BLYTHEWOOD- Asking for more accommodation tax and general fund money has become a common theme for the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce, and Council continues to up the numbers every year. In 2017, Chamber Executive Director Mike Switzer sought additional funds of nearly $71,000 before scaling that number back amid town council protest. Of the […]
Chamber financials reflect inconsistencies
May 24, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Whenever the Greater Blythewood Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mike Switzer requests additional funding for the chamber, council members generally have been willing to cough up more money. As Blythewood council members plan to discuss increasing the total annual funding to the Chamber by more than $15,000 to $57,500, during a budget workshop […]
Visitor’s Center shares Palmer’s post
February 15, 2018 By
BLYTHEWOOD – As the residents of Rimer Pond Road and the LongCreek Plantation neighborhood continue to fight a Columbia family’s fourth attempt in as many years to bring commercial zoning to Rimer Pond Road, the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center raised the hackles of those residents by inserting itself into the emotionally charged zoning […]
Blythewood names Columbia realtor Business Person of Year
December 21, 2017 By
Blythewood – Peggy Fowler, a Columbia realtor was recently selected by the Blythewood Chamber of Commerce as its Business Person of the Year. The Chamber also selected a Columbia business, Chick-fil-A as its Large Business of the Year. Blythewood’s Doko Smoke, owned and operated by Tony and Chris Crout, was selected as the Chamber’s Small […]
Blythewood Chamber Golf Tournament June 21
June 1, 2012 By
The Blythewood Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual golf tournament on Thursday, June 21, at the Golf Club of South Carolina at Crickentree in Blythewood. The tournament is a benefit for the Chamber’s scholarship program. Registration is at 11:30 am and the Shotgun Start is at 1 p.m. The golf course is located at […]
