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It comprises three-fourths of the so-called metropolitan statistical area, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce wants to add the rest of the fourth county to its membership. The Chamber is offering free, one-year memberships to merchants with the former Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Phillipsburg-based Warren business group dissolved in February, citing financial difficulties and efforts by other business entities to attract members. The Phillipsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, a partner of the Lehigh Valley group, is inviting the nearly 225 members of the Warren Chamber to a membership and networking event Nov. 3 at Hawk Pointe Country Club near Washington, N.J., said Alison Pickel, the Lehigh Valley Chamber's executive vice president of Easton and Phillipsburg initiatives. Pickel hopes to gain at least one-third of the Warren County businesses. If that happens, she said, the Chamber would establish a countywide chamber, with the Phillipsburg office serving as a branch. More business owners in the county have seen "positive outcomes" experienced by merchants in the Phillipsburg area since they became part of the Lehigh Valley Chamber in 2007, Pickel said. The first-year membership in the Lehigh Valley Chamber costs $375, she said. Click here to read more.
It comprises three-fourths of the so-called metropolitan statistical area, and the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce wants to add the rest of the fourth county to its membership.
The Chamber is offering free, one-year memberships to merchants with the former Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The Phillipsburg-based Warren business group dissolved in February, citing financial difficulties and efforts by other business entities to attract members.
The Phillipsburg Area Chamber of Commerce, a partner of the Lehigh Valley group, is inviting the nearly 225 members of the Warren Chamber to a membership and networking event Nov. 3 at Hawk Pointe Country Club near Washington, N.J., said Alison Pickel, the Lehigh Valley Chamber's executive vice president of Easton and Phillipsburg initiatives.
Pickel hopes to gain at least one-third of the Warren County businesses. If that happens, she said, the Chamber would establish a countywide chamber, with the Phillipsburg office serving as a branch.
More business owners in the county have seen "positive outcomes" experienced by merchants in the Phillipsburg area since they became part of the Lehigh Valley Chamber in 2007, Pickel said. The first-year membership in the Lehigh Valley Chamber costs $375, she said.
Click here to read more.