| The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Newsletter Winter 2019 Newsletter |
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NEXT MEETINGS:
General Membership Meetings
are held on the
4th Tuesday of the month meetings alternate
between am and pm
Refer to our website front page for updates
February 26th
Long Island Explorium
Children's Museum
6-8 pm
101 East Broadway
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Business Networking Event -Installation of Officers &
Awards- Refreshments
March 27th
Stony Brook University Campus At Wang Center
8am
Presentation: The Jitney Program "Stony Brook University to Village of Port Jefferson" Breakfast will be served
April 23rd
PM Networking Event
Locations: TBA
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PHOTOS
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Ribbon Cutting
Mr. P Southern Skillet |
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Ribbon Cutting
Harbor View Day Care
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Mayor Garant-Santa Parade
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Hook & Ladder with
Chimney Sweeps
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Mayor Garant, Kevin Wood & Liz Miastkowski
Holiday Party
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Group Table Holiday Party
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Maryanne, SANTA & Liz
Holiday Party
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Historic Crawl
Social Media Share
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Starbucks
Photo of Elks Hotel
Crawl
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Photos Courtesy of the Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
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| LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT |
photo courtesy of
Kathianne F. Snaden Photography
Hibernation. Nesting. Preparation.
With winter comes the impulse to hibernate, to hide indoors from icy temperatures and snow and wait until spring returns. Some might equate hibernation with a stagnancy of action, but not this community. This winter brought activities that drew people from their hibernation and into our village: the first-ever Historic Scavenger Crawl, which partnered our Pro-Port Restaurant Partners and our Chamber, was well-attended and great fun. Port Jefferson Rotary Club's Winter Golf Classic invited people to walk the streets for the entertainment of putt-putt golf and the enjoyment of food and drink. In our Chamber, we welcomed new partners Mr. P's Southern Skillet and Harbor View Day Care at ribbon-cutting ceremonies and new member
All Things Digital
. Our general membership meeting in December doubled as a holiday party, hosted by The Waterview at The Port Jefferson Country Club, followed by a January meeting at The Holiday Inn Express.
Nesting is the preparation for new life and the coming spring. As your Chamber, we are actively developing and nurturing our partnerships with the many stakeholder groups in Port Jefferson: the Village, the Business Improvement District, the Pro-Restaurant Association, and the Port Jefferson Retailers Association. Together, we're looking to the future, problem-solving and working toward goals to benefit your businesses and the vitality of our village.
Daylight is stretching into the windows of your storefronts and restaurants and offices longer each day, even as wintry weather continues to hit. We'll turn our clocks forward in less than a month. Where do you want the new season to take you? Whether your goals are to build your business, develop connections, or become more involved, joining a committee is a great way to work alongside fellow Chamber members on projects that benefit you and your business. Here are several opportunities for involvement:
- The 10th Annual Health & Wellness Fest is Saturday, May 18th. 3 Hospitals/ 50+ vendors/ Community Family Fun Run- 2 miles Sponsored by the Royal Educational Foundation/ Sponsorship of your Business possibly?
- The 6th Annual Dragon Boat Race Fest September 14th seems like a long way off, but not when the preparation has already begun!
Join us February 26th at the Long Island Explorium Children's Museum at 6pm for the swearing-in of new board members, welcoming of new partners, and networking. As your new Chamber President, I look forward to planting seeds with you all as we look to the coming season.
Mary Joy Pipe
President - Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce
Owner of The East End Shirt Company
*Proud Member of our Chamber since 1979
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CHAMBER CHATTER
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Chamber partner LI Pour House prepared 150 Thanksgiving meals for those in need or just had nowhere to go. The free meals consisted of course of turkey, they went through 14 12 lbs. turkeys, stuffing, potatoes and even some novel choices of mini quiches with tons of desserts.
Thank you Anthony Pallino and your staff for your generosity of food, time, and caring! IN the meantime LI Pour House has re-branded their business and is NOW 'Mr. P's Southern Skillet'.
Congratulations to Anthony and staff!
