MONTGOMERY, AL – The Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama (CCAA) an-nounced today that the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce is one of eight to receive the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce distinction (AACC).
The announcement was made at the CCAA’s summer convention in Point Clear, AL.
One of the most prestigious programs of the Chamber of Commerce Association of Ala-bama is the Accredited Alabama Chamber program. The Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program sets standards of excellence for chambers in the state of Alabama. It recognizes chambers that have achieved those standards while offering guidelines for those to improve their effectiveness.
The Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program is designed to pro-mote public awareness of chambers as community development, business membership organizations.
Through the peer review process, the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce pro-gram looks at six standard topics: organization, mission focus, professional administra-tion, financial management, communications, and advocacy. Recipients must meet or exceed the benchmarks set forth through the process.
“As one of CCAA’s most prestigious programs, the Accredited Alabama Chamber of Commerce program shows that each chamber receiving the distinction is committed to the highest standards of organization management. This distinction recognizes local chambers of commerce in Alabama that strengthen free enterprise by protecting their local business environment,” said Dean Mitchell, Executive Director of the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce and the CCAA’s 2021 Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Paige G. Hutto, President and CEO of the CCAA, commended the recipients by say-ing, “The commitment shown by each local chamber that receives the Accredited Ala-bama Chamber of Commerce distinction shows their continued pursuit of high profes-sional standards and assures their business members they are investing in an organiza-tion working on their behalf for the greater good. These chambers are good stewards of their resources, provide valuable benefit to their members, and are catalyst for economic prosperity within the communities they serve.”
Since its beginning in 1937 as the Alabama Association of Commercial Organizations, what is now known as the Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama has re-mained dedicated to advancing the goal that chambers of commerce are the premier local business advocate in the State of Alabama. In conjunction with the Business Council of Alabama (BCA), a non-partisan organization, the two groups, through the BCA/CCAA Partnership represent the interests and concerns of over 1 million working Alabamians every day.
