• Giving you a voice in our future! The more diverse our membership, the better we are able to represent our business community.

• Listing on website including a short description of your business and direct link back to your website.

• Business and social networking opportunities with our members and joint networking opportunities.

• Regular meetings with informative guest speakers at a special member’s price.

• Workshops, training and business development opportunities often at no charge.

• Regular newsletters and Facebook updates.

• Collaborative marketing opportunities.

• Promoting you and your business and events on our social media accounts.

• Wedding businesses featured in our A Village Wedding promo in Queensland Brides.

• Membership of Montville Chamber of Commerce also gives you access to Business Chamber Queensland (formerly CCIQ) and information relating to legislative changes & issues affecting business generally, as well as their webinars.

• Bringing you together with other members to capitalise on opportunities, working collaboratively on projects. As small businesses, our influence and marketing budgets are limited, but by working together, we can have a significant impact.

• Developed a Restaurant and Café opening times provided to information centres, accommodation houses, businesses and locals and promoted on our website. This concept was expanded in 2022 to include more venues.

• Developing, publishing and updating the ‘Welcome to Montville Village’ shopping guide now including all members.

• Developing potential tourism opportunities eg The Dark Sky Astro Tourism.

• Developing a new inclusive logo and tag lines for our tourism based new build website. • Regular social media posts promoting Montville, media releases, contributions to local print & online publications.

• Valuable advertising exposure via VSC on national programs and in their annual visitor publication.

• Promoting Montville as a wedding destination through our digital collaboration with Qld Brides.

• Providing regular information updates to members during the corona virus pandemic via newsletters.

• Participating in online sessions hosted by the Sunshine Coast Council, CCIQ/Business Chamber Queensland, Small Business Commissioner and Federal Member.

• Surveying and contacting members to get feedback as to the level of covid-19 support and the mandates’ impact. • Ongoing review of our Strategic Plan to enable us to take advantage of opportunities eg airport expansion;

• Submitting an entry into The Top Tourism Town featuring a video, editorial and a 3 day itinerary. • Three interactive Facebook sites with over 5500 followers catering for members, visitors and wedding related.

• Increasing our Instagram following to over 3600. Regular Instagram posts over @Montvillechamber @montvilleartisanvillage and event-related showcases on @avillageweddingexpo.

• Promoting the Sunshine Coast Council’s Buy Local to win competition.

• Organising annual Christmas Street Festival including additional fairy lights and Christmas banners.

• Initiating a Christmas in July Street Festival with live music, entertainers, food vendors and market stalls.

• Hosting an International Women’s Day event with Guest Speaker Kim McCosker at Secrets on the Lake.

• Actively promoting Montville and surrounding areas as a premiere wedding destination via social media and our A Village Wedding Website; Collaborating with Queensland Brides to create three blogs featuring Elopements, Weddings and Honeymoons; Backing a HTSC proposal to the State Government so wedding venues remain viable.

• Developing a new tourism based website with updated content, media and events to optimise web presence;

• Organising Hinterland Healing in collaboration with Maleny Commerce, Andrew Powell and local State Members.

• Continued development of Montville Artisan Village brand including branding on our Christmas banners and print ads, the promotion of @MontvilleArtisanVillage Instagram account. Supporting a local artisans through sponsoring Sculpture on the Edge. Input into the Streetscape Plan through the Committee.

• Electronic newsletter campaigns to our Member database of approximately 200 subscribers. • Small Business Month Campaign showcasing each member with a Facebook promotion on one of our 3 platforms.

• Working with other local associations such as joint meetings with Maleny Commerce, promotions with Hinterland Tourism Sunshine Coast, collaboration with Montville Village Association (MVA), the Blackall Range Lions, Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance and Sunshine Coast Council (SCC) to promote the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

• Working with the MVA and the SCC on the streetscape plan including the northern entry upgrade and improved
pedestrian connectivity via an improved footpath from the Montville Mountain Inn; sculpture procurement.

• Supporting the Glass House Business Awards initiated by Andrew Powell MP;

• Raising funds for local community groups including ZONTA Blackall Range and Blackall Range Lions.

• Working with Maleny Chamber, local MPs, MCOC members and the Gympie Times to develop Hinterland Healing
packages featuring donated accommodation and vouchers from local businesses to flood affected business owners.

• Securing funding for projects such as the Christmas in July, A Village Wedding Blogs and the Christmas Campaign.

• Liaising closely with Visit Sunshine Coast, our peak tourism body facilitating online social media and digital
workshops. The inclusion of Andrew Fairbairn on our Executive Committee to ensure our subregion is represented.

• Inviting Chris Kerrisk as our Guest Speaker to promote greater awareness of how to better support those with a
disability in ‘The Year of Accessible Tourism’.

• Working with Visit Sunshine Coast to keep the Visitor Info Centre open and recognizing our great volunteers.

• Lobbying our Federal, State and Local Government representatives to support local businesses eg. retail, accommodation, hospitality and wedding industry in response to the pandemic.
• Lobbying the State Government for the removal of vaccine mandates within the Hospitality Sector.

• Lobbying the Federal Government to make changes in the Monash Model to fund patient visits to enable our
Medical Centre to remain viable. Supporting Andrew Wallace’s petition to the Federal Health Minister.

• Assisting the SCC in keeping our area presentable to visitors by scheduling earlier collections, improving gardens.