As we look back and mark the accomplishments of this past year and remember the half century of remarkable growth within the greater Belfast area, we’re proud to announce some significant achievements at the Chamber. We added focus to our economic development efforts and have taken the lead in promoting the Belfast area to visitors and for relocation. We’ve extended this to include marketing our excellent quality of place to businesses for relocation or expansion. We continue to add members at a considerable pace, having added 61 members since this time last year. Our new event, The Good Life Fest helped brand Belfast as a community of entrepreneurs and green living, while bringing much-needed funds to our bottom line.

BUT, we’re not done and we need your help!

• Plans for 2010-2011 include extending our promotion of the area as a great place to live and do business to brochures placed in local accommodations and other visitor contact points to encourage business start-ups and relocation.

• Adding a section to our area guide, Belfast Bay Magazine that provides information about starting a business in the region. This entails adding pages and a larger print run, with 5000 copies mailed in-house to select neighborhoods in June to capture the summer resident population.

• Creating and implementing a marketing campaign that requires dedicated marketing dollars.

Help us in our efforts!

Support the Chamber’s work through sponsoring and attending the Annual Awards Dinner. Your dollars help us achieve our goals while placing your business front and center in the business community. Please download and return the sponsorship form and Annual Dinner Invitation and help us continue our efforts moving the community to a strong and vibrant future. If you’d like to hear more about our efforts or have questions about the Annual Awards Dinner, contact Janet Dutson at 338-3310 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .