Aspire BusinessGuide 2023 Digital - Flipbook - Page 9
However, there were several early attempts at
forming an Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce
dating back to 1853, but one would not be
昀椀nally established until 1890.
The Commercial Club of Indianapolis was
formed in 1890 with Col. Eli Lilly as its founding
president and attempted to turn the project
of business expansion and retraction into a
statistical science rather than merely a marketing
campaign.
On the southside of Indianapolis, the
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce organized
in 1954 and would later merge with the Johnson
County Development Corporation in 2020 to
form Aspire Economic Development + Chamber
Alliance, the chamber of commerce serving all of
Johnson County today.
The story of how each chamber of commerce
formed in their respective communities will
always be unique, however these institutions
share an intertwined history and destiny. We
should acknowledge the role that chambers of
commerce have played throughout history as
America’s testing labs of innovation, economic
development, and entrepreneurship.
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