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SMALL BUSINESS
FOCUS

PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITH THOSE THEY KNOW AND TRUST. This is a
statement the Paducah Chamber strongly believes and practices. We help our
small businesses to be known in the community!
Small businesses make up the largest group of members of the Paducah
Chamber. About three-fourths of our members have 15 employees or less.
The Chamber strives to help our small businesses to succeed by providing
improvement strategies through professional development seminars, programs and
resources. Our advocacy work also focuses on potential legislation that could help
or hurt our small businesses.
Special recognition includes the program
Chamber members are at our May Power in Partnership breakfast
part of a like-minded focused on Small Business Month and a
group dedicated to helping Small Business of the Year award is pre-
businesses to succeed. sented at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting.
The Commerce Center includes a satellite
office for the Murray State University Small
Business Development Center that focuses on helping local entrepreneurs and
small business owners.
The Paducah Chamber partners with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce to
offer our small businesses an online membership for more access to their programs.
Our annual Business to Business EXPO offers small businesses an opportunity
to network with other small businesses and showcase their products and/or
services.
The Chamber also promotes Member-to-Member Discounts where Chamber
members offer discounts to other Chamber members. The Paducah Chamber
savings program through our member-to-member discounts can help members
to save money and support each other as Chamber members.
The Chamber has programs and solutions for all stages of business.