Strategic Plan

The Steamboat Springs Chamber’s three-year strategic plan is designed to drive our work toward fulfilling our mission and achieving our vision. The Chamber team went through an extensive strategic planning process in 2023 resulting in four key initiatives to focus on: organizational evolution, business development, financial health, and destination stewardship. 

Each initiative has strategic goal areas we aim to accomplish over the next three years. These goal areas were chosen from a combination of thorough research, interactive workshops, community survey results, and industry partnerships. To measure our progress, we created annual goals that we track yearly, quarterly, and monthly across all departments. We’re proud of the work we’re doing as part of this strategic plan, and even prouder of how it will positively serve our business community and beyond.

Organizational Evolution 

Our organization has been around for over 100 years and while we’ve evolved many times, we’re facing another period of rapid change in our community that we must respond to. To best meet the current needs of the Routt County business community, we are dedicated to transforming our organizational structure with these three goals:

Business Development

Our programs, advocacy work, resources, and community leadership are essential to our local businesses’ success. In the next three years, we want to elevate each of these areas to have a greater positive impact than ever before.

Financial Health

As a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization, smart budgeting and allocation of assets are crucial to our long-term success. To attain a sustainable path for serving our business community, we must not only manage our balance sheets extremely well, but we must also always be working on new ways to appropriately fund our work. Here are four ways we plan to do that:

Destination Stewardship

The tourism industry around the world, and in mountain communities especially, saw exponential growth in recent years. As visitation and outside investments into our community increase, we must lead educational and planning efforts to achieve sustainable tourism growth and preserve the character of our community. Here’s how: