Visit Eastport Maine

Benefits of Membership:

 

Public Information and Promotion: 

• Listing on the website at www.visiteastport.com and www.EastportChamber.net including links, photos, descriptions, event and promotional information about your business.

• EACC Facebook page with over 2,000 friends, shares member and area business information, as well as state and local business resources.

• Current list of restaurants updated and distributed regularly.

• Walking map of downtown Eastport, available on phone with QR code.

• Monthly eNewsletter reaches over 2,000 subscribers with high open and re-open rate.

• EACC invests in advertising to invite visitors to the EACC area in the following travel guides:

  • Maine Invites You - Maine’s largest visitor guide, full-color, distribution over 300,000 copies.

  • Ellsworth Area Chamber Guide and the Discover WayDowneast Guide.

  • Regional and statewide print and digital advertising includes Quoddy Tides, Bangor Daily News and Bangor Metro Magazine, Ellsworth American, Portland Monthly, Working Waterfront.

• Staffed information office mid-June through mid-September at our Welcome Center at the Port Authority.

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Projects include:

• The Eastport Chamber organizes the annual Salmon and Seafood Festival, always Labor Day weekend, now in it's 36th year.

• The Eastport Buoy Project was a joint effort by the Chamber and the Port Authority; the Buoy was unveiled in 2023 and is the latest photo-op in Eastport!

• The Holiday Lighting Project was launched in 2023 by the Eastport Chamber; 2024 will see additional investment in commercial lighting, expanded locations, more holiday events and regional promotion.

• The Chamber works with Port Authority and local businesses to support the growing cruiseship business in Eastport.  

• In 2020 the Chamber launched Eastport Totes - collector edition totebags sold by member businesses, featuring different brand logos of old sardine cans, provided by the Tides Institute and Museum of Art.

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Distribution of Business/Travel guides and local business brochures:​

• Eastport Port Authority Welcome Center

• Area shops, restaurants, and area overnight accommodations 

• Maine tourism locations on state interstates and highways: Kittery, Yarmouth, Hampden North

• Bangor Airport

• Calais Visitor Center

• Bar Harbor Chamber Office

• Ellsworth Chamber Office

 

Eastport Area Tourism Advocacy:

• Downeast Area Regional Tourism (DART) - The Eastport Area Chamber has been a leader in this Hancock-Washington County tourism group, one of 8 regional areas of the Maine Office of Tourism.

• Maine Office Tourism (MOT) - The Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce and City of Eastport received a $10,000 Maine Tourism Marketing Partnership Program grant in 2022 and has reapplied in 2024.

• Maine Tourism Association (MTA) - Publishes the official Maine Travel Guide.

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Be a friend of the Chamber: 

You don't need to be a business to join the Chamber.  Join the chamber as a friend and share your love of the Eastport area through volunteering at the Welcome Center, sharing ideas at monthly meetings, offering your unique talents in all areas - marketing, design, writing, technology and more!