The Aiken Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic business alliance serving the business interests of the region. The roots of our rich history date back to 1918. Since then, the Chamber has evolved into the largest voluntary membership driven organization of businesses in the Aiken region. The Chamber believes it is essential for business and the public sector to seek out common ground and to find ways to bolster each other. Policies and practices that help strengthen a free enterprise system are those that do the following: • Allow businesses to grow and thrive. • Free businesses from excessive taxes, unnecessary regulations and onerous local government processes. • Focus government on the critical tasks that are the foundation of economic opportunity, such as infrastructure and protective services. • Help educate, cultivate and advance the workforce of the future and the area’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.