Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce

Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce supports and enhances the business community of Southern Rhode Island and creates opportunities for the growth and development of its member businesses. Our chamber offers advocacy, connections, education, credibility and referrals for its member businesses along with many other benefits. We are a powerful alliance of more than 550 local business, non-profits and organizations, both large and small.

One of the pillars of that alliance is our Business & Community Guide, a tool we use to drive business to each other’s company through referrals and a sense of “shop local first”. One of the greatest strengths of our Chamber is that we encourage our membership to patronize their fellow members, with the understanding that they will in turn patronize them when the need for their company arises. This Guide is a one stop listing of all the products and services our Member’s may need. We also connect your business to our communities: so whether someone is looking for a new place to call home, a vacation destination, or the right place to start or grow their business, the Southern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce Business & Community Guide is their “go to” list.

A new initiative that we are pleased to announce is our mobile app. Our chamber is working to bring you the very best in mobile applications. All of our members will receive a listing in our new mobile app with links to business websites, maps of their location and much more. Check out our website www.srichamber.com for details in the coming weeks.

The chamber works to promote its member businesses. One way is which we do this is through our signature events. The International Wine & Local Cuisine of Southern Rhode Island is an event that does just that. The event was held on Thursday, September 27^th at the Palisades Mill in Peace Dale. Participating members included:

• Wild Wood Catering
• Rhody Joe’s Saloon
• SoHo Ristorante
• Casey’s Grill & Bar
• Coast Guard House
• George’s of Galilee
• Matunuck Oyster Bar
• Aunt Carries
• Meadow Brook Inn
• New England Grass Fed
• Crazy Burger
• Sweet Althea’s
• Sweet Cakes
• Sweeney’s Wine & Spirits
• Sons of Liberty
• Pier Liquors
• Shelalara Vineyards and Winery
• Newport Storm

We are also gearing up for our Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 25th at the beautiful Meadow Brook Inn in Charlestown. At this meeting we recognize our Community Impact Award Winners:

• Spirit of Southern Rhode Island Award – Sons of Liberty
• Above and Beyond – Matunuck Oyster Bar
• Innovation – Twisted Throttle
• Community Enrichment – Phil’s Main Street Grille

We are also pleased to announce our guest speaker at the event will be Karl Wadensten, President of VIBCO Vibrators and host of the talk radio show, The Lean Nation, on AM 790- WPRV in Providence. Tickets for our Annual Meeting are on sale at the Chamber office.

New Southern Rhode Island Chamber Members:

Capalbo Dental Group of Wakefield
Law Office of James T. Marasco
Pier Realty Rentals
T’s Narragansett
Paul Dion CPA
South Kingstown Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Denali
People’s Power & Light
Children’s Dentistry of Westerly
United Storage Wakefield

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