Chamber Events

Join the Membership Committee in this fun event, "popping in" on member businesses with gift bags of popcorn!  Be sure to meet at the Chamber offices at 12pm to pick up all supplies.  Complete with an Instagram takeover!

All Chamber Members Welcome to Join and Attend our Meetings

Continue with our 2024 Professional Development Series with this quarterly session!

Please feel free to bring a breakfast or snack from one of our local chamber restaurants!  

Finish up our 2024 YPG Professional Development Series with a discussion of these two books:    

Book 1: Navigating Difficult Conversations: How To Discuss What Matters Most (August)

Book 2: Managing Up: How To Move Up, Win At Work & Succeed With Any Type Of Boss (November)          

Professional Development Series sponsored by Homewood Suites by Hilton.

GGCC YPG members: free to attend

Non-GGCC attendees: $25/ticket

If you would like to make an optional, tax-deductible donation to support future professional development programming, please make a donation through the GGCC Community Foundation. 

The Professional Development series is geared toward our Chamber’s Young Professionals Group, but is open and relevant to all members! Attendance is free for our YPG professionals, and others are encouraged to attend, share their experiences with and learn from our earlier-career members, and are also encouraged to make an optional donation of their choice to help support future Professional Development events. All Chamber members are invited, and please remember that Chamber membership extends to ALL employees in the member business! Together we are stronger. We are the #GGCC. We are the #UpcountyEngine. Let’s learn together!

Join us for an evening of networking, food, drinks, & mini golf at the City of Gaithersburg's miniature golf course on August 27 from 5 to 7:30pm! Connect with City officials and GGCC Board members at this very popular annual event! 

A BIG thanks to the City for your continuous support of our annual After5 event in August and for hosting us!

Would you like to sponsor food or bevvies for this event?  Call us to make arrangements and we'll pop your logo here and on the calendar, manage all the pre-event and post-event social shout-outs, and provide signage at the event! 

Business Networking After5 is just one of the monthly networking events provided by the Chamber. The event gives Chamber members an opportunity to meet informally at local business establishments, to visit and share ideas and opinions, socialize, make business contacts, meet new people, and learn more about the sponsors business. All Chamber members are invited and encouraged to bring their business cards to network with other members.

Minigolf 2024 Sponsors 

Drinks Sponor

Get ready for a fantastic evening of networking and fun! Join us for our Joint Chamber Happy Hour on August 28th from 5-7pm at The Highlands at Germantown.

This is your chance to mingle with members from the Rockville, Olney, Bethesda, and Silver Spring Chambers. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect and enjoy a great time with fellow professionals!

This event celebrates the brilliance of Beyonce's legacy and artistry and is in no way affiliated with nor produced by Beyonce. 

DJ Margarita is one of the hottest Open Format DJ's in the DMV and Beyond.

DJ Bri Mafia is a DJ, Entrepreneur and Curator who is dedicated to providing platforms for the local music scene in the DMV and Baltimore. Bri Mafia is an underground DJ of 9 years. She's the official DJ for Cypher Clique, hailing from her hometown of Dover.

DJ SOYO Progress is most often accomplished by group effort, so Soyo regularly allies herself with comrades who help her fight for social justice and community improvement. She has been involved with a range of organizations, including the Lyricist Lounge, Temple of Hip Hop, Hip Hop Caucus, and TruSkool (where she began her DJ career). Additionally, she was a founding member of the DC Hip Hop Alliance. Soyo is also a member of Hip-Hop Sisters, legendary recording artist MC Lyte’s group of female hip-hop practitioners.  Finally, Soyo Deejed part of DC Slam (shown on HBO), a poetry event that allows District youth to express creatively instead of through violence

Join us for this quarterly "Up Upcounty" breakfast series! Each session will include a guest speaker - an elected official or civic leader - to engage in discussion about needs and opportunities in the northern-most footprint of the Upcounty and of GGCC's service footprint, and we'll enjoy great networking of course. Thank you to Hornet's Nest Grille for coffee and breakfast! Free to members! Please join us!

