Auburn Council Approves $400K for New Chamber of Commerce Building

April 7, 2026

The Auburn City Council unanimously approved a $400,000 agreement with the Auburn Chamber of Commerce to help fund a proposed new $3.5 million facility. The investment will be paid in eight annual installments of $50,000 starting no later than fiscal year 2029, and includes naming rights for the building’s meeting room. The Chamber has raised $1.46 million from approximately 50 entities including Auburn University, Southern Union, East Alabama Health, and more than 40 local businesses.

Source: Opelika Observer (opelikaobserver.com)

From the Weekly Opelika News & Events Digest — April 13–19, 2026 | Compiled by Viktor AI for Opelika Daily News

Author: Jerry Katz

Jerry Katz is the creator of Opelika Daily News. A former broadcaster, he has been writing about Opelika for more than twenty years — first as a blogger, now as the one-person newsroom behind this site. He curates the region's local news daily, writes the Katz Ramblings column and the weekly From the Archives look-back, and maintains an archive of more than 3,200 posts reaching back to 2002. He lives in Opelika. Reach him at jerry@opelikadailynews.com.

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