The Highland County Chamber of Commerce is a membership-driven business organization that represents the business community of Highland County. It serves as an active advocate and resource for our business community, providing economic and community development.

To align with our values and goals, the Highland County Chamber seeks to emphasize cooperation over competition. We know that with each business, there is always going to be a competitor; however, what would happen if we all came together to work for the common good of our local business community? This would not only impact business relations with one another but the whole community.  

WE make Highland County great. It is a group effort. Every business is comprised of someone’s neighbor, someone’s sister or brother, someone that members of the community know and love. Relationships connect us, and when we have positive relationships with others, it creates a good experience, and that should be the same in the business community. We should foster healthy, competitive relationships that can cooperate for the success of the community.

How can you help foster those relationships and why are they important? Here are some great articles that offer some insight:

• What are the best ways to build professional relationships with your competitors?
• The Power of Healthy Competition in Business Relationships
• Building Relationships with Competitors: The Key to Success in Business
• The Psychology of Strategic Relationships
• How Healthy Relationships Can Change Businesses and the World for the Better