Membership Criteria

1. Is your business privately held (not publicly traded)?

2. Do your business owners, totaling greater than 50 percent of the business ownership, live in the Triad region?

3. Is your business registered in North Carolina, with no corporate or national headquarters outside of the Triad region?

4. Can your business make independent decisions regarding the name and look of the business, as well as all business purchasing, practices, and distribution?

5. Does your business pay all its own rent, marketing expenses, and other expenses (without assistance from a corporate headquarters)?