Green Forest Chamber of Commerce

Green Forest Chamber of Commerce The Green Forest Chamber of Commerce represents the businesses in our community. Green Forest is a place to call home.

We understand that the key to our future is our small businesses. We support our small businesses and encourage growth to expand our city to its fullest potential.

Every year we partner with the Lions Club to buy presents for all the local preschools and head starts. It is our most r...
12/19/2025

Every year we partner with the Lions Club to buy presents for all the local preschools and head starts. It is our most rewarding project! This year Tyler Horn and his crew from Wanzek Contruction reached out and wanted to help with this project.

They purchased, helped wrap, and distribute nearly 300 Christmas presents to every child at The Learning Center of Green Forest, ABC Preschool, Green Forest Head Start, Giggles and Grins, and The Learning Center of Alpena.

Their crew worked so hard to help make Christmas a little better for 300 children in our community. We are very thankful for their help!

Kids eat for $3! It's Green Forest's famous annual Breakfast with Santa! Pancakes flipped by the Chamber of Commerce! Ba...
12/12/2025

Kids eat for $3! It's Green Forest's famous annual Breakfast with Santa! Pancakes flipped by the Chamber of Commerce! Bacon and sausage from Tyson! Delicious eggs from Cal-Maine Foods prepared by Cattlemen’s Restaurant! Juice! Hot chocolate from Harps! Chow down, then pose for photos with the Grinch! Hug Santa! You can even pose with Mr Darby!

We’ll be there 8:30-11 am Saturday at the Green Forest Alumni Center, 610 Lt Goins Avenue.

Join us!

Do you like bacon? Wanna meet the Grinch? The Chamber once again will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with sp...
12/11/2025

Do you like bacon? Wanna meet the Grinch? The Chamber once again will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th.

We will serve fresh pancakes, Tyson bacon and sausage, Cal-Maine eggs prepared into a Cattleman’s Restaurant casserole, juice, hot chocolate, and coffee for adults.

Santa will be taking a break from his busy schedule at the North Pole to visit the Green Forest Alumni Center to create some holiday memories for the whole family. Kids can enjoy an opportunity to meet and take photos with Mr. Grinch too.

Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 8:30-11 a.m.
Location: Green Forest Alumni Center at 610 Lt. Goins Avenue in Green Forest, Ark.
Cost: $5 per adult and $3 per child

A fun Green Forest tradition! The Chamber once again will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest ...
12/10/2025

A fun Green Forest tradition! The Chamber once again will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th.

We will serve fresh pancakes, Tyson bacon and sausage, Cal-Maine eggs prepared into a Cattleman’s Restaurant casserole, juice, hot chocolate, and coffee for tge adults.

Santa will be taking a break from his busy schedule at the North Pole to visit the Green Forest Alumni Center to create some holiday memories for the whole family. Kids can enjoy an opportunity to meet and take photos with Mr. Grinch too.

Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 8:30-11 a.m.
Location: Green Forest Alumni Center at 610 Lt. Goins Avenue in Green Forest, Ark.
Cost: $5 per adult and $3 per child

The Chamber will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th. We...
12/09/2025

The Chamber will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th. We will serve fresh pancakes, sausage, juice, hot chocolate, and coffee.

Santa will be taking a break from his busy schedule at the North Pole to visit the Green Forest Alumni Center to create some holiday memories for the whole family. Kids can enjoy an opportunity to meet and take photos with Mr. Grinch too.

Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 8:30-11 a.m.
Location: Green Forest Alumni Center at 610 Lt. Goins Avenue in Green Forest, Ark.
Cost: $5 per adult and $3 per child

The Christmas parade was a lot of fun Saturday, lasting 45 minutes! And the winner of the Grand Championship cash prize ...
12/07/2025

The Christmas parade was a lot of fun Saturday, lasting 45 minutes! And the winner of the Grand Championship cash prize is the Morelia bakery! Congrats!

So, you didn't get a float together! Well, ride your decorated side-by-side or lawn mower! We have several every year! J...
12/04/2025

So, you didn't get a float together! Well, ride your decorated side-by-side or lawn mower! We have several every year! Just put on a little tinsel, wear funny antlers from Dollar General and have a good time!

Walk together with your friends and family! Wave at the crowd as you throw candy to the excited kids along the route!

