Cost-Saving Benefits
Capital Region Chamber Members and their employees realize significant savings on a variety of services they use every day to run their businesses. Benefits include medical and dental plans, human resources consulting, and discounts on energy services, shipping, mobile phone service and equipment, long distance calling, and newspaper delivery.
Chamber Referral Rewards
For each business you refer that joins the Capital Region Chamber, you will receive $25 in referral rewards. You must be identified as the referral source at the time the business joins. The rewards may be used for any Chamber expense, such as membership dues, breakfasts, Business-to-Business Exchanges, Web links, additional classifications, mailing lists, the Annual Dinner and many others.
Credit and Debit Card Processing Service
Your customers like the convenience of using credit and debit cards, but do you cringe every time you receive a statement from your processor? The service is expensive and statements are filled with technical jargon no layperson can understand. It’s impossible to determine whether you’re paying too much.
Why not give Retail Council Services Corp. (RCSC), the Chamber’s Credit Card Processing Program administrator, an opportunity to decode your statement and reduce the cost of this necessary service at the same time? RCSC works with Global Payments Direct, Inc., one of the world’s largest processors, to manage nearly $400 million in annual transaction volume. The sheer size of this program gives RCSC the negotiating power to get the lowest cost on processing for your business.
Let RCSC take the mystery out of your credit and debit card processing. Contact its in-house specialist, Nicholl, at 518.465.3586 for a free, no-obligation savings analysis of a recent statement from your current processor.
Health and Dental Plans
A variety of heath and dental insurance programs are available through the Capital Region Chamber, most without an administrative fee. For more details about the plans provided by the Chamber, call 518.431.1419 or click here.
University at Albany MBA for Executive Program
The MBA for Executives Program is a 48-credit, 22-month, in-person program designed for working professionals who want an executive-level MBA without putting their careers on hold. As the only MBA program of its kind in upstate New York, it offers a distinctive cohort experience with concierge-level service from admission through graduation. The program’s all-inclusive tuition covers course materials, textbooks, an international trip, catered meals, and parking, making it a value leader among in-person executive-level MBA programs in New York State.
Members of the Capital Region Chamber admitted for Fall 2026 are also eligible for an
scholarship, further enhancing the program’s exceptional return on investment.
To learn more, you can register for an in-person or online information session or attend a class.
For more information, contact Program Director Don Purdy at [email protected] and at 518.956.8381.
Post Your Job Openings
The Capital Region Chamber sponsors a Job Posting module which enables businesses and nonprofit organizations to list openings for employment and volunteer opportunities that can be viewed by those seeking jobs or service opportunities.
Capital Region Chamber Members that are in the Premium membership level and above may post an unlimited number of job and volunteer opportunities at no cost.
For more information contact Jennifer Sims at 518.431.1418.
Energy Savings
Sign up and save with the Capital Region Chamber’s energy affinity partner, Energy Now Consultants, LLC. This affinity program gives Chamber Members the chance to work with an energy consultant on planning wisely for future electric & natural gas energy needs, by choosing more competitive rates from top-tier suppliers. There’s NO cost or obligation.
Energy Now Consultants also offers energy savings to residential & small businesses for Community Solar with Common Energy. This official NYS program called “The New York State Shared Renewables Program” supports clean energy & guaranteed savings every month. No contract, no enrollment fee, no cancellation fee. You receive clean energy credits on your National Grid bill & lower emissions in your community.
