Every year in March at its annual meeting of the membership and awards lunch, chamber celebrates our local business community.  Chamber leadership shares with its members, the business community and our Douglas County community as a whole, a recap of the chamber’s activities, undertakings and accomplishments for the past year.  Following are some of the Roseburg Area Chamber’s highlights from 2025:

• Advocated in defense of our local business community under the chamber’s 2025-26 Public Affairs & Legislative Agenda, specifically during the 2025 Oregon Legislative Session, providing testimony in opposition to anti-business legislation and in support of pro-business legislation.
• Beyond the adjournment of the 2025 session, RACC submitted comment in opposition to the Oregon Employment Department’s draft regulations around implementation of SB 916 (which RACC opposed), granting UI benefits to striking workers; and, submitted testimony opposing specific provisions in the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Transportation Funding Committee’s LC 2 bill, proposing to raise$6 billion in new taxes.
• Committed to support any proposed legislation, initiative petition and ballot measure with the intent to repeal HB 3115 (ORS 195.530). Joined coalition efforts to give control back to local municipalities to manage and address unsanctioned camping on public land.
• Supplied members with well-timed information, awareness and tools, during the 2025 Oregon legislative session via newsletter articles, “Call to Action” and “Chamber News” emails, and membership meeting programs.
• The chamber’s membership lunch programs hosted the annual state of the county update, Congresswoman Val Hoyle, Roseburg Public Library, information/tools regarding the AI revolution, state of Oregon’s business climate and competitiveness update, wood products industry and federal and state employment law updates.
• Launched “Member Monday” social media posts for member promotion and appreciation and “Monday Mentions” email blasts.
• Maintained organizational financial stability. Due to long-term conscientious management of chamber funds, including ensuring emergency operations reserves, the Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce remains financially stable and secure during unstable economic times.
• Represented the interests of business with government monitoring federal, state and local political activity, taking positions when appropriate.
• Continued support for the city of Roseburg’s proposed Urban Growth Boundary land swap through the legislative session, recognizing our community’s workforce housing shortage and the need for buildable land for housing within the city limits.  
• Regular updates of chamber’s website and printed materials for the service to and promotion of members.
• RACC joined national coalitions of chambers and business organizations (1) advocating US House take action to preserve B-SALT deductions; (2) urging the US Congress to increase litigation transparency specifically related to third-party litigation funding; and, (3) urging Congress to pursue pro-growth tax policy, to name a few.
• Chamber member communications expanded, specifically the weekly “Chamber News” member email blasts, “Action Alerts”; produced six editions of Business Perspectives in addition to “Current News” page, online.
• Increased business resource information and links to national business news and resources in “Chamber News” member emails and online.
• Hosted the chamber’s 70th annual meeting of the membership and awards event presenting RACC’s small, medium and large business of the year awards and First Citizen recognitions for 2024 and Economic Forecast 2026 in November. Moving annual meeting of the membership and awards event to a lunch in 2026.
• Publish online edition of the 2025 InUmpqua (business directory, community profile & visitor magazine); continued to provide printed edition to chambers and visitor centers around the state.
• Completed 35^th year of Project Leadership Roseburg, and launched the 2025-26 (36th year) leadership class program in September 2025.
• Member-benefit programs: Shop Chamber & Save discount program, member referrals, member ribbon cuttings.
• “Shop local” messaging; promoted “shop local” for Black Friday and “shop small” on Small Business Saturday and throughout the holiday season, during November and December.
• Provided visitor information to individuals interested in visiting Roseburg/Douglas County in response to mail, phone and email inquiries. Provided relocation information and packets to individuals and businesses in response to mail, phone and email requests. Distributed Roseburg/Douglas County map regionally and statewide, and to individuals planning to visit to our area.