Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce
518 Shawnee, P.O. Box 44,  Leavenworth, Kansas  66048,  (913) 682-4112, FAX: 682-8170, E-mail
Representing the communities of Leavenworth, Lansing and Fort Leavenworth

The Chamber Works For YOU!

• Actively works to assist local businesses expand and to attract new businesses and jobs into our area; has provided assistance to businesses that have created hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars of capital investment to our local tax base.

• Active coordination and participation with industrial development and other economic development organizations.

• A leader in the development of plans and actions to foster retail growth in our area, to include retail recruiting and the reduction of retail sales "leakage" to other areas.

• Sponsors and coordinates programs, seminars and workshops for members on diverse subjects important to business, e.g. marketing, business plan development, cash flow controls, and shoplifting prevention.

• Annually conducts the Leadership Leavenworth-Lansing Program, designed to promote and develop new community leaders. The program has over 180 graduates.

• Aggressively represents the interests of our members as necessary, to include at municipal, county, state, and federal government levels. Studies legislation and lobbies on behalf of our members; testifies before legislative committees on bills that impact our members.

• Acts as liaison between the business community and government, social service agencies, schools, and other organizations that are essential to the quality of life of our community.

• Acted as lead agency in alerting and working with our congressional delegation to prevent over 800 jobs, with annual salaries over $22 million, from leaving the Leavenworth-Lansing area.

• Develops and conducts programs designed to market our area nationally for tourism, conferences and conventions, to include direct assistance to such groups.

• Responds to thousands of requests annually form local, national, and international sources, for tourism, relocation, and general business information and data.

• Conducts public candidate forums and public legislative review sessions involving candidates and area legislators, including taping and broadcasting these events on local cable TV as a public information service.

• Conducts "Operation International" annually, providing a local sponsor, American language and culture classes, several social events, and a host of other assistance activities to CGSC international officers and their families.

• Co-sponsor, with our Women's Division, the Athena Award to the Business Woman of the Year, and assists the Women's Division with several of its programs.

• Supports an annual summer youth program that provides summer employment, structure, and earnings to our youth, as well as a positive work experience and a sense of responsibility to job and employer.

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Revised: 09/01/05