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2051 Cape Coral Pkwy E
Cape Coral, FL
33904
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| Monday | 8am - 4pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 4pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 4pm |
| Friday | 8am - 4pm |
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GET IN & GET BUSY WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF CAPE CORAL We are the premier Cape Coral Business organization with more than 55 years of providing support, education, communication, networking and business training opportunities to our members. We operate two Welcome Centers that greet more than 40,000 annual visitors and maintain a website that generates more than 3.5 million impressions through our Member Business Directory. We are advocates for business with local and state government and support the symbiotic relationship between business and community as both are equally dependent on each other for their success.
The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral has gone through several changes since its inception in Edward B. Quirk’s small storefront in 1965. Known then as the Cape Coral Merchant’s Association, fewer than 75 businesses existed in Cape Coral. In 1967, the organization was renamed the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce and Charles Blackburn was elected its first president. Richard Crawford, owner of the local newspaper, the Cape Coral Daily Breeze, succeeded him in 1968. Some well-known leaders started public life at the Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce. Senator Connie Mack III, Chamber Chairman in 1974, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms, and also served in the U.S. Senate. State Senator Fred Dudley, the 1975 Chairman, served in the Florida House of Representatives and state Senate. In 1984, the Chamber elected its first woman chairperson, Gail Markham, owner of a Cape Coral CPA firm. Past State Representative Gary Aubuchon is also a past Chair of the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral. The Chamber built its Cape Coral Parkway Welcome Center through a partnership with the Cape Coral Construction Industry Association in 1976 on land leased from Lee County. In 1987, the Cape Coral Chamber and Fort Myers Chamber merged to form the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Florida, and the Welcome Center transferred to the new organization. In 1989 the business community decided to form the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral which operated out of a small building on the corner of Del Prado and Cape Coral Parkway. In 1994, the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral moved back to the Cape Coral Parkway Welcome Center eventually purchasing the building in 1998. In 2004, the Chamber opened a second Welcome Center inside the FOS Furniture Store at Del Prado Boulevard and Pine Island Road to better serve the residents and visitors to the north end of the city. The Chamber offices serve as the welcome center for Cape Coral and a resources for residents, visitors, newcomers and future residents.
