To safeguard the economic status and promote the economic development of business and industry within Port Hope and the surrounding area.

• Promote the spirit of the Town & District.
• Develop a high level of goodwill and support among the Chamber membership, the Town government and the general public.
• Achieve a stabilized broadened base for the Chamber.
• Develop a positive relationship with members from industry
• Develop a positive image for the Town & District
• Expand the convention and meeting business in Port Hope District.
• Bring new enterprises to Port Hope and promote those presently in town.

• Plenty of opportunities for networking. The Port Hope & District Chamber of Commerce holds various events, including Business card exchanges show casing local businesses, and New members breakfasts to encourage Members of the business community to become acquainted and interact with each other. We also have an annual golf tournament.
  
• Our monthly "Business Update" provides members with updates on local happenings, business trends and new member listings.
  
• Workshops and seminars sponsored by the Chamber stimulate discussion and provide information to members of local concerns.
  
• Access to information from Chamber resources including government directories, periodicals, maps and directories of most major cities in Ontario.
  
• Access to an extensive, yet cost-effective group insurance program. The program is of particular benefit to smaller companies which could not otherwise take advantage of group insurance.
  
• Annual decals and membership cards , to show the public (and your clients) that you are a proud member of Port Hope's oldest and largest business association.
  
• Free certification of export documents.
  
• Opportunity to participate in the Ontario Chamber Network and receive exclusive member-to-member discounts.
  
• Discounted prices on all regular Chamber programs.

There are a lot of misconceptions about the Chamber. For example, there are those who believe the Chamber gathers statistics, prints nice brochures, visits new businesses, answers inquiries and advertises what a great place the local area is in which to work and live.

They are right, up to a point. These are fringe activities of the Chamber, the things done as a matter of routine because they need doing, but they alone are not why the Chamber is there.

The primary functions of the Chamber go far deeper than those niceties. The Chamber of Commerce is a catalyst - a common vehicle through which business and professional people work together for the common good of the community.

A better community means better business conditions, and the Chamber works for a better community for everyone. This brings us back to that original question: What does the Chamber really do? This is, in final analysis, one prime reason for the Chamber to exist. The Chamber will do whatever is necessary to keep the local area's economic condition at a level where businesses will invest their resources in an effort to make a profit..
.- everything else is just a means to the end.

In any community, it is from the profitable operations of business that all other benefits are derived. Only by succeeding in this fundamental goal can jobs be provided. These jobs produce the wealth to finance all the governmental, civic, educational, cultural and charitable needs that communities are faced with everyday.