About Us

The Greater Niles Chamber of Commerce has been a part of the greater Niles region since 1919, serving communities that include but are not limited to Berrien County, Van Buren County, Three Oaks Village, and the Village of Galien. The Greater Niles Chamber works to foster a diverse and thriving business community through business education, business advocacy, economic development, and through a general focus on the success and growth of industry, trade, civic activities, publicity, and public relations for the greater Niles area.

Although the Greater Niles Chamber celebrated 100 years in 2019, its economic development efforts began in 1982 by a group of Niles area businessmen responding to a negative pattern of economic erosion threatening their community. These business owners determined that the idea of doing nothing and just letting the economic downturn continue was unthinkable. Instead of doing nothing, they took a very positive step forward by proposing an economic development program that would be financially supported by the local communities, citizens and business owners in the greater Niles area.

Since the early 1980s, we have provided economic development services to the greater Niles/Buchanan area as well as communities across Southern Berrien County. We have had the pleasure of working with our existing employers, assisting them with their local expansions. We have attracted new companies to the area. We have also enjoyed working with our small businesses and entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses in our communities. Through the ebbs and flows of economic cycles over the past four decades, the Greater Niles Chamber has remained a constant, pro-business force for our region, making sure that our existing businesses and those looking to move to our area knew that they had an advocate in their corner. These efforts have resulted in a diverse and thriving business community.

Our organization has been directly responsible for bringing numerous businesses to the area, initiating and operating a business incubator center, directing the development of the Bertrand Crossing Industrial and Technology Park, and the development of the Niles Industrial Park. These efforts have resulted in hundreds of jobs for residents of Southwestern Michigan. We have also been the catalyst for thousands of dollars of grant money to improve infrastructure in our communities.
We could not have accomplished these things without the leadership of our board of directors and the ongoing financial support of our public and private sector investors. We thank them very much for their support.