Invest in the Advocacy Fund

Strong businesses build strong communities—and they need champions at every level of government. The Chamber’s Advocacy Fund powers the education, engagement, and influence needed to advance policies that support a thriving South Sound economy.

Guided by business needs, the Advocacy Fund is focused on key issues impacting our region’s business vitality:
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• Public Safety
• Housing
• Taxation
• Property Rights​

As the Voice for Business, the Chamber works at Local, State, and Federal Levels to represent your business interests, ensuring that the South Sound remains a desirable place to build and grow business.

This means you can concentrate on running your business while we meet with elected officials, community leaders, and business stakeholders to create and sustain pro-business policy that will provide a favorable climate for your business to succeed.

The Chamber's Legislative Agenda

The vision of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber is to make the South Sound the most equitable, inclusive, and thriving place to do business in Washington State. Through this mission, the Chamber will provide businesses in the South Sound strong advocacy efforts in order to protect the rights of business owners, grow business and the economy, increase our private sector workforce, and improve the overall business climate. In this legislative cycle it is critical we have a strong presence by uniting our business community at the state capitol.

2025 Legislative Goal
Improve the business climate, grow businesses, and create private sector jobs in the South Sound

Top Legislative Priorities

• Protect the Puget Sound Gateway, Connecting Washington, and Move Ahead Washington transportation packages and existing incentives to help meet our economic development needs.
• Support legislation to achieve Washington’s BEST Manufacturing Act, SHB 1170 (2021 Legislative Session), “goal of doubling the state’s manufacturing employment base, the number of small businesses, and the number of women and minority-owned manufacturing businesses” by 2031 through strategic workforce development assistance programs, tax incentives and business growth.
• Support legislation that protects small businesses from new taxes and fees like gift card sweeps and delivery taxes.
• Support policy solutions to the housing shortage, like rental assistance funds, while avoiding policy choices that discourage housing development like price and market controls.
• Improve public safety for our community’s businesses, their customers, and their employees.

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The Chamber's Advocacy Work

The Manufacturing Industrial Council

The Chamber works closely with the Port of Tacoma and its surrounding industrial businesses so that it will remain one of the South Sound's greatest economic driving forces. ​

​Transportation and Infrastructure
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The Chamber works to ensure a healthy regional economy associated with the development of an effective, efficient transportation system and the resources to sustain it.

​Policy and Regulation

The Chamber advocates on behalf of businesses throughout Pierce County, at the State Legislature, and with Congressional delegates & federal agencies.

​Leveraging our resources and relationships, we are able to take a proactive role in discussions concerning policy decisions and regulations. ​

Member Engagement Opportunities

• Government Affairs Committee
• Legislative Advocacy Day
• Public Officials Holiday Reception
• Washington-to-Washington D.C. Conference

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Additional Resources

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Association of Washington Business

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Contact Info

Advocacy:
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David Schroedel
Executive Vice President, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber

EMAIL DAVID

Manufacturing Industrial Council:

Ryan Spence
Program Director, Manufacturing Industrial Council

EMAIL RYAN