Your Chamber

Membership in 1895 was open to “any reputable person in Central or Northern California,” and dues were a $5 initiation fee and $1 monthly dues payable quarterly in advance.

The Sacramento Chamber endorses a $75,000 road bond, later approved by voters, to implement permanent highway improvements on a 20-mile stretch between Sacramento and Folsom.

Voters approved a $75,000 bond that the Sacramento Chamber initiated, which would fund necessary improvements on the region’s river channel.

The Sacramento Chamber organizes businesses to pledge funds to establish Mather Field as an aviation school.

Chamber successfully lobbies to get Mather Field established.

Among others, Adolph Teichert, Jr. is elected to a two-year term on the Sacramento Chamber Board of Directors. He would remain involved in various capacities through the 1940s, including serving on the Chamber’s post-war planning committee, during which time he had the foresight to voice recognition of the vital role construction of the channel would have in creating jobs in the Sacramento region.

The Sacramento Chamber was an active proponent in the construction of the Tower Bridge. It cost $994,000 and helped elevate a growing traffic burden. It’s dedication ceremony drew more than 10,000 people.

The Sacramento Chamber organizes efforts to establish McClellan Air Force Base.

The Sacramento Chamber establishes a housing department to address the abundant requests for rentals. WWI Veterans were deciding to establish homes in the region because of increasing job opportunities in the city’s expanded industries.

The Sacramento Chamber successfully recruited Campbell’s Soup Co. to the region.

While it didn’t earn the moniker Cap-to-Cap until much later, a handful of Sacramento business leaders traveled to Washington D.C. to dissuade federal officials from closing Mather, Travis and McClellan air force bases, a move that would have crippled the region’s economy. The trip inspired the first of what is now over 50 regional lobbying efforts to our nation’s capital.

The Sacramento Metro Chamber helps to establish the Kings NBA franchise in Sacramento.

The Sacramento Metro Chamber launches its Leadership Sacramento program to grow regional business leaders.

The Sacramento Metro Chamber launches its Leadership Sacramento program to grow regional business leaders.

The Sacramento Metro Chamber establishes Metro PAC as an independent political action committee to endorse candidates and campaigns that elevate the growth of a strong business community.