Wahoo Chamber of Commerce
Serving the Wahoo Area Business Community
since 1923
Mission Statement
The Wahoo Area Chamber of Commerce strives to promote a favorable business climate, to encourage and sponsor partnerships between businesses and other community organizations, and to provide leadership in the Wahoo Area.
What is the Wahoo Chamber of Commerce?
The Wahoo Chamber of Commerce is people...people who realize that the Chamber is the business community at work. It serves as the central agency for development of business, industry, professions, and all civic interests - performing tasks that no individual can do alone. The Chamber promotes events that can maximize your business potential and profitability.
- The Chamber of Commerce is first and foremost a membership organization, which is supported by member investors.
- The Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors, which is made up of individuals elected from the membership.
- The Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary organization of businesses and individuals throughout Wahoo. We operate as a vehicle through which the businesses and professional people are organized to work together, voluntarily, to define and solve problems for the improvement of Wahoo as a place to live and work.
What can the Chamber do for me?
- Business Referrals: The Wahoo Chamber of Commerce receives numerous calls and correspondence daily requesting information pertaining to motels, restaurants, activities, tourism, realtors, rental landlords, and many inquiries on products and services in the area. We always refer to our Chamber members first!
- Business Contacts: The Chamber of Commerce provides programs and opportunities, such as Business After Hours and Quarterly General Membership meetings for you to network with business representatives who need or use your products and services.
- Internet Reference: Chamber members have a complete business listing on our website. We will place a link to your company's website on our website at no charge, and we can also list your job openings on the website.
- Legislative Action: The Chamber of Commerce can help keep you informed on key legislative issues affecting your business.
- Publicity & Exposure: Through newsletter promotion and sponsoring activities, you will gain direct exposure to an unlimited number of businesses and individuals in the Wahoo/Saunders County area. Our newsletter is printed monthly in the Wahoo newspaper.
- Creating Workforce: The Chamber of Commerce helped bring affordable housing to Wahoo creating a larger workforce for area business and industry.
- Business Retention & Recruitment: The Chamber is a key player in keeping our existing businesses in place. We also recruit new business and industry to Wahoo. If a potential business contacts us, we assist by directing them to the right sources.
- Investment in the Future of Wahoo: Now, more than ever, we must stand side-by-side to work together for the development of our area. Large and small businesses alike are working to control expenses and plan for future growth. By volunteering on Chamber committees and task forces, you will help plan and implement programs to improve the business climate and solve community problems. Only through continued stimulation and growth of the business community can we make progress.
Chamber Activities
- annual Chamber Banquet
- monthly Business After Hours
- annual Customer Appreciation Pancake Feed
- host Saunders County Sheriff Candidate Debate
- ribbon cuttings for new businesses, management changes or expansions
- annual Employee Appreciation Day banquet
- 3-on-3 Jam sponsor
- Halloween parade and costume contest (co-hosted with Wahoo Parks & Recreation)
- downtown Holiday decorations
- annual holiday lighting ceremony, parade, and retail store activities
- 4th of July activities and fireworks display
- organize city-wide garage sales
- dinner and dance fundraiser at Starlite Ballroom
- recommend many local businesses to those interested in products and services in the Wahoo area
- offer available sites and contacts to new businesses wishing to locate in Wahoo
- organize volunteers for Saunders County Fair carnival
- host legislative seminars
- host educational seminar for "sales & use tax"
- Ahamo Archery Shoot partner
Dues Structure
The number of full-time employees your business has determines your dues.
$25 - Individual (no business connection)
$65 - Non-Profit Organization
$100 - 1-2 person Business
$225 - 3-9 person Business
$300 - 10+ person Business
Join the Platinum Club!
Your business may become a Platinum Club member by making an additional $250 investment above your regular dues. Platinum Club members will receive special recognition throughout the year.
You will receive a special plaque to display in your business.
Your business will be mentioned every month in our Chamber Newsletter.
You will have your name displayed at Chamber sponsored events.
Your business will be listed as a Platinum Club Member on the Wahoo website.
Interested in becoming a member?
If you have any questions or would like to discuss the opportunities of becoming a member of the 2008 Wahoo Chamber of Commerce, feel free to contact us. We may be reached by phone at 402-443-4001, by email at woita@wahoo.ne.us or stop by our office at 640 North Broadway Street in Wahoo.
We look forward to working with you and your bsuiness this year!
2010 Chamber Members
Thank You to the following businesses and individuals for your investment. We appreciate your support throughout the year.
