July 31, 2017

ENEWS
A bi-monthly newsletter to keep you informed.

UPCOMING  EVENTS
Save the Date!
73rd Annual Meeting & Installation Dinner
The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce will host it's 73rd Annual Meeting and Installation Dinner at The Flanders Hotel in Ocean City. Mark your calendars to save the date for Wednesday, October 18, 2017. 

More info to follow.
August Business Meeting
& Legislative Update
Congressman Frank LoBiondo 
New Jersey's 2nd Congressional District

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Icona Golden Inn
August 17, 2017
Check-in 11:30am | Program begins at 12 Noon
Hometown Security Seminar
The New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, in collaboration with the US Department of Homeland Security, the Cape May Chamber of Commerce, and the Cape May Prosecutor's Office , invite you to attend a  Hometown Security Seminar  to help local businesses and their employees support the safety and security of the communities they serve.

NJOHSP's Hometown Security Initiative is designed to train and educate Main Street owners and operators of facilities like restaurants, cafes, theaters, stores, boardwalks, and entertainment venues. Using the "Connect-Prepare-Train-Report" model, this initiative is intended to inform the public on intelligence awareness, likely threat scenarios, protective security, risk mitigation, and suspicious activity reporting. The program is being implemented statewide to increase community resilience, readiness, and overall security.
Avalon Community Hall
August 2, 2017
Check-in 10:00am | Program begins at 10:30am
Salute to Summer Networking Mixer
Come enjoy this fun evening of networking at the newly opened Avalon Brew Pub!  Take this opportunity to build your business relationships and create new ones! 

Be sure to bring your coworkers,  colleagues and plenty of business cards.

FREE ADMISSION  |  CASH BAR  |  RAFFLE  |   COMPLIMENTARY HORS D'OEUVRES

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Avalon Brew Pub
August 23, 2017
Networking from 5:00-7:00pm
Marketing Must-Haves Seminar
Allegra Marketing and Cape May County Chamber are hosting a lunch and learn seminar designed to grow your small business. Attendees will learn different marketing and branding approaches that will help them build lasting relationships, retain returning customers and gain new leads.

Special Guest Speaker Becky Quinlan, Direct Marketing Manager with Alliance Franchise Brands. Becky is a seasoned marketing professional with over 15 years' experience in Multi-channel Marketing. For much of her career, Becky worked closely with her clients to develop comprehensive market segmentation plans to help them grow their business. She accomplished this by targeting key prospective markets and installing metrics to assess their viability for growth.

HURRY! This event is FREE for the first 30 guests that confirm. Please RSVP to Brigitta Scott no later than September 11th at Cape May County Chamber by emailing brigitta@cmcchamber.com or call 609-465-7181 x104. ( Once the 30 FREE seats are filled, additional guests will be charged $20 per seat.)

*Drawing will be held for a free digital camera. Must be present to win.

Stone Harbor Golf Club
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Check-in at 11:30am Program from 12:00-1:00pm
CHAMBER  NEWS
2018 Jersey Cape Vacation Guide Advertising Now Available!

While we continue to market the Jersey Cape this summer and into the Fall, now is the time to get the best rates on advertising packages for the 2018 Jersey Cape Vacation Guide. Existing advertisers have been sent renewal materials and new advertisers are encouraged to sign-up today to secure positioning in the 2018 Guide.  The Early Discount period ends Sept. 8th.
 
All advertisers are included in the online guide website, found at www.jerseycapevacationguide.com, and can send email blasts to thousands of visitor subscribers!
 
Contact John Kelly to advertise your business and for more information.
Trenton Watch



Tracking Legislation and Other Items Important to the Business Community:

IN  OTHER  NEWS
Comcast Introduces Gigabit Internet Service
In Atlantic & Cape May Counties
On July 18th, Comcast announced that it is launching a new internet service throughout its coverage areas in Atlantic and Cape May counties in New Jersey that will deliver speeds up to 1 Gigabit-per-second (Gbps) to residential customers. These speeds will be among the fastest and most widely available and include access to the nation's largest Wi-Fi network of more than 17 million hotspots . Combined with the company's recently launched Xfinity xFi platform, a new and personalized home Wi-Fi experience , Comcast is giving customers the fastest speeds, the best Wi-Fi coverage, and ultimate Wi-Fi control in their homes.

Click here for more news from Comcast regarding Xfinity Mobile Retail Stores coming to the Greater Philadelphia and New Jersey area. The  Cape May County Xfinity Store location can be found at  1500 Rt. 47, Rio Grande, NJ 08242.
Atlantic City Electric Announces Energy Discounts For Growing Enterprises (EDGE Program)
Discounts Available For Atlantic City Electric Business Customers Considering Expansion or Relocation into Southern New Jersey
 
Atlantic City Electric (ACE) is pleased to share with you the details of a new discount program ACE is offering new and expanding business customers to help encourage economic developing in our region. ACE's Energy Discounts for Growing Enterprises (EDGE) Program offers qualifying businesses, small and large, a 20% discount off the electric delivery portion of their rate for a five-year period.
 
You can learn more about the details and qualifications of the EDGE program by clicking on the link below.  Please help us spread the word by sharing the link with current and prospective businesses in your community.
 
Learn More About the EDGE Program at:

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