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
“Our involvement with the GRCA has been vital to our ability to establish business relationships — and we strongly believe in its mission to encourage business attraction, business expansion, job creation and business investment throughout Berks County.”
David Stonesifer, Partner & CEO
Herbein + Company, Inc., Member since 1981
Event Calendar
Power Networking – Vintner's Table (Jul 2024)
Power Networking at Vintner's Table – SOLD OUT! Get ready to mix, mingle and make meaningful connections over a delicious lunch at the elegant Vintner’s Table in Wyomissing. This GRCA Members-Only event features 90 minutes of high-energy, structured networking designed to maximize your time and grow your network. Every attendee will have the chance to share…
GRCA Open House | 69-WFMZ-TV
GRCA Ribbon Cutting | Communities in Schools
Coffee&Convos: Make AI Work for You (Aug 2025)
Intermediate Excel – August 2025
Power Networking – Vintner's Table (Jul 2024)
Power Networking at Vintner's Table – SOLD OUT! Get ready to mix, mingle and make meaningful connections over a delicious lunch at the elegant Vintner’s Table in Wyomissing. This GRCA Members-Only event features 90 minutes of high-energy, structured networking designed to maximize your time and grow your network. Every attendee will have the chance to share…
Coffee&Convos: Make AI Work for You (Aug 2025)
Spark Sessions: Strengthening Nonprofits Through Shared Insight
Annual Picnic 2025
Environmental Health & Safety Roundtable 2025
Intermediate Excel – August 2025
The Intermediate Excel© course builds on the skills learned in Intro to Excel©. Participants will work on 11 practice examples throughout this 10-hour course and are certain to leave with a very good understanding of the more advanced features of working with a spreadsheet! Some functions that will be taught are working with logical formulas,…
Intro to Excel – August 2025
Sales Methods & Mastery Training Program
Intro to Excel Workshop
Practical Project Management Workshop
From the Blog
Intern Spotlight: Lane Lannan
Meet Lane Lannan, Communications & Marketing Intern, GRCA Education:Before college, I attended Selinsgrove Area School District in Selinsgrove, Pa. After graduating high school in 2020, I attended …
Still Paying Out-of-Pocket with Insurance? Here’s Why and What to Do About It
By Cheryl Houtz, Houtz Insurance LLC Even with health insurance in place, one of the most common reactions people have when they receive a medical bill is: “Why do I still owe money? I thought I had …
In the News
Local family receives PIDA loan to purchase Shoemakersville farm
Reading, Pa. – The Greater Berks Development Fund (GBDF), an affiliate of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), is pleased to announce that it has helped secure a $310,000 Pennsylvania …