The GACCE Georgia Certified Chamber program is designed to promote public awareness of the intent of the chamber of commerce brand as a not-for-profit community development-based business membership organization by providing a peer review process of generally accepted chamber of commerce organizational benchmarks.

• The program is 100% voluntary.  There is no requirement to participate.
• Any Chamber that is an accredited Chamber through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is exempt from all application requirements with proof of accreditation.
• Any Chamber of Commerce located in Georgia may apply.

GACCE follows the U.S. Chamber model, and the designation needs to be reapplied for every five years.

The fee to apply is $250 for GACCE members in good standing, and $600 for non-GACCE members.

For chambers that are already accredited by the U.S. Chamber, the fee to apply is $100 for GACCE members in good standing, and $250 for non-members.

The application process for the 2012 year will open in June 2012.  Be on the lookout for more information at that time.

Inaugural Georgia Certified Chambers
We are proud to announce the first class of Georgia Certified Chambers, awarded during the 2011 Leadership Conference in November 2011:

1.  Albany Area Chamber
2.  Berrien County Chamber
3.  Blairsville-Union County Chamber
4.  Blakely-Early County Chamber 
5.  Camden County Chamber
6.  Carroll County Chamber
7.  Catoosa County Chamber
8.  Cherokee County Chamber
9.  Columbia County Chamber
10. Conyers-Rockdale Chamber
11. Darien-McIntosh County Chamber
12. Douglas County Chamber
13. Dublin-Laurens County Chamber
14. Forsyth-Monroe County Chamber
15. Gilmer County Chamber
16. Lee County Chamber
17. Newnan-Coweta Chamber
18. Paulding Chamber
19. Pickens County Chamber
20. Robins Regional Chamber
21. Tifton-Tift County Chamber
22. Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber
23. Valdosta-Lowndes County Chamber
24. Walton County Chamber
25. Wilkinson County Chamber

Congratulations to these Chambers for their accomplishment!