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The Gaston Business Association offers a variety of investment opportunities to suit your business needs. Please review and determine which level best suits your business. Contact (704) 864-2621 to discuss additional payment options. Step 1: Member Info Step 2: Additional Info Step 3: Primary Contact Step 4: Billing Contact Step 5: Membership Options Step 1: Member Info Company Name * Please add your company name. Leave Blank Phone * Please add your company phone number. Website Email * Please add a valid email. Physical Address Address line 1 * Please add your address. Address line 2 Country * Choose... 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City * Please add your City. State * Choose... Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Federated States of Micronesia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palau Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Please add your State. State * Choose... Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Please add your State. State * Please add your State. Zip * Please add your Zip. Mailing Address Same as physical address Address line 1 * Please add your address. Address line 2 Country * Choose... Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Chile China Colombia Congo (DRC) Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latin America Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR Macedonia, FYRO Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam World Yemen Please add your country. 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Step 2: Additional Info Business Keywords (enter a space between words) Directory Category * Choose... Accountant - Certified Public Accounting and Tax Services Advertising Agriculture Aircraft Flight Training School Airlines Apartments Appliances Architects Artists - Fine Arts Arts & Entertainment Assisted Living Attorney Audiologist Automated Doors Automobile - Body Shop Automobile - Cleaning & Detailing Automobile - Dealers Automobile - Parts & Supplies Automobile - Racing Parts Automobile - Renting & Leasing Automobile - Repair & Service Automobile - Tire Dealer Bail Bondsman Bakeries Banks Beauty Salons & Spas Beauty Supplies Beverages Boilers - Sales, Service, Parts Book Stores Bridal Shops Building Materials Business Consultant Business Consultant- Nonprofit Business Consultants/Coaching & Training Business Networking Cabling Call Center Call Center Carpet & Rug Cleaners Carpet Manufacturer Cemeteries Chambers Of Commerce Chemicals Child Care Chiropractors Churches & Temples Civil Engineering Cleaning Services Clubs & Associations Co-Working Space Coin & Precious Metal Dealer Colleges & Universities Commercial Interiors Compounding Plastic Pellets Computer-Software Application Development Computers - Information Technology Construction Consulting & Management Consultant Contractors - Acoustical Contractors - Construction Contractors - Electrical Contractors - Grading Contractors - Heating & Air Conditioning Contractors - Painting Contractors - Paving Contractors - Plumbing Contractors - Roofing Contractors- Concrete Contractors--Flooring Convenience Stores Copiers - Sales/Service/Supplies Cosmetics Counselors - Human Relations Country Clubs Credit Unions Custom Window Treatments Dancing Instruction Delivery Services Dental--Dentures and Implants Dentists - General Practice Dentists - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Dentists - Orthodontists Distribution & Logistics DJ Services Downtown Gastonia Dry Cleaners/Laundry Dyes & Dyestuffs Economic Development Education Electric Equipment & Supplies Electric Equipment & Supplies- Repair Elevators - Sales & Service Emergency/First Aid Employee Assistance Programs Employment Agencies Employment Training Engineered Based Product Development Engineers Entertainment & Attractions Events Planning & Facilities Exercise & Physical Fitness Programs Exhibits & Interiors Exporters Family Medicine Farmers Market Fence-Sales Financial Services - Investments Fire & Water Damage Restoration Fire Protection Equipment & Supplies Flea Market Flooring Florists Food Brokers Food Products Foundations Funeral Directors Furniture Garage Doors & Openers GBA East GBA West Glass - Automobile, Plate, Window Government Agencies & Services Grocers Ground Level Containers Health & Fitness Healthcare Services Heat Treating - Metal Home Health Services Home Improvements Horseback Riding Facility Hospice Hospitals Hotels, Motels, Bed & Breakfasts Housing Human Resources Human Services Organizations Individual Industrial Equipment & Supplies Insulation Fabricators Insurance Interior Design Jewelers Labels Land Surveyors Landscape Contractors/Consultants & Designers Launch Gaston Legal Services & Identity Theft Plans Lighting--Wholesale Lithium Chemicals Locksmith Machine Shops Mail Receiving Service Mailing Machines & Equipment Manufacturing Marinas Marketing & Advertising Medical Equipment & Supplies Merchant Services Metal Fabricators / Finishing Millwork Minority Owned Business Miscellaneous category Mobile Home Community Modeling Agency Mortgage Companies Movers / Logistics Newspapers Non-Profit Organizations Notary Office Supplies Oils-lubricating Optometrist Payroll Services Personnel Training & Development Pest Control Services Petroleum Oils Pharmacies Photographers Physical Therapy Physicians & Surgeons Plants, Seeds & Bulbs Powder Coating Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings/Structures Printers Private Investigators Private Investments Professional Development Prosthetic Devices Publications Radio/TV Stations & Broadcasting Companies Real Estate - Appraisers Real Estate - Commerical Real Estate - Development Real Estate - Management Real Estate - Residential Recruiting - Us Armed Forces Rehabilitation Services Rental Service Stores & Yards Restaurants/Caterers Retail Stores Retirement Communities Robotics Safety Equipment - Sales & Service Sales Schools - Charter Schools - Private Schools - Public Schools - Vocational Scrap Metals Screen Printing Security Guard & Patrol Service Security Systems Shopping Centers & Malls Shredding & Recycling Signs Software Sports Training Stone - Crushed Storage - Household & Commercial Tanning Salon Technology Telecommunications Textile Finishing Textile Machinery & Parts Textile Printers Theatres Tire Dealers Tobacco - Leaf & Wholesale Toilets - Portable Tools Track & Field Equipment Transportation Travel & Tourism Travel Agencies & Bureaus Tree Service Truck Accessories Uniform Supply Service Urgent Care Utilities Valet Parking Valves Vending Machines Veteran Owned Business Veterinarians/Animal Services Video Production Virtual Assistant Warehouse & Distribution Center - Steel Warehouses - Commodity & Merchandise Waste Management Water Filters & Purifiers Web Site Design Weight Control Services Welding Equipment & Supplies Wholesale Apparel Window Cleaning Window Fashions/Coverings Woman Owned Business Please select a directory category. Full-time Employees Part-time Employees Step 3: Primary Contact First Name * Please add your first name. Last Name * Please add your last name. Title * Please add your title. Phone * Please add your phone number. Cell Phone Fax Email * Please add a valid email. Contact Preference Email Phone Address Same as Address in Step 1 Address line 1 * Please add your address. Address line 2 Country * Choose... Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Chile China Colombia Congo (DRC) Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latin America Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR Macedonia, FYRO Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam World Yemen Please add your country. City * Please add your City. State * Choose... Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Federated States of Micronesia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palau Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Please add your State. State * Choose... Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Please add your State. State * Please add your State. Zip * Please add your Zip. Social Network Addresses LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Create Account This Login is already in use Login * Please add your login username. Password * Please add your login password. Step 4: Billing Contact Same as Primary Contact First Name Last Name Title Phone Cell Phone Fax Email Contact Preference Email Phone Address Same as Primary Contact Address Address line 1 Address line 2 Country Choose... Afghanistan Albania Algeria Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Caribbean Chile China Colombia Congo (DRC) Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Czechia Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latin America Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao SAR Macedonia, FYRO Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Myanmar Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam World Yemen City State Choose... Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Federated States of Micronesia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palau Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming State * Choose... Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Please add your State. State Zip Social Network Addresses LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Instagram Create Account This Login is already in use Login Password Step 5: Membership Package Please select a Membership Package Connector $ 500 You are a startup or a small business owner, in early stages of growth and employing fewer than 10 individuals. For new investors, a "fast-track to ROI" onboarding process will introduce you to peers; get you plugged into essential partners and resources, educational workshops, and relationship-building opportunities; and allow you to enhance your business reach and exposure. Investors at the Connector level enjoy access to bottom-line benefit programs, continued exposure, and access to the GBA network. Activating your membership here opens the door for you to grow professionally and build your business. Non-Profit Connector $ 350 You are a non-profit organization that employs fewer than 10 individuals. For new investors, a "fast-track to ROI" onboarding process will introduce you to peers; get you plugged into essential partners and resources, educational workshops, and relationship-building opportunities; and allow you to enhance your business reach and exposure. Investors at the Connector level enjoy access to bottom-line benefit programs, continued exposure, and access to the GBA network. Activating your membership here opens the door for you to grow professionally and build your business. Innovator $ 1,500 Your growing company needs added exposure and awareness to help you build on your burgeoning success. While you’re busy cultivating your customer base, we provide you and your team members with essential tools, programs, and resources to accelerate growth. We've curated an active peer to peer network to get you connected quickly. With enhanced visibility and attention, we empower you to access the greater business community and establish key relationships. Collaborator $ 3,500 You care about the greater picture—for both your business and surrounding community. You are likely to volunteer yourself, your team, and your platform to support larger economic development initiatives. Becoming a Collaborator offers your business the opportunity to develop as a true community supporter and contribute to key business and advocacy efforts. As your business matures, you're looking to adapt and change your business model. Our programs and events will help address that need and connect you with like-minded individuals. Influencer $ 7,500 High-level leadership is important to your community-minded organization, and you’re looking to attend the most valuable programs and events in the region. We offer the select opportunity for your business to influence the direction of Gaston County's future. Sharing the stage with like-minded business leaders and advocates, you can play a role in helping to shape a more prosperous and business-friendly community. Visionary $ 15,000 Visionary partners enjoy all the benefits of our other tiers plus exclusive visibility, access & influence. Businesses at this prestigious level are widely known for their forward-thinking vision and leadership. Visionary partners work directly with GBA Leadership to affect change and drive a prosperous & inclusive economy. Comments/Questions Payment Option Charge my credit or debit card Please complete the Captcha Back Next Submit Application Print Application
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