Where the Jobs Are! The Prescott Chamber is co-sponsoring a Career and Jobs Fair Friday, Feb. 24, from 10:30 - 2:00 at the Yavapai College Gym. So far, 40 agencies and businesses have signed up to be part of the event! More information coming soon!
Want Your Business to be Noticed? The Chamber had 33,870 walk-in visitors in 2011 and answered 23,006 telephone calls, while another 196,040 used this website to gather information. That's an average of 93 walk-in visitors every day, 63 phone calls and 537 visitors to the Chamber's website.
Can you afford to miss these potential customers? The Chamber has low-cost programs to help your business reach these audiences. Call today for more information.
The Chamber's quarterly Women in Business luncheon will be held Wednesday, Feb. 8, 12:00 - 1:15 pm at the Wyndham Garden Hotel, 4499 E. State Route 69 in Prescott. Our featured speaker will be the City's new Deputy City Manager, Alison Zelms. The cost to attend is $20 per person for members; $30 for non-members. You can register on-line or call Jacquie or Debbie at the Chamber, 445-2000.
ShowUp.com Offers Complete Arts/Events Calendar For the latest information on arts and cultural events in the greater Prescott area, visitors can now look on their computers! Prescott has joined Showup.com!
Prescott Area Young Professionals PAYP is an affiliate of the Chamber with programs and networking opportunities specifically for business men and women between the ages of 21 - 40. Employees of Chamber members can join PAYP for $25 annually. For membership information and a schedule of coming events, check the PAYP website.
Population:
Prescott - 39,843
Prescott Valley - 38,822
Chino Valley - 10,817
Yavapai County - 211,033
(Source: U. S. Census 2010)
Economic Indicators:
Sales tax revenue up 6.6% FY11 (through Dec. 31)
Unemployment (Dec. 2011): Prescott - 8.6%
Cost of Living Index:
(2011): 103.7 (national norm of 100.0)
The Prescott Chamber of Commerce provides Tools for Business on its website, with
local, state, federal and best-of-the-web resources to start and grow businesses.
Tools for Business contains a business start-up kit with all the forms to comply with
government requirements, links to funding resources, green business practices, business
tax incentives, employer resources, online classes and more. It is also viewable in Spanish.