Chamber's New Home- In The Heart Of Boynton Business District

Chamber of Commerce Moves to the Corner of Gateway and Congress Ave. to Compson Place at Renaissance Commons

The Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its Eighty-Third Year of existence in 2008. With this milestone the Chamber has executed one of the most ambitious undertakings in its history, moving the Chamber Visitor Lobby and Administration Offices west of I95 into the heart of the Business District for Boynton Beach and Central Palm Beach County.

From the beginning our Chamber has been active in the community, an involved business organization working to improve, enhance and promote the City of Boynton Beach and the area that surrounds it.

Five years ago the reining Board of Directors under the leadership of Past Chamber President Diana Johnson, made a strategic decision to move the Chamber Offices to the West to better service our members, residents and visitors to the area. From the early days of the storefront Chamber of Commerce on Federal Highway, when the City limits were east of what today is Interstate 95, to the past twenty years the Chamber of Commerce has maintained a presence in the First Financial Plaza building on Ocean Ave., the Chamber has maintained the responsibility to the community of fostering a healthy business climate.

Now fast forward to 2008 where the Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce stretches to the westernmost boundaries of unincorporated Palm Beach County and the Ag Reserve near State Road 7/441, and now Congress Ave. becomes the Business District for the area. “Moving the Chamber of Commerce to the corner of Gateway and Congress Ave. has fulfilled the strategic decision the Board of Directors made in 2003”, said Glenn Jergensen, President and CEO of the Chamber. “Locating to Compson Place at Renaissance Commons reinforces the concern that the Chamber of Commerce has for maintaining a business climate that is strong and supportive of the retail, commercial and service businesses that serve the growth in this area, it is our responsibility to promote all business within the Greater Boynton Beach area, this is healthy for our members and the community as a whole,” said Jergensen. “We have accomplished this relocation through Chamber of Commerce Membership funding, as the Chamber is a Not for Profit Membership Organization not a governmental agency”, added Jergensen.

Our Chamber Mission is to Serve, Protect and Promote the Membership of the Chamber of Commerce and the new Visitor Lobby for our membership will serve those who request information and promote the quality of life in the area and Palm Beach County. Our web site, www.BoyntonBeach.org, Business Monthly publication and Member information will provide guidance to visitors in our Lobby for selection of Dining, Hotels, Retail establishments and Service Providers for our market of consumers and business owners throughout Greater Boynton Beach. We will also promote our local attractions such as the boating and fishing excursions from our Intracoastal Marina, the Children’s Schoolhouse Museum, Green Cay Nature Preserve and the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge for all visitors and residents to witness the quality of life in this area we call Boynton Beach. Members using Members focus our efforts everyday.

Your Chamber is working tirelessly to gain the recognition that the Greater Boynton Beach area is a great place to live, work and play.