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Member Benefits and Levels

2025 Membership Levels and Sponsorship Opportunities
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Join our thriving community of over 500+ members and counting and unleash your full potential today!

Empower your business with resources, networking, advocacy, and more. Do more and go further than doing it alone.

Promote Your Business

  • Publicize your events, programs, publications and sponsorship opportunities
  • Elevate your brand and increase your visbility by leveraging The Chamber’s social media platforms to showcase your products, services, and more to a wider audience.
  • Submit information to the Business Connections section of our monthly digital newsletter
  • Utilize our membership mailing labels for business-to-business promotions
  • Access to our bulk rate postage permit for significant savings on mailings

Advocacy & Representation

  • Help us as we advocate for community advancement by supporting initiatives that improve workforce retention, attraction, and generation such as:
    • Child Care Task Force of Ellis County
    • Chamber Blue Association Health Plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
    • Hosting of Election Forums and Legislative Coffees
    • Attendance at the Western Kansas Delegation
    • Support of initiatives such as: pre-k - 12, housing, etc.
    • Letters of Support: Hays Regional Airport (Essential Air Service), R9 Ranch Project for Ellis and Russell County, Transportation Access, initiatives as brought forth by our members
    • Host and organize quarterly leadership coffees
    • Leadership Hays (Community Leadership Program through the Kansas Leadership Center)
    • Leadership Transformation Grant partner with the KLC
    • Workforce Development: partnerships with FHSU Management Development Center and Dale Carnegie of Kansas Heartland, and Chamber led professional development workshops

Make Business Connections

  • Reach over 500 member businesses and thousands of current and potential customers
  • Increase your visibility by attending chamber chats, ribbon cuttings, business expos, membership lunches, the Annual Chamber Golf Tournament, the Annual Banquet and other special events
  • Enhance your company’s visibility through our online business directory and in-house referrals

Celebrate and Be Recognized

  • Host ribbon cuttings, chamber chats, anniversary celebrations, groundbreakings, press conferences, and grand openings
  • Annual awards eligibility
  • Window decal program identifies you as a Chamber member

Grow Professionally

  • Gain access to the Leadership Hays program
  • Engage your business’s younger demographic in the Hays Young Professionals program (eligible for discounted rate)
  • Serve your business and the Chamber as an Ambassador or Board Director
  • Attend trainings, workshops, and guest speaker series throughout the year 
    • Chamber members receive a discounted rate through the FHSU Management & Development Center on most workshops

Other Benefits

  • Feature your business with a Business Bulletin on our website
  • Discounted services for subscription to Eagle Med
  • Receive a 15% discount to most Fort Hays State University Management & Development workshops.  Call or email to get the discount code.
  • Complimentary Notary Public services to members by appointment

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