Weekly Update Newsletter
  April 9, 2014
Greetings!,

  

Events are hard work! There is a great deal of preparation that goes into creating an event, marketing the event and then managing it during its duration. Committees of volunteers and those involved with whichever organization is hosting the event work hundreds and hundreds of hours to ensure the success of said event. The Pier 60 Sugar Sands Festival is half way over and still bringing joy to thousands of visitors every day. My hat goes off to all who worked tirelessly on this awesome event.

 

If you have not had the opportunity to take a stroll through this wonderful exhibit, please make a point to do so before it is over on April 13th. The sculptors have created the most amazing display of iconic movie themed and artistically displayed sand castles. This is a very enjoyable festival for old and young alike. The vendors of Pier 60 Daily Festival have been lining the Pier for 12 hours a day during the 10 day event as well. What a wonderful experience for our visitors to the beach to discover when they arrive.

 

Thank you to Lisa & Steve Chandler, Brenna Farley, Jean Hagan, the City of Clearwater, the Sponsors and all the many volunteers who have made this event possible. The Sugar Sands Festival will become an historical event for Clearwater Beach and we have them to thank for this.

 

 

Let the sunshine in! 

 

Darlene Kole  

 


 
April 4-13th: 
Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival
April 14th:
Iron Girl Race 
April 18th: 
Egg Hunt on Clearwater Beach 
April 24th: 
Shephard's Mingle
April 26th:
Neighborhood Day   
May 9th: 
Clearwater Beach Taste Fest
 



April

9th:
E.T.
10th:
The Clone Wars
11th:
Finding Nemo
12th:
Back To The Future
13th:
Jaws
18th:
Hop
19th:
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
25th:
Tad the Lost Explorer
26th:
Saving Mr.Banks

*(Dusk)
weather permitting*


Look who stopped by to say "Hi" and shake "fins" with us!
Click here to watch the Thresher's commercial for the 2014 season!

Dear team leaders and police partners,

 

I'm happy to share with you the 2013 Police Station Visitors Week North America Regional Report. I would like to thank you all again for participating in this unique global event; it was a great success in North America, and was a strong reflection of the important police-community ties you've all worked to develop. Please feel free to share this report with your teammates, colleagues and partners.

 

I hope you enjoyed your experiences with Police Station Visitors Week 2013. As always, please be in touch with any questions, or for information about Police Station Visitors Week 2014. It was a pleasure working with all of you, and I hope to be able to work with you again in the future.


All the best,

Caitlin Gokey

  Program Associate 
Police Station Visitors Week Regional Manager - North America

 

Member Spotlight

Ann Farrell
What's On The
President's Plate? 
   
  Turkey Burger at SHOR American Seafood Grill in the Hyatt Clearwater Beach  
We have a commercial!
Clearwater Beach Rest Week!
Clearwater Beach Taste Fest Commercial

It's A Great Week To:
Support Small Business!

Key West Express
490 Mandalay Ave. #11 
Clearwater, FL 33767
727-461-6462

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The Rotary Club Of  

Clearwater Beach

April 9, 2014
  Program:

Regular Meeting 

12:15pm - 1:15 pm  

Meeting Location:

Carlouel Yacht Club  

1091 Eldorado Ave

Clearwater, FL   

To Learn More

Click Here  

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On Sunday March 30th Rotary held their Meals of Hope event where they packed over 37,000 meals in under 2 hours! Holy Trinity Church with its hall and adjoining gymnasium proved to be a fantastic venue and its parishioners instrumental in getting this done. Everyone enjoyed the event and many deserving families will be assisted right here in the Clearwater area.

Left to right: Hoyt Hamilton, Mayor George Cretekos, Nina Pazos, and Nick Ekonomedis 

 













Please see below from Father Jim and pictures of the event here:  Click here!

 

It was great participating with Hoyt, Alex, and Tina and church parishioners from 5 to 85! Our very own Mayor Cretekos donned the requisite hair-net and packed meals for the hungry. Of course, he also spoke very eloquently to the group as always.

From Donna's Corner of The Beach...

 

Wow! What an exciting time it is on Clearwater Beach. The Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival is drawing great crowds and eliciting kudos from visitors. It's even more fun this year with the Pier 60 vendors and buskers and movies going on throughout. This really shows off our beach at its best.


Make sure you plan to take it all in sometime before (or on) the 13th. We've been so busy with this extended Spring Break period that we forget to take a break to enjoy what we have happening out our front door. Visitors spend big bucks to see our world famous beach. Even with the traffic and crowds, pause and feel grateful for all we have here.

It's a great life at the beach!

With sand between my toes,
donna

SPORTS LINKS



 
 
 
 
 
 
The Beach Chamber is 
proud to have formed an Elite Partnership with:
 Clearwater Gas System.   
They sponsor ALL of our events.Thank you Clearwater
Gas System!
 
for details on
environmentally-friendly
natural gas energy
for appliances,
water heating, cooking
and pool/spa heating.    


 
Greenlight Pinellas is a community conversation about transportation
in Pinellas County. 
 

Get Involved

Click below to learn more about 

Greenlight Pinellas:

  

The Plan

Events

Ask a Question

Your Stories 


For more information please
 visit their website



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Beach Chamber Staff: 

Darlene Kole  

President/CEO

Liz LaJoy

Office Manager

Ann Locke

Special Events  

Jessica Howe

Administrative Assistant  


 

 

Office Volunteers: 

 John Cagle   


Maria
Maria 
   
Beach Chamber Mascot

2014 Executive Officers 

Eric Waltz   

Chairman of the Board

 

Louie Stavropoulos

Vice Chairman

 

Carol Mears

Secretary  

 

Jason Gibertoni

Treasurer  

 

Darlene Kole
 President/CEO


 

Surf Style Visitor Center

 
 

Donna Dennis 

Manager  

Kathy Murray 

 Concierge 

 

Donna also does "House Calls"
to businesses that have groups of people wanting to learn more about our beautiful piece of paradise.
She puts together welcome bags filled with all kinds of useful information for our visitors.

   

 

 Visitor Center Volunteers:    

Nancy Gardinier 

Ed Patch  

Christie Hanna 

Connie Maynard   

 

Tell Your Guests Our Visitor Center's Sell tickets for:   

Jolley Trolley logo

    

   

The Beach Chamber sells discounted  

Busch Gardens half day tickets too!    

We are pleased to announce that our   

2014 Annual Awards Banquet

will be held at 

The Holiday Inn & Suites Clearwater Beach   

521 S. Gulfview Blvd   

Clearwater Beach, FL 33767 

 

2014 CLEARWATER BEACH CHAMBER  

ANNUAL AWARDS NOMINATIONS!!  

 

On behalf of the Executive Board for the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce, I extend to you the opportunity to nominate a deserving business for an award this year.  All nominees must be members of the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce to be eligible.   

We are accepting nominations in the following categories:

  

Citizen of the Year

 

Volunteer of the Year 

 

Non-Profit Business of the Year

 

Large Business of the Year

 

Small Business of the Year

 

Tourism Person of the Year

 

Individuals may be self-nominated.  The Beach Chamber Awards Selection Committee will review the nominations, and recipients of the Awards will be honored at the Annual Awards Dinner to be held at the Holiday Inn & Suites Clearwater Beach, on June 3rd, 2014.

 

Please deliver,
fax or e-mail
your nominations TODAY!
FAX #: (727) 443-7812
or
P.O. Box 3573
Clearwater Beach, FL 33767 


Please take note that this year the Clearwater Beach Restaurant Week Awards will be given at the Annual Awards dinner.
Palm Pavilion Celebrates 50 Years!
This postcard features a miniature golf course built by the Hamilton family after they purchased the Palm Pavilion.  The course has since been removed.

