About GCVCC

WHO WE ARE:

The Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is a private, voluntary, not-for-profit organization of businesses and professional people dedicated to improving the economic environment and quality of life in the Cedar Valley. The Alliance & Chamber has approximately 1600 members that represent over 50,000 employees.

OUR MISSION:

At the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber, we see the Cedar Valley as one economy. We are thriving corporations, locally owned businesses, and talented, skilled people. We live in an exceptional place. We share a regional vision to increase the economic vitality of the entire Cedar Valley. We are working side by side with our investors and partners to facilitate business and institutional expansions and new investments.

The Mission of the Greater Cedar Valley Alliance & Chamber is to increase economic vitality and wealth by leading collaborative economic and community development.

The strategies we employ to accomplish this are:

1. Developing and strengthening a technology and innovation based regional economy.
2. Acting as the recognized catalyst and focal point of effective regional action on economic and community issues of importance to Cedar Valley businesses & institutions.
3. Increasing the effectiveness and impact of the Alliance & Chamber organizations.
   

The priorities we have set to accomplish this are:

1. Create a positive business climate that encourages profitable growth of business and major institutions.
2. Encourage business growth through sustainable fast growth businesses in basic, technical and professional operations.
3. Ensure economic base and climate supports expansion of strategically important businesses and institutions.
4. Sustain and strengthen the retail and service sector.
5. Develop, retain, and attract talented people.
6. Lead initiatives to establish a distinctive lifelong learning experience in the Cedar Valley, including the nation’s premier K-12 R&D facility, becoming a strong attraction to talented people and technology based employment.
7. Enhance quality of life by developing economic & community attributes that makes the Cedar Valley an inviting place to enjoy life, enhance a career, operate a business, and retire.
8. Strengthen collaboration among Alliance & Chamber organizations toward increased effectiveness through joint action and efficiency through alignment of resources, merging entities if appropriate, to increase investor value, and provide leadership to local governments and other non profits
9. Articulate and implement a Cedar Valley Vision for a competitive economic region
10. Strive for operational excellence in the Alliance & Chamber in order to maintain a reliable, reputable platform for effective professional and volunteer section in the economy and region.