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Chamber listed among top in area

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Waynesburg Chamber of Commerce climbed the ranks on the recently released Pittsburgh Business Times list of top 25 largest Chambers of Commerce in the Pittsburgh area based on membership.

Waynesburg Chamber is ranked 16th with 365 members in 2015, up two spots from the 2014 list, when it was ranked 18th with 340 members.

“It’s just a way to measure our growth and progress,” Melody Longstreth, executive director of Waynesburg Area Chamber of Commerce said. “And, too, it is something we can be very proud of.”

For 10 years, Waynesburg Chamber has been a part of the list. It began in 2005 at No. 24 with 303 members and slowly climbed the rankings.

Longstreth said she credits the rising interest to new industries being brought to Greene County.

“I think part of it has to do with the new industry that we are seeing here being gas and oil and those related industries that are coming into the area,” Longstreth said. “We have been able to provide more services and events, which is our goal. We are broadening our vision in the area, too.”

The Waynesburg Chamber’s mission is always to provide services and programs that will help create successful communities, businesses and organization members, Longstreth said.

With the number of members steadily increasing every year, Longstreth said the chamber will have more resources to do more.

“We will be able to continue to grow what we offer. The more members we have, the more services we can provide, and not only to the membership base but also to the community at large,” Longstreth said.

Longstreth knows the Waynesburg area will never top the list considering other chambers have thousands of members, but she said the list shows it is part of a growing community.

“Our goal has been ever since we debuted on the list in 2005 to just continue to move up the ranks,” Longstreth said.

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