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# Chamber tries to stop the bleeding
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/chamber-tries-to-stop-the-bleeding/
- Published: 2004-03-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:57:11.000Z
- Author: John Wood
- Tags: local, Downtown, #archive-import

*Membership is on the rebound but will it be enough?*

DOWNTOWN — With membership numbers stagnant for nearly a year, the local chamber of commerce will fall short of its $636,000 budget this year. But how much the chamber will lose is unclear — officials won’t

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 9, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)