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
in 2021
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
Penn Street Market 2022
The Penn Street Market is an open-air, seasonal farmers market in the heart of downtown Reading, PA. The Market features local farm produce, fresh meats, baked goods, locally owned restaurants and food trucks, and more! Every Thursday in June through September from 11 AM to 1 PM the community can come together to purchase fresh…
Berks Alliance Community Forum: Berks Connections / Pretrial Services
Berks Alliance Community Forum: Should Jumpstart Germantown Come to Reading?
Breakfast4Success – Leadership in Complex Times: Let’s Get This Right – Oct. 2022
Riverfront Federal Credit Union
Breakfast4Success – Leadership in Complex Times: Let’s Get This Right – Oct. 2022
Leadership in Complex Times: Let's Get This Right with Travis A. Berger, Ph.D. …
Power Networking – Oct. 2022
Women2Women & Albright College – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Print Collection Sip & See
Lunch & Learn – DISC
Evening of Empowerment 2022 with Keynote Marissa Orr
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Are you ready to Stand Apart from the Crowd? Today, employees are confronted with never ending change and a lack of clarity as businesses position themselves for success in the post COVID-19 world. Emotional Intelligence is more important today than any time in the last 50 years. The Carnegie Institute of Technology found that…
Intermediate Excel – October 2022
Sales Mastery Series: Controlling the Sale
Advanced Excel – October 2022
Essentials of Effective Leadership – Fall 2022
From the Blog
Every employer should encourage employees to vote
By Katherine Hetherington Cunfer, Director of Government & Community Relations, GRCA Tuesday, Nov. 8 is the date of the 2022 General Election, an important day in Pennsylvania. Voters can choose …
Lean in to a powerful evening by leaning out
By Rachael Romig, Senior Director of Events & Special Programs Join Berks Women2Women in October for a celebration of empowerment and inspiration! The Evening of Empowerment brings together more …
In the News
GRCA supports efforts to expand PA’s Clean Slate Program
Jim Gerlach, President & CEO of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) today sent a letter to the Berks County state delegation members detailing GRCA’s support for H.B. 1826, Expansion of …