The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce (also known as Hampton Roads Chamber) is a

business network A business network is a complex network of companies, working together to accomplish certain objectives. These objectives, which are strategic and operational, are adopted by business networks based on their role in the market. There are two categ ...

comprising 2,500 businesses throughout the Hampton Roads region. The mission of the chamber of commerce is to "set the optimal conditions for business success" through

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and

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. The chamber has five divisions: Chesapeake,

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

, Suffolk and

Virginia Beach Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...

Virginia Beach division

New headquarters for the Virginia Beach division were built in 1974 under the leadership of Chamber of Commerce president Richard Kline,"Chamber Begins New Building," The Virginian Pilot and Ledger Star, September 9, 1973 founder of RK Auto Group. The Virginia Beach division was located at 222 Central Park Avenue, Suite 1010 in Virginia Beach, but has since been relocated to the Hampton Roads Chamber's headquarters in

Downtown Norfolk Downtown Norfolk serves as the traditional center of commerce, government, and culture in the Hampton Roads region. Norfolk, Virginia's downtown waterfront shipping and port activities historically played host to numerous and often noxious port and ...

External links

Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hampton Roads Chamber Of Commerce Hampton Roads Chambers of commerce in the United States