Funders to approach for South Lamar Chamber of Commerce

Promoting commercial and civic activities that are aimed at improving the overall well-being of the residents in the southern part of lamar county, Alabama. As an unincorporated entity for several years, the chamber has provided historically been involved in various community enhancement events such as street fair festivals, christmas pageants, christmas parades, etc. A few years ago the county government gave a piece of property (an old national guard armory building that had stood vacant for many years) to the chamber to used as the chamber for community enhancement projects. After exploring various possibilities and using it for various communinty events, it became such that the chamber could no longer afford to maintain the property given the very limited receipts that it had each year. Aside from the ongoing maintenance costs that could not be afforded, the need for a new roof system was being faced as well. After consulting with the county government, it was decided that the…