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Greetings!
The Chamber has a lot going on this month including:
- MAC welcoming soldiers and their families at the Wounded Warrior Beach Retreat
- Visiting with Gov. Scott while he tours various parts of our area
- Preparing for Tourism Appreciation Month fun in May
- Creating opportunities to market your business and attain great resources on our website - www.panamacity.org
- And many other events, business and advocacy
Read below in this issue of the eBIZ for details!
Sincerely,
The Bay County Chamber of Commerce Staff
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UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS
Bay Young Professionals
Do you ever drive by the Chevron Depot on Beach Drive and wonder - "What do they do there?"
Don't miss this opportunity to visit and get your questions answered.
Date: Friday, April 20th
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Chevron Depot (Beach Dr.)
Due to safety restrictions, there will not be a tour of the facility, but a briefing by Chevron officials. Must RSVP by April 18th to Elizabeth@baychamberfl.com or 215.3761.
"How to Use Customer Service to Turn Transactions into Relationships"
There are two kinds of buyers: transaction buyers and relationship buyers.
Transaction buyers look at your company as just another vendor. They'll buy from you based on price or convenience. When a lower price or more convenient process comes along, they're history.
Relationship buyers view your business as an organization they can trust. They buy from you because you consistently overdeliver on service. Relationship buyers purchase more frequently and in larger amounts than transaction buyers.
Date: Friday, April 27th
Time: Registration - 8:00 a.m. / Program - 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Place: Chamber Boardroom (235 W. 5th St.)
Cost: $100 for members/$125 for future members (lunch included)
Receive $10 off total registration if signed up by April 23rd
Presented by: David Balmer, Dale Carnegie Training
Click here for registration form or for more info contact
Visit www.panamacity.org and click on calendar for more upcoming events.
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UPCOMING CHAMBER EVENTS
Click here for the Spring Classic Golf Tournament flyer or here for the Jungleball Volleyball Tournament flyer for sponsorship and/or player information.
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Grand Openings
Inside Out Nutrition
360 S. Tyndall Pkwy
March 17th
Emerald HR Solutions
Chamber Boardroom
March 22nd
Provision Living at
Panama City Beach
6012 Magnolia Beach Rd.
March 29th
Lee's Consignment Boutique
103 W. 23rd. St. Ste. E-1
March 30th
B&C Technologies
1250 W. 17th St.
April 2nd
Florida Department of
Children & Families
2505 W. 15th St.
April 5th
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MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Tamara Barnes, Executive Assistant with the Bay County Chamber and MAC Committee will be hosting a reception table at the Wyndham Bay Point (4114 Jan Cooley Dr., PCB) on April 18th - 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. to welcome the wounded soldiers. MAC members are welcome to come and to show their support.
Chamber members and general business owners and families can show their support by lining the streets of the parade route as the patriotic motorcycle and police escort come by their business.
This Military Affairs Committee (MAC) of the Bay County Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1946 and is rich in the history of providing good public relations between our military bases and the business community.
The mission of MAC is to develop understanding, support and goodwill between our men and women in uniform and the local business and civic leaders. The committee stages various events and receptions to welcome visiting military officials and guests to the Bay County area.
If you are interested in joining MAC and supporting our local Military Installations, contact Tamara@baychamberfl.com or 850.215.3791.
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Leadership Bay Graduates the 29th Class
 On April 10th a reception was held in honor of the 29th Class of Leadership Bay at the Edgewater Beach & Golf Resort. The event was attended by the class participants, their employers and family members, the Leadership Bay Steering Committee and the Chamber Board of Directors. The group began their nine-month curriculum with a weekend retreat at Tyndall Air Force Base in September. Every other Wednesday the class explored the various segments of Bay County's economy, i.e., Tourism, Industry, Military, Law Enforcement, Local and State Government, Community Volunteerism, Communications/Media, Healthcare and Ecology. Each class is responsible for developing a project of benefit to the Chamber and/or the community. This year's project was funding and implementing a Law Enforcement Memorial for fallen officers at the Bay County Government Administration Building located on 11th Street.
Of course, we can't have Leadership Bay without the support and hard work from the 2011-2012 Leadership Bay Steering Committee: Chairman Angela Sexton, Florida State University Panama City Campus; Cory Bruckschen, ARINC; Irene Field, The News Herald; Mario Gisbert, City of Panama City Beach; Karla Hall, Trustmark Bank; Mary Hulgan, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Ben Janke, City of Lynn Haven; Brian Leebrick, Barron, Redding, Hughes, et. al.; Kerri Maney, Counts Oakes Resort Properties; John Ed McDanal, Gulf Power Company; Samantha Miller, BankTrust; Karen Parham, Gulf Coast State College; Tricia Petty, Edgewater Beach and Golf Resort; John Sklarski, Preble Rish; Brad Thomas, MidSouth Bank; Randi Turpin, Adecco Employement and Kevin Wattenbarger, Sperry Van Ness/Southland Commercial Real Estate. Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Leadership Bay Graduates: Petie Bailey, Gulf Power Company; Brooke Bullard, Anchorage Children's Home; Christie Chapman, Hancock Bank; Robert Cox, Disability Resource Center; Chris Fox, Bay County Board of Commissioners, Kyle Griffin, Trustmark Bank; Scott Jackson, Bay County Board of Commissioners; Keith LeMasters, Tipton, Marler, Gardner and Chastain; Zena Le, Naval Surface Warfare Center; Frances Martin, Gulf Coast Medical Center; Megan Meints, ARINC; Richard Moreira, Carr, Riggs and Ingram; Brian Neubauer, ERA Neubauer Real Estate; Blair Sale, Landrum Professional Employer Services; Shannon Sheibe, United Way of Northwest Florida; Brittney Simmons, Gulf Coast State College; John Skaggs, Naval Support Activity; Tammala Spencer, Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Center; Lisa Williams, Bay County Board of Commissioners and Greg Wilson, State Attorney's Office- 14th Circuit.
