Chamber FAQ’s

The most popular reasons for Chamber membership include business exposure gained from involvement, branding and promotion opportunities, plus information and educational benefits. Chamber membership also provides businesses and employees with community involvement opportunities and the chance to support activities that encourage quality economic growth in the Navarre area. Plus, it allows your business/organization to have a bigger voice in issues that affect local businesses. (FYI: Google LOVES chamber websites! This increases the SEO of your website if your business/organization is listed in the online business directory.)

We welcome businesses and organizations from all regions to connect and engage with the Navarre community through the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce! If you do business in the Navarre area, we are here to serve you!

Yes! The Navarre Chamber provides many benefits outside of our events. Membership in the chamber provides a directory listing on our website, opportunities for advertising and promoting your business, access to chamber staff for business assistance and more. We offer sponsorship and marketing opportunities, educational programs, advocacy, referral partnerships, access to resources, building credibility, and more.  By supporting the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, you are contributing to the overall vitality of our economy, ensuring Navarre continues to thrive.  The Navarre Chamber is always working for you!

As a hub for the community, the Navarre Chamber receives numerous contacts from residents and visitors seeking help in finding a product or service. With these calls, we always refer to our Chamber member businesses!

As you may be aware, Navarre does not have a city government and is managed under Santa Rosa County Government.  The Chamber works closely with Santa Rosa County employees and elected officials for the benefit of the community, especially in terms of small business, economic development issues and legislative affairs.  Chambers are prohibited from endorsing political candidates, although Chambers do take a stand on issues that affect businesses and quality of life.

Santa Rosa County is the government responsible for the needs of the community and provides a range of services, such as public safety, administrating a court system, roads, and parks & beach facilities to name a few. County Commissioners make local laws but operate within a legal framework set up by State and County Governments.

Non-profits are vital to our mission to encourage the development of business and enhance the quality of life in the Navarre community! Many of our members are non-profit. From large, national organizations to solo individuals making a positive impact in our community, we have a range of benefits to support non-profits.

While we welcome contributions given freely, we place no requirement for donation of goods or services from the organizations and businesses that we exist to support.

Our dues are structured as a fair-share model.  Businesses are members of the Chamber, and employees utilize the benefits.  Any employee of a member business is welcome to access our resources.  Therefore, the more employees an organization has, the more we ask them to contribute.  A full breakdown of tiers can be found on our Benefits of Membership page.

We encourage our members to get involved and have many opportunities within chamber committees.  Each committee has a dedicated focus and programming.  It’s a tremendous opportunity to deepen connections with fellow committee members, support the Chamber and its initiatives, and champion the missions that matter most to you.  Learn more about Committees to find the right opportunity for you.

Each September, the Chamber accepts nominations for open Board positions. Any member can be nominated or nominate themselves for consideration. The Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors will make recommendations to the Board who will then vote on any new Directors.

Navarre Beach Area Chamber members are encouraged to share important content with the community using our website.  Visit our Marketing Opportunities page to learn more about what types of content we host.  Once you log in to your account, you can navigate to the appropriate section, which will offer fields and drop-down menus to walk you through the process.

While a few of our events are reserved for Chamber members many of our events are open to non-members and prospective members.  For ticketed events, there is a discount for Navarre Beach Area Chamber Members.