Our area’s leading business association, the Chattanooga Chamber, was founded in 1887. Your Chamber was one of the first 40 chambers founded in the United States. In 1969, business and community leaders founded the Chattanooga Chamber Foundation to lead area economic development through a public-private partnership. Named 2017’s Chamber of the Year, the Chattanooga Chamber has won many national awards for recruitment, marketing, and existing industry support — and is accredited by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with five stars for operational excellence.