Chamber Membership
We provide members with the tools, savings and access to connections to build a better business.
Development
We lead the way in fostering business growth, employee retention and training, and talent attraction.
Advocacy
We are the beacon for pro-business policies. Guiding businesses to interact with lawmakers and engage their employees in advocacy work.
Events & Resources
We are the catalyst for creating meaningful business relationships through networking events, signature events, programming and more!
we are greater together
We are the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance. We provide businesses with the resources they need to build, grow and thrive. Making connections, advocating for free enterprise and developing our community is our business.
Our Work Adds Up
GRCA has been a tremendous resource for our family business and for me personally. They have been able to help us secure many training grants and have facilitated lots of great networking opportunities. Getting involved with the GRCA and the Family Business Alliance specifically has been very helpful to our company.
Jamey Maack, President
US Anodize, Member since 1989
Event Calendar
Family Business Alliance – Fall Forum 2024
Providing Support & Resources to Family & Closely Held Businesses Fall Forum 2024 From Pastries to Packaging: A Sweet Story of Creating a Best Place to Work The GRCA's Family Business Alliance is proud…
GRCA Ribbon Cutting | First Commonwealth FCU
Berks Alliance Community Forum: Hope for the Homeless
Networking@Night – Bobcat of Reading (Nov 2024)
Intro to Excel – Late November 2024
Family Business Alliance – Fall Forum 2024
Providing Support & Resources to Family & Closely Held Businesses Fall Forum 2024 From Pastries to Packaging: A Sweet Story of Creating a Best Place to Work The GRCA's Family Business Alliance is proud…
Networking@Night – Bobcat of Reading (Nov 2024)
Coffee&Convos: Accountant vs. Quickbooks (Dec 2024)
Wells Fargo Economic Forecast Breakfast – 2024
Women2Women – Emotional Intelligence for Leaders – Dec. 2024
Intro to Excel – Late November 2024
Intro to Excel© is designed to give participants basic skills to work with Excel© functions, create various simple spreadsheets, and start the learning process to become more familiar with Excel© and its cool capabilities! Some useful functions that will be taught in this course include entering data and numbers, selecting cells and ranges, proper methods…
Unlock the Power of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Intro to Excel – January 2025
Lead Worker Certificate Program AM – Winter 2025
Intermediate Excel – January 2025
From the Blog
Celebrate the Season in Kutztown
By Barbara Vogelgesang, Outreach Director, Kutztown Community Partnership As the first snowflakes begin to fall and festive lights twinkle against the winter sky, Kutztown transforms into a holiday …
Resources for Small Business Saturday success
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) is a proud supporter of small, local businesses, which are essential to the economic vitality of our region. Download any of the resources below to help …
In the News
GBDF secures grant funding for three local entities
The Greater Berks Development Fund (GBDF) an affiliate of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), is pleased to announce that it helped secure more than $720,000 in Local Share Account-Statewide …