September's Speaker: April McClain Delaney - candidate for U.S. Congress, Congressional District 6. April will speak about her vision for the 6th Congressional District and then answer your questions about her vision, her campaign, her support for the upcounty business community, and any other questions you have!  

If you need accommodations to comfortably access this event, please email info@ggchamber.org.     

Free for all GGCC members. Sonja Der from Coachcruiting will be presenting for us!

Game Recognizes Game: Effective Leveraging of Transferable Skills      

Come join other GGCC members for an engaging discussion around how to identify, recognize, and leverage transferable skills for effective hiring.        

 Teams link:

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Meeting ID: 295 325 672 228

Passcode: u4Bz4g

Navegar la Compra de Automóvil

Ya sea que esté comprando un automóvil nuevo por primera vez o modernizando su vehículo más antiguo, comprar un carro nuevo puede ser estresante. Hay muchas opciones para comprar un automóvil nuevo, como arrendamiento, financiación o compra total. Tal vez su presupuesto haya cambiado y no esté seguro de lo que puede pagar ahora. En este seminario web, analizaremos cada opción en detalle, lo ayudaremos a aprender cómo calcular la asequibilidad y lo acercaremos a la compra del carro de sus sueños.

Lo Que Aprenderá

• Los beneficios y contras del arrendamiento, la financiación o la compra total
• Cómo calcular el pago mensual de su automóvil, incluidos los intereses
• Cómo solicitar un préstamo de carro

¿Quién Pudiera Asistir?

• Aquellos interesados en comprar un auto nuevo
• Primeros compradores de carro
• Los que quieran consejos sobre cómo agregar el pago del automóvil a su presupuesto

You are invited to roll up those sleeves and get ready for a delicious evening of barbeque and networking at the Chamber's Annual Picnic with a Purpose! Each year GGCC Members come together to interact with the non-profit community, honor all the GGCC volunteers, and savor Smokey Glen’s famous barbeque and mouth-watering pies!  And thanks to the generosity of Smokey Glen, this event is FREE to all members to attend! 

We are recognizing our 2024 Exceptional Volunteers and highlighting our nonprofit members at a Non-Profit Showcase. And we'll award Non-Profit of the Year Award to The Foundation Schools!

Are you a Chamber Volunteer? If you serve on the Board or on any of the Chamber committees, please join us, so we can thank you. And see who will be crowned this year's Exceptional Volunteers! 

Are you a Non-profit Chamber Member? If so, you are invited to be a part of the Nonprofit Showcase. It is a great opportunity for your organization to interact with the business community. Member nonprofits may register as "Nonprofit Showcase Table Exhibitors" in your member portal - this option closes on 8/22. You will be provided one 6' table space. You may decorate as you wish! (no tents - you'll be under the shelter).

Click here for Sponsorship Opportunities. 

Click here to Sponsor this event.  

Thank you to our host and Title Sponsor:

Exceptional Volunteer Award Sponsor:

Nonprofit Showcase Sponsors:

Redfin Real Estate - Releford

Cornerstone Montgomery  

     If you need accommodations to access this event, please email pross@ggchamber.org. 

In partnership with Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Montgomery County and BlackRock Center for the Arts, please join us for an enriching celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Enjoy delicious appetizers from Rio Grande Bar & Grille (GGCC member, Germantown) and a cash bar. Take advantage of this opportunity to network with local Hispanic artists and Chamber members form HCCMC & GGCC.

BlackRock Center for the Arts will also host an artist talk and other performances that align with this exhibit throughout Hispanic Heritage Month! See https://www.blackrockcenter.org/events-performances for updated information as we get closer to September.

Entrance is free to this reception, but space is limited. Please reserve your space only if you know you will attend.

If you need accommodations to access this event, please email pross@ggchamber.org.