About the Chamber

The Manly Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organisation, solely funded from membership fees raised from local business, property owners and developers and some fundraising activities.

The Manly Chamber is one of the strongest in New South Wales, providing a platform to help members prosper and succeed through a productive working partnership with all levels of Government and other community organisations.

The Vision:  Uniting, building and promoting the Manly business community.

Recent achievements of the Chamber:

• Creation of the Manly Centre Mangers office.
• Creation of the Tourism Committee.
• Successfully lobbied Council to undertake the Corso upgrade.
• Successfully negotiated improvement for the 2009 Food &Wine Festival.
• Work and support developers to encourage property upgrades, refurbishments and developments for the better of Manly LGA.

Chamber Objectives

The Chamber acts as the collective voice of businesses and seeks the involvement and participation of a cross section representative to;

• Participate in debates on matters of public importance.
• Provide exposure for our members and their businesses.
• Encourage the retention of community dollars within Manly to maintain and strengthen a prosperous business climate.
• Actively promotes Manly’s attractions and lifestyle with a view to drawing new residents, visitors and tourists .
• Pursues objectives and strategies to favour development in Manly.
• Recognises the need for links between Chamber, Council and tourism bodies when working towards common goals.
• Provide the opportunity for all members to prosper within the Manly region whenever possible.