Special thanks to the 2010 Platinum Club Members:
First National Bank
Hospice & Home Healthcare of Saunders County
JEO Consulting Group, Inc
Spirits By Beckman
Tim Maly Construction
Wahoo State Bank
| Anderson Tax Service |
| Anderson, Dorothy |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church |
| Bishop Neumann High School |
| Brabec Auto & Ag Repair |
| Breunig, Craig & Susan |
| Brooks Books & Gifts |
| Business Records |
| Camp Calvin Crest |
| Carney Enterprises-Zean & Marilyn Carney |
| Charter Communications |
| City of Wahoo |
| Clayton Energy |
| Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties |
| CONTECH Construction |
| Coranco Great Plains, Inc. |
| Corner Market |
| Darling International |
| Edstrom, Bromm, Lindahl, & Freeman-Caddy |
| Edward Jones |
| Falke Motors |
| Farmer's Mutual United Insurance |
| First National Bank |
| Fish Window Cleaning |
| Fremont Travel Agency |
| French, Robert |
| Glenda Harders CPA |
| Great Plains Nursery |
| Haessler Sullivan Klein Law Office |
| Hamilton & Johnson |
| Hancock Construction |
| Harris Electric |
| Hennings, Merle & Elaine |
| Hilltop Country Club |
| Home Realty |
| Hometown Works |
| Hospice & Home Healthcare of Saunders County |
| Hunter, Rich |
| Hunzeker, Willard |
| INSPRO, Inc. |
| Interactive Communication Systems, Inc. |
| JEO Consulting Group, Inc. |
| Johnson, Jerry & Arlene |
| Jonas, Dale & Janet |
| Karen Kennedy, AVON |
| Lacey Construction |
| Larry Swanson, D.D.S. |
| Lincoln Glass |
| Lisa Marie Cuda, Tastefully Simple & Tupperware Consultant |
| Lower Platte North NRD |
| Lucille's Gift Shop |
| Makovicka/Sylliaasen Physical Therapy |
| Manstedt Construction |
| McArtor Masonry |
| Milk & Honey Embroidery |
| Mom's Club of Wahoo |
| NE Farmer's Agency Direct, Leon Binstock |
| Nebraska Land & Title Abstract |
| Nebraska Vocational Rehabilition |
| Nebraska Workforce Development |
| Otte Oil & Propane |
| Our Corner Cottage Gifts |
| Platte Valley Equipment |
| Pruss-Nabity Funeral Home |
| Quality Disposal |
| Region V Services |
| Register of Deeds, Don Clark |
| Runza |
| Ryan's Auto Body |
| Ryan's Repair |
| Saunders County Ag Society |
| Saunders County Amusement Association |
| Saunders County Historical Society |
| Saunders County Lost Pets |
| Saunders County Treasurer, Patricia Hunter |
| Saunders Medical Center |
| Schoen, Ken & Ruth Anne |
| Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz |
| SHIIP, Linda Maly |
| Sid Dillon of Wahoo |
| Simons Home Store |
| Smithaca |
| South Haven Living Center |
| Specht Insurance & Financial Solutions, Candace Specht |
| Spicka-Rezac Insurance Agency |
| Spirits By Beckman |
| St. Wenceslaus School |
| State Farm Agent, Di Pfeiffer |
| SunMart |
| Svoboda Advertising Specialties |
| Svoboda Funeral Home |
| Svoboda, Jim & Carlene |
| Swanson, Larry & Jean |
| Taylor, Wayne & Kris |
| The Tanning Studio |
| The Touch Landsaping |
| Three Rivers Public Health Department |
| TierOne Bank |
| Tim Maly Construction |
| Tingelhoff Law, P.C., L.L.O. |
| Triple C Mini Storage |
| Tyler Graphics |
| Union Bank & Trust |
| University of Nebraska ARDC |
| UNL Extension-Saunders County |
| Urban Clinic Pharmacy |
| Vculek Photography |
| Virgl Implement |
| Wahoo Airport Authority |
| Wahoo Auto Parts |
| Wahoo Bakery |
| Wahoo Computer |
| Wahoo Concrete |
| Wahoo Dental Associates |
| Wahoo Diamond Sports |
| Wahoo Eagles Club |
| Wahoo Family Dentistry |
| Wahoo Happy Hearts Daycare & Preschool |
| Wahoo Heritage Inn |
| Wahoo Kiwanis Club |
| Wahoo Locker |
| Wahoo Metal Products |
| Wahoo Newspaper |
| Wahoo Parks & Recreation |
| Wahoo Pharmacy |
| Wahoo Public Library |
| Wahoo Public Schools |
| Wahoo Saddle Club |
| Wahoo Senion Citizen's Center |
| Wahoo State Bank |
| Wahoo Super |
| Wahoo Utilities |
| Wahoo Vision Center |
| Walker Tire |
| Warehouse Surplus |
| Westview Apartments |
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