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the Long Island Sound Study and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, announced a 2018 round of funding for Long Island Sound Futures Fund projects. Thirty-six new grants totaling $2.57 million were awarded, leveraging $3.1 million in grantee match and generating a total conservation impact of more than $5.67 million. Included in this round is our own Chamber Partner
'The Maritime Explorium'. Through their efforts and partnering up with the Village of Port Jefferson they will receive a grant of $43,626 with matching fund of $79,067 to create 2-4 'rain gardens' in lower Port Jefferson by the harbor.
A rain garden is a planted depression or a hole that allows rainwater runoff from impervious urban areas, like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas, the opportunity to be absorbed. The installation will include native plants and be placed in high visibility areas. The natural landscaping will give guidance to our community and improve water quality and biodiversity of the LI Sound.
Look for a new café on Main Street-Prohibition. Current Chamber Partner East Main and Main hope for a spring opening. We wish them much success!
Welcome 3 new retailers:
Origin of Era a clothing store in Chandler Square and Luna Nova on East Main Street a boutique that specializes in nature and The Shelf also on East Main Street.
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and exciting the Chamber is sponsoring a logo contest; open the link for more details. Deadline is March 1st, $100 cash prize.
The Brookhaven Chambers of Commence Coalition is also sponsoring their small business improvement award for $1,200 and their $1,000 scholarship award. Both criteria's are attached. Both deadlines are February 22nd.
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2019 BCCC-Small Business Improvement Award Criteria
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The Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce Coalition is once again offering their 2019 'Small Business Improvement Award Grant. Chamber members are eligible to submit their letters of request. Guidelines and contact info are below.
Your letter of request is your 'formal application'.
Small Business Improvement Award-$1,200
- Business may not be larger than 50 employees
- Business must be a member of their local chamber or any chamber in the Town of Brookhaven.
- That chamber must be a member of the BCCC in good standing.
- Only Business owners or main principles of the business may submit an application for the award.
- Proof of ownership or entitlement (manager, executive) must be presented with the application.
- Must be in business for at least a year.
- Requests for the award will be judged by how beneficial the money will be used to improve the business. i.e. updating and purchasing equipment, capital improvements, professional services; i.e. consulting evaluations, business plans, marketing strategies, promotional advertising, signs, energy efficient improvements-lighting, insulation etc.
*Non-profits are ineligible, ONLY SMALL BUSINESSES
*Money may not be used to supplement operating expenses of the business.
*Proof of expenditure must be presented 6 months after the award, unless other pre-approved arrangements have been made.
Letters of request must be emailed to bransome@optonline.net with BCCC 'Small Business Improvement Award' in the subject area. ALL requests MUST BE EMAILED BY February 22nd DEADLINE.
The award will be given out at their Annual Member of the Year Reception 4/19
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2019 BCCC Scholarship Criteria
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Value $1,000.00
- Any Town of Brookhaven 2019 graduating High School Senior
- Must be continuing their education in business-college, trade school, etc.
- Must submit a 500 word essay answering, "Why I want to continue my education in business."
Essays ONLY accepted via email.
Essay deadline is 2/22/19.
PLEASE send in complete contact information to include:
BEST contact phone number, full address and name. Current HS.
Judging for scholarships takes place April 3rd 2019
Awarded at our Member of the Year Reception in mid-April 2019.
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The Waterview Restaurant at the Port Jefferson Country Club was the back drop to our holiday party this year. The room upstairs overlooking LI Sound added a level of ambiance to the evening. There was a full buffet this year and cash bar. Special entertainment was provided by all female acapella group the 'Jewel Tones'. Their jazzy spin on holiday classics was an added touch to the festivities. 46 chamber partners and friends enjoy networking and having a pleasant social evening.
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ANTA PARADE, RETAILERS SHOPPING CRAWL, 'SHOP SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY' &
THE OPENING OF SANTA'S WORKSHOP
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November 24th proved to be a huge day for all. Our Santa parade was once again fortunate to have dry weather and the crowds reflexed the popularity of this parade. Retailers started off the holiday season with giving out offers to entice those early shoppers to purchase their gift items. All under the umbrella of the American Express marketing campaign, 'Shop Small Business Saturday'. If you needed a break there was the opening of Santa's Workshop. A visual wonderland for all ages that finished with Santa for photo opportunities! With so many things happening be aware that our Santa Parade will change from being on that Saturday after Thanksgiving to Sunday that same weekend, so December 1st is the 2019 date and the time will also change to 3pm. The 24th Annual Charles Dickens Festival is the following weekend December 7th & 8th.
