Gouverneur Chamber of Commerce
53 Herm Towne Road Gouverneur, NY 13642
Gouverneur "The One and Only"
Gouverneur is the only town of this name in the entire United States. The Greater Gouverneur Area Chamber of Commerce is a community organization whose members work to promote economic vitality and prosperity in the Gouverneur area. Our community offers a business-friendly environment, an excellent hospital, and a small-town atmosphere.
Gouverneur is home to large companies like Cives and Kinney Drugs, but included in our membership, are many other wonderful large and small businesses. The Chamber sponsors and supports the Community Garage Sales, the Pumpkin Festival, and provides scholarship awards to the local BOCES through the Student of the Month.
The Gouverneur and St Lawrence County Fair draws hundreds from all over the North Country, as does our Flag Day parade and other events. In 2025, the Chamber introduced a new wintertime holiday event, the Festival of Christmas Trees. Our village park is the setting for the Gouverneur Chamber's Christmas parade and the Flag Day Parade, which always draws a great crowd.
The Village Park gazebo was constructed in 2024 and named for Kinney Drugs for its more than 100 years of service within the Gouverneur community. It is a beautiful space for community events. It already is hosting events like the Farmer's Market, the Annual Gouverneur Garden Club Plant Sale and the Gouverneur Breast & Ovarian Cancer Walk. The park is bordered by churches, the Gouverneur Library, the Gouverneur Museum, and Main Street shops. The giant "LifeSavers®" in the Village Park is always a conversation starter. The story behind its arrival in the Village Park is an interesting one.
Tour the Gouverneur Museum
From your phone, tablet or computer.
During the time of Covid, the Gouverneur Historical Association commissioned an online tour of the Gouverneur Museum that could be done without masks or appointments. The tour is still online and can walk a visitor through the Manse's rooms and exhibits of local artifacts.
Thanks to the generosity of area residents, the Museum houses thousands of items, many are quite unique. If you can't visit in person, consider visiting the website and taking the tour.
The 2025 Chamber-sponsored Gouverneur Farmers Market is under way every Thursday until October. We hope this season will be our best yet. And we need your input and ideas.
We have assembled a brief survey that will help us chart the best course for the Thursday market. Please let us know your ideas and opinions about the Market.
Downtown Improvement through NY Forward
NY Forward was launched in 2022 and serves as a central component of the State's economic development efforts. Working together with the Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI), to accelerate and expand the revitalization of New York's downtowns.
The Village of Gouverneur will receive $4.5 million in funding as one of the North Country’s recipients of NY Forward funding!
NY Forward supports smaller communities with historic character that distinguishes them from the larger, more urban central business districts typically funded through DRI. NY Forward communities are walkable, less dense areas that serve the immediate local community, and are more local in nature - focusing on the immediately surrounding residential or rural agricultural centric development.
Join Us at the Next Chamber Meeting: October 6, 2025
Join the Chamber and become a member of an active volunteer organization that advocates for our local businesses. The Chamber has tiered membership levels so all area businesses are welcome. Click here for the meeting agenda and previous meeting minutes.
We hold monthly meetings every first Monday at 8:00 AM at the Eldon Conklin Gouverneur Community Center. We would love you to join us in person or via Zoom. ZOOM LINK
Join or Renew Membership in the Gouverneur Chamber
The Greater Gouverneur Area Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization whose members work to encourage community growth by promoting tourism and local business.
The Gouverneur Chamber organizes many community events and joins forces with other local events and activities. We sponsor a scholarship for BOCES students with our Student of the Month. From fundraising for the new Village gazebo to parades and the Farmer's Market, the Chamber is active in its support for the Gouverneur business community. Join us!
