Mission Statement:
 

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce,

recognizing the traits that make Laguna Beach unique,

will promote and enhance the economic environment for Laguna Beach businesses by providing the programs and services of value to its members and the community.

~ Service Since 1917 ~

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September Mixer
Wednesday, September 22
5:30-7:30pm

Enjoy Ocean Views & Breathtaking Sunset

The Retreat in Laguna Beach

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GREENLAGUNABEACH.COM

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce, the Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau and the City of Laguna Beach have partnered to provide businesses, visitors and residents of Laguna Beach a one-stop resource for all sustainable information.

Support our Merchants &

The Community In Which We Live!

SHOP LOCAL

Shopping is an Art Shop Local Program

Visit the Chamber of Commerce to get your discount card and
list of participating Merchants

Saving the Brick & Motars our Nation is Built On

http://www.the350project.net/home.html

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Please take a few minutes to
complete our
Environmental Survey http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228QCBPLATE

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The Official City of Laguna Beach Map

Is Now Interactive!  

CLICK TO VIEW The Official

Laguna Beach City Map

 http://www.dirmapsusa.com/lbmap2008interactive/lbmap08interactive.swf

History of the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce & Civic Association

The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1917 with a simple objective:
to support local businesses. 90 years later, that simple mission still drives everything we do.

The Chamber's purpose in this community is to serve as the leader in three key areas:

• Advocating the interests of local business to government organizations
  such as the City Council and planning Commission.
• Providing cooperative programs such as marketing and public relations
  to benefit local businesses, which they could not afford individually.
• Creating a healthy business environment that contributes
  to the Laguna Beach quality of life.

Local Publications

Information Center

The Chamber is  the Business Resource Center for the community

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History of the Chamber

In 1886, the Laguna Beach Wharf and Improvement Company was founded and business leaders served as the decision makers for the community, creating the Laguna Beach Improvement Association, which developed into the Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association in 1917. Until the city incorporated, the Chamber and its forerunners essentially functioned as a city council. They decided to develop a plan …if the city was ever to amount to more than a dusty road that ended at the ocean. 

 -- Chamber Minutes, Nov. 2, 1917

A public improvement committee was formed and the Chamber asked the Automobile Club to put Laguna Beach on the map. Then, as now, the Chamber was involved with traffic and parking problems. It was recommended that the 250 feet of mud road be paved and oil applied to that dusty road near the hotel and post office and posts placed to prevent congestion of parked cars on busy days. That dusty road is now known as Pacific Coast Highway.

           

 

Membership

Members of the Chamber of Commerce include a wide variety of businesses:

• Advertising Agencies                             Interior designer
• Architects                                                 Mortgage Brokers 
• Artists & Art galleries                            Newspapers/magazines
• Bankers                                                     Publishers
• Builders                                                     Realtors
• Consultants                                              Retail Stores
• Dentists                                                     Restaurants
• Doctors                                                      Non-profit & Service
• Graphic Artists                                         Lawyers
• Organizations                                               

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The Laguna Beach Chamber of Commerce & Civic Associatiois a nonprofit organization.   Tax ID 95-0918918