Serving the community for 125 Years

Who We Are?
The Chamber is an action agency designed to meet the Trinidad area’s needs. We are a voluntary organization of individuals and businesses who band together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial and civic interests of the community. We are a clearinghouse, a public relations center for the community, an information bureau and a community promotion organization. 

Who runs the Chamber?
A board of Directors who serve without pay sets the policies for the Chamber. The current Board is very involved in and supportive of Chamber programs, actively fund-raise, and participate in all Chamber functions. The administrative head of the Chamber is the Executive Director. An Administrative Secretary and a part-time office assistant round out the staff.

What Do We Do?
The variety of The Chamber’s activities are virtually unlimited depending on the needs of the community from year to year. Some examples: We have sponsored the Denver Post Ride the Rockies, Legislative Luncheons for Colorado State legislators, and Up With People. We coordinated the Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative for our community, and wrote a grant for $100,100 to bring a YMCA to Trinidad. Our overall mission of Service to the Community is determined each year by our Program of Work, which includes annual events such as the Santa Fe Trail Festival, the 4th of July Public Fireworks Display over Trinidad Lake, Meet The Candidates, and Hometown Holidays events and promotions. We’re Open for Business! In addition, the Chamber is on the "front line" for the community in business development, promotion and referrals. Successful businesses mean tax revenues for the City and, hence, provide services to Trinidad’s citizens. Last year the Chamber distributed (collected and personally placed!) over 30,000 brochures, newspapers, and other promotional pieces from local businesses and non-profit attractions in our racks in the Colorado Welcome Center. We mailed over 2,400 Relocation and Tourism Information packets out in response to requests we received by mail and phone. We distributed an additional 500 Relocation Packets and 700 Tourism Information Packets at our offices, and provided an additional 3,500 Tourism Information pieces to other Chambers, to Trinidad Lake State Park and local Museums
We personally responded to over 7,500 other requests for information by phone and at our offices. This includes questions about tourism, relocation, businesses of all kinds, city and county services, real estate and rentals, local newspaper, and many, many others.

Our offices are the first stop for many persons interested in opening a business or doing business in Trinidad. They receive a warm and informative welcome here. We make sure they find all of the appropriate offices they need, including Education., Realtors, City and County Planning and appropriate City and State licenses. We’re Planning for the Future! We are using technological advances to promote the Trinidad area. We are now on-line and are receiving e-mail.

We anticipate an increased demand for our services this year and into the future as the community continues to grow; as new businesses create new jobs and the corresponding demand for additional goods and services.
Businesses Support the Community unity!

For 121 years we have provided needed services as well as major quality-of-life events for this community. These services have been provided and funded mostly by dues and contributions from the businesses in our community—our Members!