Chamber warns local businesses about map scheme
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
The Columbia City Area Chamber of Commerce is again warning it’s membership about a company selling advertising in a map under the auspices of being affiliated with the local chamber organization.
In a letter to their membership this week, chamber executive director Pat Hatcher writes, “We just wanted to let you know that if you receive a call from a company claiming to be putting together a map sponsored by the chamber, it is NOT us.”
Hatcher stated that the chamber is planning to put together a map in the near future, but adds, “The company that is currently trying to sell advertising is doing so under the false pretense of being sponsored by the chamber.”
Hatcher adds that anytime they are working on that type of project, local businesses will be notified by the chamber and the company’s sales representatives will carry with them a letter from the local chamber of commerce.