Connecting Communities The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce holds a variety of events on an annual basis that bring our communities together for networking purposes. The same events help our members, year-after-year, as we continue to celebrate the area, its people and promote business (like yours) within the region we are so fortunate to live, work and pay within. Photo by: Laurentian Chamber of Commerce
Networking Opportunities The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce routinely hosts networking events for our community members, including Breakfast Connections, our Lunch & Learn educational series and Business After Hours. Each of these networking events offer the opportunity for chamber members (and non members) to connect with leaders, movers and shakers within the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce service area - providing even more value to chamber membership.
Play Here This really is God's country. Our Laurentian Chamber of Commerce community and surrounding Iron Range area offer unbounded recreational opportunities all year long! Photo by: Paul Pluskwik
Moving Business Forward Northeastern Minnesota's Iron Range and the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce's service area is home to a variety of employment opportunities in fields such as healthcare, mining, manufacturing, construction, hospitality, recreation, finance, insurance, transportation, utilities, among others. Photo by: Paul Pluskwik
Better in Our Backyard On a large scale, the economic impact of the mining industry on which our region was born, trickles down to tens of thousands of spin-off jobs in healthcare, energy, tourism, education, small business, and more…all of which make our corner of the world tick. Businesses across the Iron Range – big and small – help to make our area the best it can be. Photo by: Cliffs Natural Resources

Welcome to the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce

Connecting communities on the Iron Range and moving business forward.

The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce represents the business communities of the eastern Mesabi Iron Range including the Quad Cities of Eveleth, Gilbert, Mt. Iron, and Virginia, Buhl, Biwabik, and more. The Chamber plays a key role in community partnerships and is an advocate for business development, retention, and expansion. Our mission is to promote business through education and advocacy to advance the prosperity of the region.

Northeast Minnesota’s natural beauty, excellent education and healthcare, unbounded recreation, and rich history are just a few of the reasons to love our region. The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce has a strong desire to make the Iron Range a place of booming economic development and business expansion. The communities encompassed within the Laurentian Chamber are in the midst of building the future of the Iron Range right now, so there is no better time to be a Ranger!

Big things are happening in our service area every single day. Like nearly every cultural melting pot scattered throughout the United States, large industry support is the core of our local economy. Small, family-owned businesses along with healthcare, education, recreation, and the service sector deliver first-class hospitality to our local communities and visitors as they have for decades.

Through community partnerships and a whole lot of Iron Range tenacity, the Laurentian Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to have the opportunity to connect Minnesota’s eastern Mesabi Iron Range and make the region our home for generations to come.

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Latest News Dear Governor Walz, please complete the 2022 legislative work!

Sent electronically November 10, 2022 Dear Governor Walz, The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce respectfully requests that you call elected Minnesota leaders back to the Capitol for a special session to complete the work of the 2022 legislative session and to address an urgent need for unemployment insurance as steelworkers face an extended idle of Northshore…

Our Members are the Best!

Being a chamber member is being a proactive member of my community, it’s working together with other business leaders to make our area stronger. It is leaning on each other so we can be a better resource to the people we serve through our day to day activities. It is learning new ways to do business and it is finding ways to give back to the community we are blessed to be a part of.

- Darcie Novak, Keller Williams Range Realty Group Learn more about membership »