There are current , fully funded, programs in place to…

As the 2023 legislative session convenes, Oregon Business & Industry and the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce are requesting local chambers to help gather information from business owners and operators around the state. The survey deadline has been extended to this Friday, February 3rd. Responses will help make the case for bills that help promote…

Join us in Historic Downtown Gresham each Third Thursday of 2023 5:30-8:30pm for specials, activities, music, dinind and more! Third Thursdays Return to Historic Downtown Gresham We have extended the popular summer run of Third Thursday year-round.  You can find something at SugarCubed, Shop Girl Consignment, USWC Taekwondo, Center or the Arts Foundation Little Theatre,…

Nonprofits are a great place to donate funds or items.  In 2021, the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce collected and donated thousands of dollars of children athletic equipment by honoring gold medal winner, Ryan Crouser. My Fathers House, A Community Shelter, Gresham-Barlow Youth Baseball/Softball, and Salvation Army Gresham Corps who received those donations. Pick one…