Abbeville County Chamber of Commerce

“Expenses advertising and promotion 7,507 office 243 conferences/meetings 210 insurance 1,897 dues & subscriptions 6,127 bank fees & cc processing 281 total 16,265”

“The abbeville county chamber of commerce is a nonprofit with the mission of promoting business, developing tourism, and serving the townships of abbeville county, including abbeville, due west, donalds, calhoun falls, and lowndesville. We recognize that business and tourism are intertwined for abbeville, and the services and programs we provide address both needs. For our businesses, we offer a range of programs and services to strengthen them. Our promotional avenues to make our businesses more visible include digital ads, traditional print ads, and radio ads, and we offer development opportunities like our business education classes to all members at no cost. Through programs like the brew and business after hours, we connect businesses with the community and foster business-to-business connections. Our ambassador program is another tool for business exposure; it allows member businesses to have a representative at chamber events and to be a part of important events like grand openings. With our leadership abbeville program, we develop leaders within all economic sectors of the county to make abbeville the best place to live, work, and visit. Through our future entrepreneur scholarship program, we incentivize young entrepreneurs who want to use their college degree to start a business in abbeville county. Additionally, we develop and execute events that attract shoppers to the area businesses such as our downtown walks, our artisan faire, and small business saturday. As the only organization in the county that creates and promotes destination marketing, we are at the forefront of tourism in abbeville. We also operate and staff the visitor's center to serve the tourists who come to abbeville and connect them with points of interest, visitor information, lodging, food, and much more. We are also a sc certified visitor center through scprt. Our explore abbeville initiative attracts tourism through our dedicated social media accounts, our point-of interest brochures, and our marketing. We also generate tourism by offering events like the ag + art tour, porchfest, and victorian christmas. Through programs, events, outreach, and advocacy, we have promoted and served our members and our county since 1982. With a focus on both business and tourism, we work to make abbeville the location of a thriving business environment as well as a destination for rural tourism, leading to growth and opportunities for all.”