Imagine for a moment, three people each trying separately to push their stalled cars.

Separately, each person faces a significant task and they quickly learn one of Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion: An object at rest tends to stay at rest.

But by working together, the combined force makes the vehicle move much more easily.

More hands, backs and legs make the work easier.

Similarly, in a community such as ours, when we work independently, we make our tasks much more difficult.

The Vidalia and Ferriday chambers of commerce are currently considering whether or not they should combine forces. They’re currently surveying their memberships.

The logic is, just like our stalled car example, the chambers almost certainly duplicate functions and by working together, their combined membership becomes a stronger voice for business.

Perhaps in no other community in a 100-mile radius should the concept of regionalism take hold than in the Miss-Lou. The Vidalia and Ferriday chambers have the right idea, but their reach isn’t wide enough. The Natchez-Adams Chamber should consider joining forces with them, too.

If a chamber’s ultimate role in the community is to be the voice of business, the business community should realize that despite the political boundaries, we all speak the same language — commerce.

Few, if any, of our local businesses could survive without customers, employees and business partners that come from different parts of the Miss-Lou.

What’s good for Ferriday is good for Natchez and what’s good for Natchez is good for Vidalia and every other combination possible.

One common chamber of commerce is what’s in the best interest of our business community.