     Announcements made on April Fool's Day are often questioned if real or not. If the Hamilton family promoted April 1st as the start of their 50th year of ownership of the Palm Pavilion, would anyone believe the story? Adding to the decision to take a low-key approach to this special day, was it fell during the height of spring break. The belief that their customer's experience come first and there will be plenty of time later to take a look back at half a decade.

Apparently a handful of long-time employees did not get that memo. At mid-day surrounded by their staff, Jean Hamilton along with her sons Ken, Dale, Wade and Hoyt took a few moments to reminisce about her husband and their father and Howard's dream of one day owning the Palm Pavilion.

       The Hamilton family would like to thank all of those who have made the first 50 years so successful. Here's to many sunsets to come!

  Tampa Bay Parenting Summer Fair Trade Show

 

The Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine Summer Fair was really beneficial to the Beach Chamber members who I represented this past Sunday. I was so pleased at the response I received from the attendees, they love Clearwater Beach! Moms, dads and kids all flocked to our table to gather up information on all that is fun in the sun! Busch Gardens was in attendance with little fury guests, young chorale groups sang, there was a concert by another young group, and the tap dancers were infectious! There were 50 vendors at this outdoor event held at the Straz Center in downtown Tampa, which is a lovely setting backed by the Hillsborough River. Parents and families came out in full force for this 7th annual summer fair, looking for fun ways to fill up their summer. Hopefully next year I will have double the participation from our Beach Chamber members. We are loved on Clearwater Beach and this is a great way to be in front an audience looking for ways to spend summer dollars!      

Pinellas County pedestrian fines are $62.50
PIER 60 SUGAR SAND FESTIVAL 

April 4-13, 2014

Located south of Pier 60
 
This year's theme,
"Iconic Hollywood Movies"
featuring iconic movie characters & scenes

The Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring last year's winning sand sculptor this year! Please go out and show your support for Patrick Harsch!

  

visit the Facebook Page and on Twitter 

Festival Information: (727) 449-1036 

 7 Chamber Mega Mixer
Upper Pinellas Chamber Coalition

Florida Auto Exchange Stadium

373 Douglas Avenue

Tuesday, April 15th

5:30 - 6:30pm networking

6:30pm the Game

 

Dunedin Jays vs. Daytona Cubs

 

It's a night you won't want to miss!

Cash bar

Door Prizes

Hors d'oeuvres provided by

Clear Sky Draught Haus & Clear Sky Beachside Caf�

 

20% off merchandise that evening in the Dunedin Blue Jays shop

Special networking area and reserved seating just for our group.

 

$5.00 for Chamber Members

$10.00 Cash or Check at the door for members

$10.00 for non-members

$15.00 Cash or Check at the door for non-members

 

(Your registration includes a game ticket)

RSVP for the event www.register.dunedinfl.com 


301 Main Street, Dunedin FL 34698

Questions or for non-member registration - Call 727-733-3197


Allegiant Airoplane pic

 

Allegiant has 32 Cities that fly into  

St. Pete/Clearwater International Airport! 

Opportunity is knocking

 

 

The team at Allegiant is working on their next Florida edition of Sunseeker.  Sunseeker is the inflight magazine of Allegiant Air and the next Florida issue will be circulated during the months of June, July, August & September. 
 

 

During that period over 1,000,000 passengers will be offered Sunseeker during their average 2 1/2 hour flight on Allegiant Air en route to Florida

 

This is your chance to get on board!

 

Allegiant Advertising Pricing for 2014

 

Full Page - $3100

Half Page - $1600

Quarter Page - $850

 

For more information call:

Darlene Kole

(727) 447-7600


 

Call us and we'll be glad to pick up your items!
(727) 447-7600


Get Ready For... 

May 12-18, 2014

Check the website frequently to see which restaurants have signed up to participate 

Clearwater Beach Taste Fest
May 9th from 5:30-8:30pm

Presenting Sponsor:

 


 

        



333 S. Gulfview Blvd
Clearwater Beach, FL 33767
727.447.7600