BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS
As a member of CIBA you will help to maintain the uniqueness and livability of our community and to enhance the Corvallis area as a market center.

Benefits for Business members
The most important benefit you will receive as a member of CIBA is our impact on the spending habits of Corvallis’s consumers and businesses.

We will help bring you more business.

But there are many other benefits, as described here.

Promotion of Your Business
CIBA provides members advantages of cooperation without compromising independence through:

• Discounted group advertising
• Benefits for customers with shared promotions
• Email lists promoting patronage and consumer awareness
• Instant recognition when you use the CIBA logo on advertising and in-house displays
• Listing of your business on the CIBA Web site
• Group purchase power on promotional products under CIBA logo

Advocacy for All Independent Businesses
We use the strength of our numbers to communicate a strong message of commitment to our community. CIBA will:

• Increase community awareness of the value of supporting independent, local businesses
• Monitor governmental decision processes with the goal of fairness to, and enhancement of, independent businesses
• Promote members’ awareness of relevant issues
• Provide a voice on independent business concerns
• Maintain communication with other community business organizations
• Promote the benefits of locating independent businesses in the Corvallis area

Forum Opportunities
Community forums are offered with like-minded individuals and business owners throughout Corvallis and surrounding communities. Opportunities include:

• Round table open discussions
• Brainstorming and building of collaborative marketing efforts
• Sharing of common experiences, challenges and strengths of other independent businesses
• CIBA-sponsored media and public relations trainings

Involvement in CIBA
Participation in CIBA gives you opportunities to:

• Take part in the development of specific goals through board membership, advisory committees and community activities that promote the ideals of CIBA.
• Work with members of other alliances throughout the United States. CIBA is an affiliate of the American Independent Business Alliance.

Fees for Business members
Annual Dues:
Business Membership, 0–15 employees - $100.00
Business Membership, 15+ employees - $150.00

Application for Business members
Please print this application (pdf document, Adobe Acrobat required), fill it out, sign it, and send it along with your first year’s annual dues to:

Corvallis Independent Business Alliance
c/o A & S Accounting
316 SW Washington Avenue
Corvallis, Oregon 97333
Message Phone (541) 752-0047

All membership applications and continuation of memberships are subject to the discretion and approval of the CIBA board of directors.