The business community recognizes the importance of a healthy economy and the need to continue to improve the business climate. The Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce generally supports broad economic development that maintains the area’s quality of life. The Chamber supports policies and legislation that foster opportunities for existing business to prosper and that attractive to new business wishing to locate here. Specifically, increased development and continuing support of international and domestic tourism, along with other compatible businesses is necessary to the economic development of the area.

The Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce therefore supports:
 

1. Local legislative programs and policies to encourage and foster new business, and the retention and expansion of existing businesses;

2. Cooperative efforts by and with other organizations to support and encourage the creation of jobs as well as professional advancement for those currently employed;

3. Efforts to promote and enhance international and domestic trade, commerce, small business and tourism;

4. Efforts to attract and develop new and emerging technologies, which will create and support new jobs;

5. Formation of economic clusters in the areas of agriculture, education and tourism;

6. Reasonable and reduction/elimination of paperwork and red-tape whenever and wherever possible;

7. Small and/or disadvantaged business programs such as grants, loans workshops and the like;

8. The continued use of redevelopment funds to add and enhance business in the cities of the Monterey Peninsula.