News from South Lake Chamber of Commerce

February 20, 2017

Chamber Launches SouthLakeEvents.com

At the Monthly Chamber Breakfast on Friday, the Chamber officially launched southlakeevents.com. The Chamber's Sports and Tourism Committee has been working on a way to list all of the events going on in South Lake in one central location and southlakeevents.com is an online events calendar that can be used by visitors to plan their trip and businesses to plan their events.

There is a space for featured events, a link called Plan Your Day, which takes website visitors to the events calendar, and rotating side bar ads which allow event organizers to advertise their upcoming events.

South Lake Chamber Legislative Priorities

The South Lake Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors has adopted the following legislative positions:

Healthcare Legislative Priority: Maintaining the existing state Certificate of Need program - We recommend opposing any changes to the current Certificate of Need Program, particularly in regard to new hospitals or hospital provided services. The Certificate of Need process provides important oversight for the establishment of new and replacement facilities.
Education/Healthcare Legislative Priority: Support Lake Sumter State College BSN program - Nursing shortages and difficulty recruiting highly educated nurses to provide care in Lake and Sumter counties makes having a local BSN program in place very important. And, probably more important is having a local option for those RNs in the area so they can stay and not leave the area to advance their education.
Workers' Compensation Legislative Priority: Support of making Workers' Comp rates affordable for job creators and supporting the Florida Chamber's Workers' Comp Task Force. Please see full resolution below.
General Legislative Priority: Support of SB 750, the state proposal that would lift restrictions on selling or transferring stores without the approval of national chains. Please see more details below.

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Showcase Your Business by Sponsoring a Signature Chamber Event

Click here for more information and to become a Signature Event Sponsor. Signature sponsorship opportunities include:

Presenting Sponsor
Premier Sponsor
Centerpiece Sponsor
Title Sponsor
Contributing Sponsor
Supporting Sponsor

The 2017 Signature Events are:

May 3: South Lake Business Awards
August 7 and 8: Teacher Appreciation Breakfast
November 2: Taste of South Lake and Business Expo

Chamber Coffee Connect is Wednesday

Join Chamber President David Colby, Director of Membership Laura Senzamici, and the membership committee for a Chamber Coffee Connect on Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Arellano Realty and Investments, located at 16903 Lakeside Drive, Suite #1, Montverde. All members and non-members are welcome to this free event.

Co-Sponsored By: Arellano Realty and Investments and Success Mortgage Partners

23rd Annual Ambassador Breakfast


	Alexander Hanson, Student of the Month

On Friday, the Chamber hosted the 23rd Annual Ambassador Breakfast at the Wesley Center. The breakfast was sponsored by Granny Nannies and co-sponsored by the Clermont Woman's Club. During the breakfast, Alexander Hanson, a senior at Real Life Christian Academy, was presented with the Outstanding Student Award, and the Chamber Ambassadors were honored.

Kathy Scherer was named Ambassador of the Year, and Sham Ramrattan, 2016 Ambassador Chair, and Joe Jamieson, 2017 Ambassador Chair, took part in the ceremonial passing of the scissors, which signified the end of Sham's term as chair and the beginning of Joe's.

The breakfast was free due to the generosity of all the table sponsors. All