Message from the President

Can you feel the Power…of YOU?

As we begin our new Chamber year, we are excited for the possibilities that present themselves in a community awash in prosperity. Yet, like most places, we are confronted by many challenges: continued high inflation, supply chain disruptions, challenging workforce hiring, rising cost of goods and other woes.

But through it all, your Chamber – and YOU, our valued members – have remained undeterred and created the power that leads to success.

That is our role as a Chamber as we embark upon another amazing year – our 99^th! As an organization, we continue to look to the future and our collective recovery. We are the voice for local businesses and what we have to say has never been more important.

Over the past few years, we have reveled in a time of incredible transformation in our City Beautiful:
a bustling and reimagined Miracle Mile and Giralda Plaza, awe-inspiring public art featuring Instagram-worthy snaps (have you seen The Plaza?), ribbon cuttings galore that herald a strikingly positive business climate welcoming new corporate giants like Ryder Corporation, FIFA and Apple, as well as endless opportunities to engage. That is our superpower!

President & CEO

Mark A. Trowbridge

Our Chamber celebrates our fourth-year anniversary in our retail space on Alhambra Circle this Fall. Our home is an extraordinary headquarters, located at Main & Main of the business district and designed as a place to convene, collaborative and create. Come visit our Welcome Center, rent out our Allen Morris Company Conference space and help us celebrate this innovative epicenter for business.

In the past year, more than 750 new and exciting businesses and consulates opened across the City that continue to raise our profile in the South Florida business community.

With our centennial just one year away, the time is perfect to think about our future as a Chamber and City. Since our founding by the visionary George E. Merrick in 1925, the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce has been dedicated to making our community an epicenter for business, both domestically and globally, while diligently serving our resident, employee and visitor populations. With a focus on balanced growth and robust job creation, together with a superior lifestyle designed for live, work, learn and play, the Chamber leads the way in our business community.

To all of our visitors, we welcome you and hope you enjoy The City Beautiful – and please, check out our Welcome Center at 201 Alhambra Circle. A year ago, we celebrated the launch of a new tour out of the Center – a foodie extravaganza tour – coupled with our already much beloved historic architecture tour presented in partnership with AIA Miami.

Of course, we invite you to return again and again as you assist in our recovery and a robust return to a fully open business world filled with travel, inquiry, and discovery. To our residents, we thank you for your support, which you so graciously offer year-round. To businesses seeking a new market to expand into, we say join the crowd that has fallen hard for our City Beautiful as we help you make Coral Gables your home!

And to our business community, we salute you and value your enduring commitment to making Coral Gables the very best in all of South Florida. The past four-plus years have been tough and challenging; but together, we have survived, strived, and thrived. That is the Power of YOU!

We encourage you to take advantage of the renowned restaurants, world-class shopping, historic venues, unparalleled culture, incredible hotel product, outstanding education (K-12 and higher education), health care institutions and international flair that make Coral Gables magnificent!

And, as we like to say to our members and visitors, we are your exclusive concierge as you discover (or fall in love with all over again) the sophistication, beauty, and charm of our Coral Gables.

Now, let’s get plugged in, embrace the power of Coral Gables, and show us the true YOU!

CGCC President Signature