Submit Your News

Chamber members are invited to be featured in a Chamber Spotlight. Choose a format:

• Individual Spotlight: Click here to send your submission. Great for getting your name out into the community and starting conversations.
• Organization Spotlight: Click here to send your submission. Great for introducing your organization, promoting your services, building your reputation, rebranding etc.
• Project Spotlight: Click here to send your submission. Great for publicizing your exciting new service, program or product.

Spotlights are published monthly in the Chamber newsletter. The Chamber will notify you when your Spotlight is scheduled for publication (typically within 2-4 weeks after submission). Publication is not guaranteed. Limit two spotlights per organization per year. Non-members are not eligible.

Chamber members can add press releases directly to our Member Newsroom. Log in to ChamberMaster and click News Releases in the left sidebar, then Add News Release. After you add details and click Submit for Approval, your news release will typically be approved by the next business day.

The Chamber of Commerce does not endorse the content of any press release and reserves the right to remove inappropriate content without notice. The person posting the press release is solely responsible for its content.

Chamber members can place a free announcement in Chamber News,  our email newsletter published twice monthly to more than 4,000 subscribers. Click here to submit an announcement.

Announcements may include: Headline (up to 50 characters), Announcement Text (up to 250 characters), and a URL or PDF link to learn more.

Sample Announcement

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Chamber News is published twice each month.

Publication is not guaranteed. For time-sensitive announcements such as upcoming events, please submit your announcement at least two weeks in advance.

Announcements that are missing crucial information, such as how to register for an event, will not be published.

PDF images will not be displayed in the newsletter. If you submit a PDF, your announcement will include a link to view the PDF.

Limit one new announcement per month per member.

Only current Chamber members may submit announcements. Any outstanding dues must be settled before publication.

Chamber members: Log in to ChamberMaster and click Events, then Add Event. After you add details and click Submit for Approval, your event will typically be approved by the next business day.

Please note: our calendar is reserved for events sponsored by Chamber member organizations. If you are affiliated with a non-member organization (e.g. as a volunteer), that organization's events are not eligible for inclusion.

Chamber staff, volunteers and members appear regularly on local TV and radio thanks to our media partners 29News, WINA, and CBS19. While these spots are limited, we are happy to share the platform with you whenever possible. To learn more or pitch your story, please contact the Chamber at connect@cvillechamber.com.

We can also share advice on getting your news release picked up by local media.