What $235 a year actually buys.
Membership is priced by company size. This page lists everything it includes, with the prices next to it.
What membership gets you
Everything here comes with membership. Start with the column that matters most to your business.
Save money
For plenty of members, the insurance programs cover the dues on their own.
Group health insurance
The Chamber Health Benefits Plan with SummaCare, for companies with 1 to 50 employees.
How the health plan worksWorkers' comp savings
Group rating and group retrospective rating through Sedgwick, the Chamber's endorsed partner.
How workers' comp worksBulk mail at no charge
Borrow the Chamber's bulk mail permit for mailings of 200 or more identical pieces.
Get seen
Ways to put your business in front of Wadsworth.
A page in the member directory
Your own page on this site and a pin on the member map, with your contact details and website.
Browse the directoryA ribbon cutting
When you open, expand or remodel, the Chamber schedules it and shows up with the scissors and the crowd.
A Business Spotlight
A table at a Chamber luncheon and about two minutes to tell the room about your business.
A free e-blast when you join
Your first dedicated e-blast is on the Chamber: an email about your business and nothing else.
The Monday newsletter
Send your news and event flyers and they run in the weekly e-newsletter at no charge. Job openings run there too.
A podcast interview
Tell your story on Chamber Conversations, produced with Wadsworth Community Television, at no charge.
Connect
The rooms where Wadsworth's business owners get to know each other.
Chamber luncheons
Eleven a year, each with a speaker and a room full of Wadsworth business owners.
See what's coming upEvents all year
Business After Hours, Inspiring Women, speed networking with the Fairlawn and Copley chambers, the golf outing and Name That Tune.
Wadsworth Young Professionals
Gatherings for young professionals who live or work in Wadsworth.
Meet the WYPsReferrals from the office
When someone calls asking who does this kind of work, the office points them to members.
The Chamber Hub
Your member login, sent the day your membership is approved, for as many people at your business as you like.
Pricing
Dues run January through December and are pro-rated when you join mid-year.
Businesses
$235 / year
Base rate, scaled by employee count. The exact per-employee schedule is confirmed with the Chamber office at signup.
Nonprofits
$130 / year
For 501(c) organizations, retirees, local government offices, and service clubs. Nonprofits with an annual budget of $1 million or more: $260.
No wrong month
Pro-rated
The fiscal year runs January 1 through December 31. Join mid-year and your first dues are pro-rated to match.
Join the ChamberThe programs that save money
Two programs do the heavy lifting. For plenty of members, either one covers the dues on its own.
The Chamber Health Benefits Plan
Health insurance with SummaCare at competitive rates, for companies with 1 to 50 employees.
- A variety of SummaCare PPO plan designs, with more than one provider network to choose from
- Telehealth visits
- Dental, vision and life coverage for groups of 2 or more enrolled employees
- Health and wellness services for employees
How to get it
The plan runs through the Greater Akron Chamber, and the Wadsworth Chamber is one of its Regional Chamber Partners. If your business is in one of the ZIP codes below, join the Wadsworth Chamber, then complete a Greater Akron Chamber application at greaterakronchamber.org and pay its $100 yearly administrative fee. That fee also brings the benefits of a Greater Akron Chamber membership. When you enroll, you show SummaCare the receipt and proof of your Wadsworth Chamber membership.
Eligible ZIP codes: 44281, 44282, 44274, 44256, 44258, 44273, 44230, 44667, 44254, 44212, 44691, 44677.
Questions? Talk to Zig or Zach.
Zig Novak
Workers' comp through Sedgwick
The Chamber endorses Sedgwick because it studies each employer's own claim and premium history and finds the biggest savings among the Ohio BWC programs available.
- Group rating
- Group retrospective rating
- Help finding the rating or discount program that fits your company best
Sedgwick reports that its clients save $160 million a year in workers' compensation premium through group rating and group retrospective rating.
See what you could save
Fill out the AC-3 authorization at sedgwick.com/ac3/wadsworth. It lets Sedgwick review your payroll and claims history so it can show you what your company would save.
Questions? Talk to David Deyo.
The megaphone
The Chamber's job is to make sure Wadsworth knows you exist. The office answers "who do you know who does this?" calls every week. Here's what that looks like, with real examples from this site.
A page of your own
Every member gets a real page here, indexed by Google. This is a live one:
412 Direct Care LLCHealth CareA seat on the Chamber podcast
Fifty-four member stories told so far. The latest:
Bob Lindner, Wadsworth Fire & EMS
Sponsor the Chamber
Five levels, from $250 to $5,000. Every one includes a dedicated e-blast and a Business Spotlight at a Chamber luncheon, and the top three put your name in all 50 weekly newsletters.
See the sponsorship levels