User:Naysayer35/DRCC Draft

The Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce is a regional chamber of commerce that represents businesses in North Texas, including the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area. The Dallas Regional Chamber was founded in 1909, the combination of three smaller organizations--the Commercial Club, the 150,000 Club and the Freight Bureau--and the Dallas Board of Trade, established in 1874.

The Dallas Regional Chamber is supported by roughly 3,000 businesses and organizations across twelve counties, and its members represent nearly 600,000 area employees. The chamber's mission statement:

The Dallas Regional Chamber promotes prosperity through public policy, economic development and member engagement.

Notable speakers before the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce include Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, former United States Secretary of State James Baker,