Ballard Reanimates its Chamber
After a two-year dormancy, Ballard’s merchant class moves to incorporate and plot the construction of a new commercial home.
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The Chamber of Commerce of Ballard, which has been in a passive state for nearly two years, is about to resume its former activity. A meeting of the members was held a week ago in the council rooms, and a committee consisting of Matthew Dow, Edmund Peters, R. W. Grover, George Armour and G. W. Emerson was elected to propose a plan for reorganization at the next regular meeting, early in March. The committee met and decided to submit to the chamber a proposition to incorporate with a capital stock of $10,000, divided into shares at $5 each. If the members decide to incorporate, the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and a board of trustees will probably be selected at the monthly meeting in March. The committee also discussed the advisability of using the funds, at present in the hands of the treasurer, for the purchase of a lot on which a Chamber of Commerce building could be erected in the near future.
“The Chamber of Commerce of Ballard, which has been in a passive state for nearly two years, is about to resume its former activity.”
Ballard’s push for a dedicated Chamber building in 1893 reflects the city's long history of local boosterism and merchant-led development. While Ballard is now a major Seattle neighborhood rather than a separate town, the desire for local professional organization remains a staple of its independent civic culture.
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