We love kids on decorated bicycles!

Miss Green Forest Sofia Cenobio will be there! So will prosecuting attorney Tony Rogers! We're expecting the Little Tigers, those fun 10-year-olds who won that big national soccer tournament in Florida last weekend!

Cowboy Church is coming -- although they're as disappointed as we are that this year horses have to stay home because of the statewide EHV-1 quarantine.

Join us! Green Forest Christmas parade, 10 a.m., Saturday, December 6!

Line up in one of the four lanes that will be set up in front of the Old Gym at 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 6.

The parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Old Gym, progresses to the Square, down Main Street to the Methodist Church, then back to school. To enter the judging for cash prizes, click HERE:
https://tinyurl.com/GFChristmasParade

The Chamber will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th. We...
12/02/2025

The Chamber will be hosting our Annual Breakfast with Santa with special guest The Grinch on Saturday, December 13th. We will serve fresh pancakes, sausage, juice, hot chocolate, and coffee. Santa will be taking a break from his busy schedule at the North Pole to visit the Green Forest Alumni Center to create some holiday memories for the whole family. Kids can enjoy an opportunity to meet and take photos with Mr. Grinch too.

Date: December 13, 2025
Time: 8:30-11 a.m.
Location: Green Forest Alumni Center at 610 Lt. Goins Avenue in Green Forest, Ark.
Cost: $5 per adult and $3 per child

11/27/2025

Today over Thanksgiving dinner, talk with everybody about being in the Green Forest Christmas parade! You've got plenty of time to get ready!

It's still more than a week until the Green Forest Christmas parade, 10 a.m., Saturday, December 6!

We love decorated bicycles! Wear an elf's hat and put antlers on your 10-year-old riding that bike festooned with Christmas tree tinsel!

Do you own a flatbed trailer? Know somebody who does? Ask your landlord! Your next-door neighbor! Have fun decorating it! Pile everybody on board and have a great time waving at the crowd and tossing candy to excited little kids!

Around 9 a.m., line up in one of the four lanes that will be set up in front of the Old Gym on Saturday, December 6.

We're enormously saddened that this year there'll be no horses! The state Department of Agriculture and our local veterinarians say the EHV-1 virus is just too risky for all those equines we love. The disease doesn't affect people, but humans can carry it from horse to horse -- so we're going along with the statewide quarantine. No horses this year!

The parade starts at 10 a.m. at the Old Gym, progresses to the Square, down Main Street to the Methodist Church, then back to school. To enter the judging for cash prizes, click HERE:
https://tinyurl.com/GFChristmasParade

Horses have had a vital role in Green Forest’s Christmas parade for more than a century. But due to a deadly virus, not ...
11/26/2025

Horses have had a vital role in Green Forest’s Christmas parade for more than a century. But due to a deadly virus, not this year.

That’s a hard call since our town was founded on horseback.

Only after receiving strong counsel from local veterinarians, the Chamber of Commerce is reluctantly bowing to the state Department of Agriculture’s quarantine on equine events.

The deadly EHV – 1 virus is harmless to humans, but highly contagious. All it takes is a small horse-living kid patting a parade mount’s muzzle to take it home and wipe out his family’s remuda.

To keep everyone’s horses safe, we’re going to ask everybody to leave their horses at home.

“It’s just not worth it,” advised St Francis clinic’s Dr. Ron Eby. “The disease is really unpredictable, so I say horses should stay home this year.”

Dr Blaine Andrews of Green Forest’s Town & Country veterinary clinic agreed. He checked the latest guidelines for us and advised the parade should not have any horses Saturday, December 6.

Thank you for understanding.

Good news! Santa has confirmed he will be at the Green Forest Christmas parade at 10 am Saturday, December 6! And Green ...
11/26/2025

Good news! Santa has confirmed he will be at the Green Forest Christmas parade at 10 am Saturday, December 6!

And Green Forest Shelter Insurance guy Cody Qualls will be wandering around the staging area in front of the Old Gym, then on the Square … picking his favorite entries! He’ll hand out checks after the parade — $100 for the Grand Champion, then $25 in our various categories.

To participate, get into one of the four lanes in front of the Old Gym around 9!

To sign up to be eligible for an award, go to https://tinyurl.com/GFChristmasParade

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