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Junior Leadership Bay Graduates the 12th Class
 On April 16th the Bay County Chamber of Commerce graduated its 12th class of Junior Leadership Bay. The event was held at the Florida State University Panama City Campus in the Holley Academic Center. Junior Leadership Bay is an eight month program for high school juniors designed to prepare, develop and enhance juniors for future roles in community leadership at an early point in life. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Ashley Hysinger from Mosley High School was awarded a scholarship to attend Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University - Panama City Campus. Congratulations to the 2011-12 Class: Hailey Bain, Mosley High School; Blake Brannon, Deane Bozeman School, Candra Cebula, Bay High School; Cassidy Cunningham, Arnold High School; Kinsley Faulkenberry, Deane Bozeman School; Haley Flynn, Rutherford High School; Elizabeth Hull, Mosley High School; Ashley Hysinger, Mosley High School; Christopher Jackson, Rutherford High School; Brandon Leard, Arnold High School; Devon McWhorter, Rutherford High School; Timothy Moriarty, Arnold High School; Ashley Pennington, Newpoint Bay School; Sarah Perry, Mosley High School; Emily Pickle, Mosley High School; Breanna Spikes, Rutherford High School; Jessica Swantek, Rutherford High School and Grace Underhill, Mosley High School.
Many thanks to the 2011-2012 Steering Committee for all of their hard work and dedication: Chairman Ruthie Parker, Innovations Federal Credit Union; Kelly Brannon, Carr, Riggs and Ingram; Keith Bryant, Bay County Board of Commissioners; Steve Drink, Advanced Sign Solutions; Suzanne Farrar, Bay County School Board; Melissa Ingle, Trustmark Bank; Teresa King, Gryphon Technology; Tina Rutherford, BankTrust; Jon Smiley, Hancock Bank; Carly Sostheim, Shark's Tooth Golf Club; Paul Wunstell, Brown and Brown Insurance.
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LEADERSHIP BAY
FALLEN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER MEMORIAL | |
The 2011-2012 Leadership Bay Class are honoring local law enforcement with a Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial and are currently looking for supporters to help fund the project.
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NEW MEMBERS
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ACE Home & Garden Center
Allstate
Ironhorse Proshop, Inc.
JLP Investments, Inc.
McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver P.A.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Plan Ahead Events
Rehab Plus Physical Therapy
The Farmish Market, LLC
Thank you to Clear Channel for sponsoring our new members radio spots!
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MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES |
2 YEARS -Bay County Awards & Engraving -Boy Scouts of America -FlexSteel Pipeline Technologies
-Lowes Home Center
-William B. Price, P.A.
3 YEARS
-Graham & Company
-Kenny Strange Electric Inc.
-Zel Technologies, LLC
5 YEARS
-CPH Engineers, Inc.
-Roussos Air Conditioning
6 YEARS
-Air Gas Co.
-David H. Melvin, Inc.
-Gulf Talent Services
7 YEARS -Daystar Cleaning Inc.
-First Baptist Church of Lynn Haven
-McDonald's David Costa Enterprises
8 YEARS -Neves Media Productions
-Paul Harris Insurance Agency
-Ron Wolff
9 YEARS
-State Farm / Jim Dickerson 10 YEARS-Sunglass World of NW FL. Inc. 11 YEARS-Military Media, Inc. 12 YEARS -Fowhand's Furniture
-Panama City Music Association
-Southern Orthopedic Specialists, P.A. 13 YEARS - GLD Food Distributors, Inc. - Preble Rish, Inc. 14 YEARS -Tim Allen Photography 15 YEARS -Florida Linen
-Harrison Dental Associates
18 YEARS
-Leitz Office Products 19 YEARS-Best Western Suites 25 YEARS
-WMBB-TV
29 YEARS
-Inacomp Data and Voice Systems Inc. |
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BUSINESS REFERRAL NETWORK MEETINGS
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Four different Business Referral Network (BRN) groups meet bi-monthly for lunch meetings to network and share business leads/referrals with other group members.
Only one member of each group may belong to a particular business/trade, i.e. only one person in banking, to allow for no direct competition.
An "All Groups Luncheon" will be held on Thursday, May 3rd at Bonefish Grill ( 641 W. 23rd. St.). Networking & Lunch: 11:00 a.m.
Program: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Special Guest: Neal Wade, EDA of Bay County will speak about "Playing is Everything".
Space is limited. $15 per person.
or register online at www.panamacity.org by April 30th. Cancellations after April 30th will be invoiced.
Group A
Po Folks (15th St. location)
12:00 p.m.
May 1st & May 15th
Group B
Sonny's BBQ
12:00 p.m.
April 26th, May 10th & May 24th
Group C
Ferrucci's Ristorante
12:00 p.m.
April 25th, May 9th & May 30th
Group D
Loco's
12:00 p.m.
April 18th, May 2nd & May 16th
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