Celebrating Montevallo Chamber turning 75

As the clock strikes midnight on January 1, 2024, the Montevallo Chamber of Commerce will be entering into its 75th year of existence.

The Montevallo Chamber of Commerce was established by a group of local business owners in 1949. Let's take a second, go back in time, to name a few of the Montevallo businesses from that era - Brown Service Insurance Company,  M.L. Kendrick Coal, Sand & Gravel, Wilson Drug Company, W.C. Weems General Insurance, Times Printing Company, Alabama Power Company,  Lovelady Home and Auto Supply, Wooten Motor Company, CHISM'S Clothing Store, TAXI with Gregg, Deluxe Cleaners, Merchants and Planters Bank, Montevallo Motors, Nordan Hardware Store, Derby Hotel and Restaurant, Shaw Motor Company, Modern Beauty Shop, and R.B. Galloway Waterproofing and Restoration.*  These and other businesses had the forethought to start and support a chamber to ensure business and community had representation. 

The Montevallo Chamber of Commerce's mission is to increase community vitality through the recruitment and support of business. As 2024 progresses, the chatter will be running an article each month to showcase the chamber's history with informative facts while visiting the past.

* The Montevallo Times, January 1949