What is the Metro Atlanta Chamber?
• We are the voice of the business community in metro Atlanta, which has the fifth-highest concentration of
Fortune 500 companies in the nation and is a top place for entrepreneurs.
• Our chairmen and board are among metro Atlanta’s top leaders, including CEOs, former mayors, governors and
U.N. ambassadors, both urban and suburban.
• We are the only business organization focused on marketing the entire 28-county region.
- 4,000+ companies that employ nearly 1 million workers
- 3,000 volunteers and 90 full-time staff
- totally privately funded
• Our work has spun off some of the most dynamic organizations in the community, including the
Metro North Georgia Water Planning District, the Clean Air Campaign, the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority,
the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition and the Livable Communities Coalition.
What does the Chamber do?
We connect and mobilize the business community to drive economic development and public policy that promote sustainable growth.
Economic Development
• Our project managers attract the best companies and the best jobs.
• We are particularly focused on creating high-value jobs by attracting: corporate headquarters, global commerce,
and companies in the supply chain management and technology sectors.
Public Policy
We tackle crisis issues and critical quality-of-life challenges such as transportation, education and water.
Relationships
We help companies build connections.
Why is the Chamber’s work so important?
• The economy is the No. 1 issue for companies.
• The metro Atlanta population has doubled in the last 20 years, and the region is now home to more than half the
state’s population.
• Metro Atlanta is expected to add nearly 2 million people and 1.5 million jobs by
2030 – greater than the population of
metro Austin, Texas, moving here.
• To keep up, we need smart policies and best practices.
• Our agenda = progress.
What is our impact?
• recruited 420 companies generating 40,000 jobs in the last 10 years
• stabilized Grady Memorial Hospital, the region’s trauma and safety-net hospital
• made transportation the No. 1 state issue through the Get Georgia Moving coalition
• working with lawmakers to pass statewide school board reform legislation
• backing full funding for the state’s historic water plan |
