Our Mission
The mission of the Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is to promote a strong business economy, quality of life through cultural diversity, and an educational environment for the overall well-being of our community.
Our Vision
The Santa Fe Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (SFHCC) serves as a catalyst and promotes organizational leadership which focuses on Hispanic entrepreneurship. It serves by securing and leveraging resources to advance the cause; promoting change by improving the economic well-being and vitality of Hispanics in the regional area, thereby empowering this community and enhancing the economic status and other societal factors. SFHCC is a proud member of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
We are a 501c6 Non-Profit Organization with a Board of Directors.
History of Santa Fe
Santa Fe has been a commercial center, a place where goods and services were made and traded. Following sporadic trade with settlements such as French New Orleans and Spanish Texas, the town really opened up in 1821, when the first trading caravans completed the 900 mile journey from Missouri. In 1821 New Spain declared independence from Spain, and the new nation officially sanctioned commerce, exchanging the riches of the Mexican silver mines for cattle and wagon loads of textiles, clothing, buckles, buttons, tools, implements and liquor. The six decades of the Santa Fe Trail cemented Santa Fe’s reputation as the commercial capital at Mexico’s northern border, and following New Mexico’s incorporation as a US State in 1911, Santa Fe became the state capital.