By preserving the competitive enterprise system of business, we are creating a better understanding and appreciation of the importance of business and its problems; creating a more intelligent business and public opinion regarding City, County, State and National legislative and political affairs; preventing controversies which are detrimental to the expansion and growth of business in the community or resolving them if they arise; and creating a greater appreciation of the value of a more liberal investment of substance and self on behalf of the interest of competitive business. We also promote business and community growth and development by implementing economic programs designed to strengthen and expand the income potential of all business within Murphysboro and the surrounding area. By promoting programs of a civic, social, and cultural nature designed to increase the functional and aesthetic values of the community, business expansion and economic growth will flourish.