Message from the Board Chair
Welcome to our Mid- Year Update:
The weather is not all that is heating up this time of year! Our Chamber has been on fire with engaging our community and welcoming new members!
If you missed our 115
Birthday Celebration, you missed a sizzlin’ good time for food, fellowship, networking and prizes. It was great to see the comradery of so many community partners and everyone coming together to show support of each other and our Chamber.
As we move into the next quarter of the year, we know there are still many challenges facing us. So many uncertainties are out there still for our community and Chamber family these days and therefore it is an especially crucial time for us to come together and support each other like never before.
Our focus at the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce is to provide leadership, networking and advocacy for all our members. These focuses help us grow not only as a Chamber, but as a community. Making the impossible possible is molded by our robust community
having shared goals and a common purpose, which helps each of us get through the many uncertainties and challenges of today.
As many know, our Chamber helps nurture not only our current business community but also our future business community and leaders of tomorrow. This is shown in our Emerging Young Leaders Program that will be kicking off again in the Fall for the 2025-2026 school year.
I trust that you will get involved with our Chamber and allow the staff to show you the great benefits there is to being a Chamber member. I also encourage you to attend all the events the Chamber offers, whether it be ribbon cuttings, Sunset Tifton, monthly Chamber meetings, our upcoming Annual Chamber Golf Tournament or any of the other numerous opportunities the Chamber affords to you, please get involved and let us show you how we can help you and your business TODAY!
Sincerely, Becky Smith VP, Business Banker Ameris Bank 2025 Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce Board Chair
Letter from the President
Your Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce has hosted many ribbon cuttings this quarter, Chamber 101, Emerging Young Leaders Graduation, Annual Business Expo, and membership meetings. We also hosted our Spring Sunset Tifton at Hilton Garden Inn and the 115th Anniversary Celebration for our Chamber and what wonderful events they both were. Several upcoming events such as She Means Business, Coffee & Commerce, and our Annual Job Fair. We are very excited that our community is continuing to grow, and your local Chamber is thriving.
We appreciate and with our many community partners, such as City of Tifton, Tift County, Downtown Development Authority, Tift County Development Authority, Tifton Main Street, Tifton Tourism, and Urban Redevelopment, we are doing great things in our community to enhance the quality of life. We are very excited to have many new members and businesses coming to Tifton. Together we make Tifton a great community!
The Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce provides unique experiences that are beneficial to both small and large companies and organizations. I am proud and excited to serve as President and if you have any questions or wish to give me your suggestions, I would be excited to speak with you. Please feel free to reach out to me or my team, as we aspire to provide our members with the most valued experiences. You may contact me at mcowart @ tiftonchamber. org or call our office at( 229) 382-6200.
Thank you for being a member of the Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce. Your dedication and commitment to our Chamber and business community is greatly appreciated. It’ s all of you that makes our community such a great place to live, work, raise our children! Again, we are excited to see what 2025 has in store for us as a Chamber and for each of our members. We encourage you to be apart of our Chamber and we look forward to serving our community.
Sincerely, Melody Cowart President & CEO Tifton-Tift County Chamber of Commerce
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