East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce

About Our Chamber

The East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce in Hants County Nova Scotia, is a member driven organization, seeking to promote networking, advertising & business opportunities for local companies and community groups.

Founded in 1986, we are a not-for-profit organization designed to offer the business community a voice in matters of collective economic interest, while providing our members with services designed to assist them in their ability to do business. The Chamber's mandate is to communicate among members, between the Chamber and the business community, and to plan events that will provide members with business opportunities.

Message from the President

It’s an exciting time to have a business in East Hants - our entire community is experiencing tremendous growth, and in fact it’s one of the fastest growing areas in the Atlantic Provinces! Businesses are poised to take advantage of this growth and the Chamber is here to assist you with that opportunity.

It's our intention to make the Chamber a valuable tool for you to promote your organization’s message to other businesses and to the community at large. This will entail everything from your use of our newly-revamped website to holding networking opportunities including monthly after-hours receptions and lunch-time seminars, as well as holding annual events such as our Business Expo, our Business Awards Banquet and our Annual General Meeting Dinner.

That said, we want our members actively involved not only in the above-mentioned activities, but it’s also very important to let your Chamber know what else you would like us to do to assist you and our general membership. Of course, we’d like your assistance in that, so get ready to get involved, to get busy and to improve the profile of your organization and the entire East Hants and Districts business community. Let’s all have a year filled with accomplishments!

Stephen Pottie - President 09/10

Membership has its Benefits...

Why Join the Chamber?

Cost Savings - the Chamber offers members cost savings through its benefits program including:

Group Insurance Plan – in co-operation with Chambers across Canada, the EHDCC is able to provide small business members with a comprehensive group insurance plan. Coverage is designed around the needs of the individual small business.
Preferred Merchant Rates on Visa, MasterCard, and Interac
'Matching Membership' with Atlantic Provinces Chambers of Commerce

Website - newly revamped and available 24/7:

The Chamber’s online membership business directory is accessible to all Chamber members, and to the rest of the world.
Your contact information is provided as well as hot links to your company website & email, and any member-to-member discounts you may offer.
Listings in up to three categories as well as an alphabetical listing in our on-line directory.
Upcoming Events in your community
Quarterly newsletter & Board minutes posted online regularly.

Membership is Good Business - promote your business through networking events and publications:

General/Annual Meetings
Networking and Training Events
Banquets, Business Expo & Awards Events
newsletters emailed direct to members

EHCC Newsletter

See Current Issue in PDF

Archives - in MS Word - Oct 08, Mar 08, Feb 08 - In pdf Feb 09 June 09

Membership Rates:

	Dues	HST	Total
Sole Proprietor	76.00	9.88	85.88
2 - 5 employees	114.00	14.82	128.82
6 - 10 employees	152.00	19.76	171.76
11 - 25 employees	190.00	24.70	214.70
26 - 50 employees	228.00	29.64	257.64
51 + employees	266.00	34.58	300.58
Individual	44.50	5.79	50.29
Non-profit	44.50	5.79	50.29
Government	152.00	19.76	171.76

All memberships are for a 12 month period and will be renewed on an anniversary-date basis.

All prices are in Canadian funds; 13% HST applies. Please make cheques payable to "East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce"

Click here or on the button for a Membership Application Form in PDF format; just fill it in and email, mail or fax it back to us at your convenience!

Board of Directors - Meeting Minutes

Members are invited to attend our monthly Board Meetings - Find out more about your Chamber, volunteer your services, hear about the latest developments!

Watch this space for last month's minutes...

Links We Like:

Chambers


West Hants	Truro		Atlantic Chambers
Atlantic Chambers August Newsletter...
		Chamber Insurance Plan

Government


Hants RDA	Municipality of East Hants	Hants/Kings BDC

Tourism


Nova Scotia Tourism	Central Nova Tourism	Local Weather

Contact the East Hants & Districts Chamber of Commerce

NEW Mailing address

Unit 13 - 8 Old Enfield Road

Enfield, NS B2T 1C9

tel: 902 883-1010

fax: 902-883-7862

Street Address

Parker Place Mall

Lower Level

8 Old Enfield Road

Enfield, NS

LATEST NEWS

Happy New Year from the Chamber!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2010 Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, March 10 - details...

Recent Events:

Lunch & Learn photos...

New Mailing Address for our new offices in Enfield:

Unit 13 - 8 Old Enfield Road

Enfield, NS B2T 1C9

December Issue of Entrepre News in pdf

Chamber President Steve Pottie carries the Olympic Torch on Day 19 of the cross-country relay! Click on the photo to go to the official Torch Relay site for that day; Steve's picture is the last one in the second row...