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HISTORIC RESTAURANT SCAVENGER CRAWL
January 26th
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NEW event sponsored by the Chamber and partnering with the Pro-Port Jeff Restaurant Group happened January 26th on a cold but dry and sunny day! 260 participants walked to 12 different restaurants to partake in some hot beverages and lite bites. The thematic event revolved around the strong history Port Jefferson Village has. Attenders were asked to answer a historic question at each stop based on a reproduction of a photo that represented that business many years ago. All who answered all the questions were eligible to enter a raffle. Four people won multiple gift certificates to those restaurants that participated. Winning recipients were from, Patchogue, Setauket, Port Jefferson and St. James. Thank you to the following Chamber Partner who contributed to this fun crawl: C'est Cheese, East Main & Main, Fifth Season, harbor Grill, Locals café, Nantuckets, Pasta Pasta, Roger's Frigate, Starbucks, Steamroom, Slurp Ramen and Tommy's Place
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WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING SCHEDULE:
Port Jefferson Chamber
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1st Tier
Banner Ad
(top of home page)
Static
Annually $300
Non-Chamber: $450
2nd Tier
Side-Rail
Promotion for sales, retail, promo
Static
Annually $250
Non-Chamber: $400
*Room for 2 ads
3rd Tier
Bottom of Homepage
Static
Constant Exposure for your Business
Annual fee $150
Non-Chamber:$300
Newsletter
Top Banner Ad- Annual Fee-$250 *Only one Ad allowed Non Chamber-$400
Side Vertical Ad-Annual Fee-$200 *Room for 2 ads Non-Chamber-$350
Bottom of Newsletter Business Card Ad-Annual
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THE GREATER PORT JEFFERSON OF COMMERCE
LOGO CONTEST
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WELCOME NEW PARTNERS
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Larry Kick
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc
50 Health Sciences Drive
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Phone: 631-240-8808
Kirtish Parikh
78 Samantha Drive
Coram, NY 11727
Phone: 631-846-9165
Joseph Li Causi
Realty Connect, USA
34 ArKay Dr.
Hauppauge, NY 11749
Phone: 631-374-2203
Facebook Joe LiCausi, Real Estate
Nancy Viteritti
New York Cancer Foundation
1500 Rte. 112, Bldg. #4
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
Phone: 631-574-8355
James Martinez
All Things Digital
Phone: 631-406-9322
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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SAVE THE DATES:
2019 CHAMBER EVENT CALENDAR
April 21st
Easter Parade & Egg Hunt Easter Sunday
12-1:30 pm
March 23rd
Walkabout Spring Breakfast Crawl
(Bad weather date March 30th)
9am-Noon
Month of May
Port Jefferson Retailers Celebrate a 'Spring Thing Raffle'
May 18th
Health & Wellness Fest
Location: Port Jefferson High School, 9-1pm
Side Walk Sale Days
-PJ Retailers Association
Location: Downtown Port Jefferson, 1-5pm
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
are held the 4th Tuesday of the month,
meetings alternate
between am and pm
February 26th
Long Island Explorium Children's Museum 6-8 pm
101 East Broadway
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Business Networking Event -Installation of Officers & Awards- Refreshments
March 27th
Stony Brook University Campus At Wang Center 8am
Presentation: The Jitney Program "Stony Brook University to Village of Port Jefferson" Breakfast will be served
April 23rd
PM Networking Event
Locations: TBA
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Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631) 928-4599
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O'HARA & COMPANY
Accounting & Consultants
Joseph O'Hara
812 Hallock Avenue
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
(631) 403-4283
Offering Chamber Members $50 off all tax services during tax season
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Marites Son - Digital & Social Media Marketing Consultant
248 Route 25A, Suite 80
E. Setauket, NY 11733
Free 7-Day Trial: Facebook Advertising
Chamber members receive a FREE 7-Day Trial for Facebook Advertising. Visit my website to schedule a consultation or contact me at
tess@maritesson.com
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