Chambernomics: information for Chamber members

If you know which Museum in Rockland offers 20,000 square feet of gallery space and over 10,000 works in its collection; which event serves over 20,000 lbs of lobster each year; or where you can see the finest collection of pioneer-era aircraft and automobiles in the world, then your community needs you!

In just two to four hours a week you can share your local knowledge, be part of a wonderful group of community-minded local residents, and get to talk with visitors from all over the globe from the centrally located Chamber of Commerce office in the Maine Lighthouse Museum building in Rockland.

Please contact the Chamber at 236-4404 or 596-0376 for more information on how you can volunteer.

The U.S. Department of Labor has mandated that benefit cuts be implemented no later than June 30, 2013, in a manner that achieves an overall savings of 10.7 percent of benefits for federal fiscal year 2013, which ends September 30, 2013. The U.S. Department of Labor mandated specific ways for states to achieve the savings, letting states choose from a limited set of options.

Under the option Maine has chosen to implement, EUC Tier 3 benefit duration will be reduced by eight weeks, leaving one week of benefit eligibility in Tier 3. The reduction is effective the week of May 12, and about 1,100 of the 5,800 individuals currently collecting EUC benefits will not be eligible for additional benefits beginning that week.  Thereafter, the number of beneficiaries exhausting...

Dear Members:

As you are aware, changes were made to our dues and advertising structure when the “old” PBR and CRL Chambers consolidated in 2011. It was a complex formula, and we thank you all for your patience as we continue to work our way through the process.

We are now a year and half out from that consolidation, and we are revisiting some areas of the dues structure to simplify our forms and create an easier process for renewing Business Members as well as for new Business Members as they come on board. We will be addressing all segments of our membership over the coming months, and will be reviewing our dues structure/enhanced listing pricing relative to our other membership categories of Non-Profit Organizations, Municipal Organizations,...