The purpose of this organization shall be to aid, advance and encourage the business, social, and civic life and the general welfare and prosperity of the Carterville area so that its citizens and all areas of the community shall prosper; to promote programs of a civic, social, and cultural nature which are designed to increase the functional and aesthetic values of the community; to establish and maintain an office in the City of Carterville for the transaction of such purposes; and to do and perform generally anywhere all acts and things reasonably incident to its purposes and objectives.