All About Your Chamber Membership Benefits
The Brea Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to helping businesses succeed through fostering connections and resources through our membership benefits. Membership with the Brea Chamber enhances your businesses potential for success. As a member of the Brea Chamber, you can be sure that your business is supported by us, the largest pro-business organization in Brea.
Business Connections and Networking
The Brea Chamber of Commerce presents networking events throughout the year for members to increase their visibility in the community and market their business. Attending Brea Chamber events is an excellent opportunity to represent your business and foster a growing network.
Business Leaders Connect
Business Leaders Connect is a luncheon series designed to feature local and regional business leaders to provide learning opportunities and information on business trends to the broader business community.
Emerging Leaders
Previously known as Brea Young Professionals, Emerging Leaders, is a program designed to enhance the employment and leadership skills of Brea's up and coming workforce through mentoring, educational workshops, and social events.
LEAD$ Lunch
Fast-paced networking lunch connecting designed to increase small business leads. Short presentations, 30-second commercials, followed by networking.
Mixers
Informal networking opportunities at fun local establishments. Some hosted in partnership with other Chambers as well as the Chamber Business Alliance.
Leadership Opportunities
Ambassadors
Ambassadors serve as greeters at Chamber functions, visit new members and welcome them to the Chamber, and encourage member participation through phone calls and personal contacts.
Chamber Business Council
By invitation only, this group of Brea corporate enterprises engages in the broad business issues such as economic development, workforce, and housing issues.
Women in Leadership Council
The Women in Leadership Council is a group of executive women leaders providing vision and support for the Brea Chamber of Commerce's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program focused on gender equity, called the Women Rising Leadership Academy (WRLA).
Housing Committee
This is a group works to build bridges between the current and future housing needs of the city’s workforce. They tackle the challenges to ensuring adequate housing for our businesses’ workforce, including advocacy at City Council meetings.
Tech Conference Committee
This committee includes a variety of experts in the technology space or as well as businesses interested in leveraging technology in order to plan and execute the Chamber's Tech Conference.
Education Resources
Industry Roundtable
Roundtable events are held for specific industries to meet, peer-to-peer to discuss current challenges and share solutions and best practices.
Topical Workshops
The Chamber provides topical workshops on a number of specific subjects identified by members in the Chamber's annual member survey. Workshops are held throughout the year.
Women Rising Leadership Academy
This diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) program explores the under-representation of women in top leadership positions, addresses the internal and external barriers to advancement, offering creative, tangible, and actionable strategies to help women advance into top leadership positions.
Member Behind the Scenes Interview Series
Hosted on YouTube, we go behind the scenes with video interviews of members business leaders to explore their business practices, philosophies, experiences, and future plans.
Economic Development
Discover Brea
An economic development program focused on driving traffic to member establishments in the hospitality and entertainment industries.
Restaurant Loyalty Program
Restaurants in and around Brea offer a 10% (or more) discount to Restuarant Loyalty Program card holders. Restaurant Loyalty Program cards are issued to members for FREE as a member benefit.
Advertising - Hospitality Industry
Program card holders. Restaurant Loyalty Program cards are issued to members for FREE as a member benefit.
BOUSD Canyon High School Entrepreneur Scholarship
In partnership with the Brea Olinda Unified School District and Canyon High School, this member funded scholarship is awarded to a worthy student starting their own business.
Business Resources
News to Use
News to Use is a monthly e-newsletter that announces upcoming events and workshops, shares valuable resources, and celebrates and shares past event milestones and Chamber volunteers.
Advocacy Update
Advocacy Update is a monthly e-newsletter that shares how the Chamber is fighting to keep a business-friendly climate alive and well to benefit your business.
SOURCE (blog)
Written by Chamber staff and industry experts, SOURCE is your go-to resource for credible, factual information on the key issues facing business in Brea and the region.
Job Board
Is your business hiring? We can help promote your open positions! The Chamber Job Board lists current open positions of members who are actively hiring. The Job Board is further promoted in our newsletter and on social media, in addition to the Chamber website.
Workforce Development
A subset of the Economic Development initiative, the Workforce Development initiative helps prepare the future workforce by formalizing partnerships with higher-education, including Cal State Fullerton, as well as local high-schools to provide interns to member businesses. The Chamber’s Women Rising Leadership Academy also serves as a workforce development program, offering elevated training for working women.
Legislative Advocacy
The Brea Chamber of Commerce supports keeping Brea a business-friendly City at the local, state, and federal level. We stay abreast of legislative issues and take actions against business-killing bills and legislation in collaboration with the California Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce. We advocate on your behalf as the voice of reason against business-killing laws and legislation at the local, state, and federal level.
Action Alerts
When your voice is urgently needed, the Brea Chamber will send out, via email, an Action Alert giving you information on the law, relevant deadlines and a link to weigh in with your local or federal lawmakers.
Local Government Representation
Your Chamber engages at every level of government on behalf of your business. Chamber staff, Board members and volunteers advocate on key issues at City Council meetings and Planning Commission meetings.
Advocating for Business-Friendly Public Policy
The Chamber maintains membership and relationship with all of the heavy hitters in Sacramento and DC. Through CalChamber and the US Chamber, the Brea Chamber weighs in on important legislation impacting your business. The Brea Chamber is "on your side" every day, making sure the voice of our businesses are heard.
Marketing and Exposure
As a member of the Brea Chamber of Commerce, you'll receive direct promotion to your business through various marketing resources and opportunities to help increase your organizations visibility and services.
Ribbon Cuttings
FREE Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies can take place at your new or remodeled business (Members Only). Ambassadors, staff, elected officials, and the community to come out to support the success of your new or renewed business.
Tabletops Exhibits
Chamber events such as mixers and Taste of Brea include opportunities for members to host a tabletop exhibit. Call the Chamber office to inquire about future opportunities.
Event Sponsorship
Looking to get in front of the business community? The Brea Chamber has a deep and broad reach in the business community that allows us to leverage your event sponsorship for the greatest impact. Call the Chamber office to inquire about future opportunities.
Program Sponsorship
Looking to get in front of the business community? The Brea Chamber has a deep and broad reach in the business community that allows us to leverage your program sponsorship for the greatest impact. Call the Chamber office to inquire about future opportunities.
Member Appreciation
Members are recognized for their continued support to the Chamber by a visit from Chamber staff, a small gift and photos for social media.
Social Media
Members have the opportunity to purchase an E-broadcast for $45 to be sent out to our contact list of over 2000+ email business subscribers.
E-broadcast
We offer our members the opportunity to be the focused speaker for upcoming educational workshops. The workshop will be entirely focused on your business, education, and workshop offerings. Your workshop, hosted by us, will be advertised on our event page, newsletters, email broadcasts, and social media.
Chair's Circle Recognition
Members whose annual dues contribution is $1500 or more are considered part of the Chair's Circle. Chair Circle members enjoy elevated exposure throughout the Chamber website, on email signatures, and at events and in publications. Chair's Circle members also enjoy concierge service. The Chamber hosts an annual event exclusively for Chair Circle members. To inquire about Chair Circle membership, contact Lacy Schoen, Lacy@BreaChamber.com, (714) 529-3660.
Contact
For general inquires about Membership Benefits, contact:
Amanda Armstrong | amanda@kurta17.sg-host.com | (714) 529-3660