ONEONTA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
EIN 45-0966313 · Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues (S41)
What they do
THE MISSION to ADVANCE ALL LOCAL ONEONTA BUSINESSES and THEIR PROMOTION THROUGH MARKETING, EVENTS, TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, and LEADERSHIP. AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE OBA is DEDICATED to CHAMPIONING THE GROWTH and ENRICHMENT of BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY of ONEONTA BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES for SHARING INFORMATION, NETWORKING and EDUCATION; BY FOSTERING A SENSE of COMMUNITY AMONG ITS MEMBERS, BY IMPROVING THE BUSINESS CLIMATE for ITS MEMBERS BY MONITORING STATE and LOCAL LEGISLATIVE and AGENCY ACTIONS WHICH IMPACT ITS MEMBERS WHILE PROVIDING A FORUM for DIALOGUE BETWEEN ITS MEMBERS and OPINION LEADERS, LEGISLATORS, OTHER INTEREST GROUPS and THE GENERAL PUBLIC; and BY PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS of THE CONTRIBUTION of ITS MEMBERS to THE ECONOMIC, PHYSICAL and SOCIAL VITALITY of THE CITY of ONEONTA COMMUNITY.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2014
- Location
- 110 1ST AVE E, ONEONTA, AL 35121-1709
- County
- Blount
- In care of
- BILL HENDRICKSON