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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
“The GRCA supervisor training modules have been a huge help to our organization. The content is relative, instructors are knowledgeable, and the format is engaging. We have sent many of our division supervisors through this training and will continue to do so. Thanks GRCA for supporting local business!”
Dan Marshall, VP of Operations
New Castle Lawn & Landscape Inc.
Event Calendar
Berks Alliance Community Forum: Creative Early Childhood Education Initiatives
Creative Early Childhood Education Initiatives Accessing care for their children can be a two-generation challenge for many families. Access to childcare can affect a parent's ability to find and retain a job. Employers have found that it can be an inhibiting factor in recruiting and retaining employees, particularly with a challenging job market. And…
ARL's Mobile Unit Ribbon Cutting Event
MFG Industry Partnership Meeting
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace – Spring 2024
Regional Chamber Networking – March 2024
Regional Chamber Networking – March 2024
SOLD OUT! IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, PLEASE REGISTER ON THE WAIT LIST AND YOU WILL BE CONTACTED. Join us for our annual Regional Networking Event with fellow GRCA Members and members of the Upper Perkiomen Valley Chamber of Commerce and Northeast Berks Chamber of Commerce for a regional networking experience at Bear Creek Mountain…
Coffee&Convos: Employee Attraction – Apr 2024
Women2Women Conference & Expo 2024
Women2Women Conference & Expo 2024 – Keynote Only
Women2Women Conference & Expo 202 – ATHENA Celebration Only
Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace – Spring 2024
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…
Lead Worker Certificate Program AM – Spring 2024
Intro to Excel – April 2024
Intermediate Excel PM Session – April 2024
Intermediate Excel – April 2024
From the Blog
Top 10 Surprises of Accountability
By Tom Rhoads, Training Instructor for GRCA There are many surprising aspects of accountability and with each, we find another key to unlocking human potential. What is not so surprising is that most …
Celebrating International Women’s Day with Irish Creek President and CEO Sarah Phillips
By Nia Kendall, Communications & Marketing Intern, GRCA Statistics collected by McKinsey & Company shine a light on the stark reality of boardrooms and executive suites worldwide, disclosing …
In the News
Greater Reading Chamber Alliance to open nomination period for business awards
The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA) today announced that the nomination period for its Business Excellence Awards will open Monday, Feb. 5. The awards feature two categories separating …