ECONOMY
BOOK OF LISTS 2020 | 37
LARGEST CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN GREATER HARTFORD
(Ranked by number of members as of April 2019)
Largest chambers of commerce
in Greater Hartford
(Ranked by number of members as of April 2019)
Rank Chamber
Members/
Minimum
dues
per year Membership contact(s)
Head of chamber/
Year founded
1
Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce (a)
393 Main St., Middletown, CT 06457
860-347-6924; www.middlesexchamber.com
2,210
$215
Cathy Duncan
Cathy@MiddlesexChamber.com
Lawrence McHugh
1895
2
Central Connecticut Chambers of Commerce
440 N. Main St., Bristol, CT 06010
860-584-4720; www.centralctchambers.org
1,600
$125
Dee Babkirk
d.babkirk@centralctchambers.org
Cynthia A. Bombard
1889
3
Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce (b)
2400 Main St., Glastonbury, CT 06033
860-659-3587; www.crvchamber.org
650
$250
Tina Lorentzen
tina@crvchamber.org
Mary Ellen Dombrowski
2016 (c)
4
Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce
50 N. Main St., Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-9891; www.quinncham.com
575
$295
Dee Prior-Nesti
dee@quinncham.com
Dee Prior-Nesti
1915
5
Midstate Chamber of Commerce
546 South Broad St., Suite 2C, Meriden, CT 06450
203-235-7901; www.midstatechamber.com
565
$295
Rosanne P. Ford
r.ford@midstatechamber.com
Séan W. Moore
1896
6
West Hartford Chamber of Commerce
948 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 06107
860-521-2300; www.whchamber.com
550
$275
Kate Kobs
kate@whchamber.com
Christopher Conway
1908
7
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
20 Hartford Road, Manchester, CT 06040
860-646-2223; www.manchesterchamber.com
485
$295
Amy Heritage
amy@manchesterchamber.com
April DiFalco
1901
8
Cheshire Chamber of Commerce
195 S. Main St., Cheshire, CT 06410
203-272-2345; www.cheshirechamber.org
400
$295
Yetta Augur
yetta@cheshirechamber.org
Yetta Augur
1974
8
Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce
185 Main St., Suite 423, New Britain, CT 06051
860-229-1665; www.greaternewbritainchamber.com
400
$225
Nella Lastrina
nella@greaternewbritainchamber.com
William D. Moore
1913
8
MetroHartford Alliance (d)
31 Pratt St., 5th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103
860-525-4451; www.metrohartford.com
400
$400
Kate Baumann
kbaumann@metrohartford.com
David Griggs
1799
8
The Chamber of Commerce Windham Region
1010 Main St., Windham, CT 06226
860-423-6389; www.windhamchamber.com
400
$300
Diane Nadeau
diane@windhamchamber.com
Diane Nadeau
1887
12
Avon Chamber of Commerce
412 W. Avon Road, Avon, CT 06001
860-675-4832; www.avonchamber.com
350
$140
Lisa Bohman
avonchamber@sbcglobal.net
Lisa Bohman
1965
13
North Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 123, Enfield, CT 06083
860-741-3838; www.ncccc.org
325
$250
Mike Vezzola
mike@ncccc.org
Charles Miller
1892
14
Simsbury Chamber of Commerce
720 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT 06070
860-651-7307; www.simsburycoc.org
320
$198
Lisa Gray
info@simsburycoc.org
Louis George
1961
15
Windsor Chamber of Commerce
261 Broad St., Windsor, CT 06095
860-688-5165; www.windsorcc.org
315
$152
Adam Gutcheon
adam@windsorcc.org
Adam Gutcheon
1901
16
Southington Chamber of Commerce
31 Liberty St., Suite 210, Southington, CT 06489
860-628-8036; southingtonchamber.com
300
$325
Taylor Crofton
taylor@southingtonchamber.com
Taylor Crofton
1938
16
Tolland County Chamber of Commerce
30 Lafayette Square, Vernon, CT 06066
860-872-0587; www.tollandcountychamber.org
300
$300
Candice Corcione
tccc@tollandcountychamber.org
Candice Corcione
1957
18
South Windsor Chamber of Commerce
22 Morgan Farms Drive, South Windsor, CT 06074
860-644-9442; www.southwindsorchamber.org
250
$295
Amy Pinard
amy@southwindsorchamber.org
Elaine AbouAkar
1968
19
Canton Chamber of Commerce
326 Albany Turnpike, Canton, CT 06019-0704
860-693-0405; www.cantonchamberofcommerce.com
205
$144
Gary Miller
gary@cantonchamberofcommerce.com
Gary Miller
1967
20
Plainville Chamber of Commerce
1 Central Square, P.O. Box C, Plainville, CT 06062
860-747-6867; www.plainvillechamber.com
185
$185
Lisa Hubina
plvchamber@snet.net
Jeff DiCosmo
1908
21
Newington Chamber of Commerce
1046 Main St., Newington, CT 06111
860-666-2089; www.newingtonchamber.com
180
$195
Peter Forcellina
pete@newingtonchamber.com
Kathy Braga
Peter Forcellina
1945
22
Granby Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 211, Granby, CT 06035
860-653-5085; www.granbycoc.org
165
$165
John French
gcoc@granbycoc.org
John Laudati
1965
22
Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce
200 Main St., Wethersfield, CT 06109
860-721-6200; www.wethersfieldchamber.com
165
$160
Leslie Civitello
wethersfield@sbcglobal.net
Alana DiMarco
1965
24
East Windsor Chamber of Commerce
107 Main St., Broad Brook, CT 06016
860-221-8821; www.eastwindsorchamber.com
152
$175
James Richards
jim@eastwindsorchamber.com
James Richards
1995
25
Bradley Regional Chamber of Commerce (e)
P.O. Box 1335, East Granby, CT 06026
860-653-3833; www.ctchamber.org/bradley
75
$150 (f)
Gina Maria Alimberti
ginamariaalimberti@yahoo.com
Leslie Marques
1954
Source: Each chamber via survey.
(a)
Includes Killingworth Chamber of Commerce.
(b) A merger of the former Glastonbury and East Hartford chambers.
(c) Glastonbury Chamber founded in 1902 and East Hartford Chamber in 1915.
(d) Data updated November 2019.
(e) Windsor Locks and East Granby Chambers merged in 2013.
(f) $300 for freight forwarders, which are companies that need the Chamber's stamp to certify that all the products they are shipping were made in the United States.
—Compiled by Stephanie R. Meagher and Heide Martin.
The Midstate Chamber of
Commerce and Hamden
Regional Chamber
announced in July they formed an
"alliance" to share program and
activity offerings for their newly
combined membership base, while
maintaining separate boards of
directors.
State Rep. Julio A. Concepción
(D-Hartford) in January was named
executive director of the newly
revived
Hartford Chamber
of Commerce, which is now a
unit of the MetroHartford Alliance.
Former New Britain Mayor
Timothy Stewart resigned his
position as head of the
Greater
New Britain Chamber
of Commerce of Commerce
in January after a controversial
Facebook post he made was widely
panned as misogynistic.
HOW THE TOP 5 FARED:
Membership
%
2018 2019 change
Middlesex
County Chamber
of Commerce 2,219 2,210 0%
Central
Connecticut
Chambers of
Commerce 1,900 1,600 -15.8%
Connecticut River
Valley Chamber
of Commerce 600 650 8%
Quinnipiac Chamber
of Commerce 600 575 -4.2%
Midstate Chamber
of Commerce 545 565 3.7%
