\u201cBy supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses, the backbone of the Texas economy, chambers help create new opportunities, strengthen communities, and foster a positive vision for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Texas Governor Greg Abbott<\/p>\n
We know that local chambers across Texas have a statewide impact, which is exactly what makes the Texas chamber network so powerful. Small businesses make up 99.8% of all Texas businesses and employ nearly half of all working Texans \u2013 many of them rely on a hometown chamber that knows their community inside and out. Through business retention and expansion, workforce development, networking, and advocacy, local chambers help businesses grow and improve quality of life for their neighbors.<\/p>\n Multiply that work across hundreds of communities, and you get a state that continues to lead the nation in job creation and new investment. Just last week, Governor Abbott announced that Texas is continuing to outpace the nation<\/a> in year-over-year job growth.<\/p>\n Wednesday, October 21 is National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day, when Texans are encouraged to attend a local chamber event, shop at a member business, or simply thank the chamber professionals who work tirelessly to support the business community in their hometown. Chambers can find social media graphics, suggested captions, and more on the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE) Texas Chamber Week page<\/a>.<\/p>\n That afternoon from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. CT, TCCE will host its Chamber Week webinar, Hometown Chambers. Statewide Impact: Preparing for What\u2019s Ahead<\/a>. I am honored to join Adriana Cruz, Executive Director of the Governor\u2019s Texas Economic Development & Tourism Office, and other state and business leaders to discuss the upcoming 90th Texas Legislature, the key issues facing the business community, and how chambers can effectively engage and advocate for their communities.<\/p>\n The webinar is free for all TCCE members \u2013 register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since taking on my new role here at the Texas Association of Business (TAB), one thing is already clear: our partnership with local chambers is foundational to everything we do. I am grateful to Chelsie Kramer and the entire TCCE team \u2013 the longest-standing association of chamber of commerce professionals in the United States \u2013 for their leadership in bringing this network together.<\/p>\n As the 90th Legislative Session approaches, TAB looks forward to working with our partners at the local, state, and federal levels to advance the pro-business policies that will keep Texas the best place in America to start, grow, and build a business.<\/p>\n Read Governor Abbott\u2019s full proclamation here<\/a> and find more information about Texas Chamber of Commerce Week here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 -Kelly Keel, President & CEO, Texas Association of Business<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From the Panhandle to the Rio Grande Valley, local Chambers of Commerce are where Texas\u2019 economic success begins.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-470795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/tx_chambers_week_graphic_tab_1.png\")
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