UPCOMING EVENT
TOMORROW: CEO InSights featuring Chad Paris of Parisleaf
Wednesday, March 20, 8 - 9:30am
Hippodrome Theater, Gainesville
25 SE 2nd Place, Gainesville
CEO InSights is an event series featuring topic presentations by local presidents, CEOs and other community leaders in an intimate, studio-type setting. The goal is to share personal and timely insights on critical topics including leadership, innovation, culture and more.
Join us Wednesday, March 20th, as our guest speaker will be Chad Paris, Principal and CEO of Parisleaf.
Registration is required. A light breakfast will be served.
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UPCOMING EVENT
TODAY: Sweetwater Organic Coffee Co. Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, March 19, 4 - 6pm
Sweetwater Organic Coffee Co.
1331 S Main Street, Gainesville
Join us to celebrate and welcome the brand new Coffee Training Lab at Sweetwater Organic Coffee with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
Sweetwater Organic Coffee is Gainesville’s 100% fair trade, organic coffee company, supplying independent coffee shops, grocers & home consumers with the most freshly roasted coffee available. The company also resells allied products such as artisan teas, syrups & environmentaly friendly compostable to-go ware. After 10+ years in business, Sweetwater is now expanding its services to provide industry-certified training for baristas and coffee industry professionals with classes available in March & throughout the year.
The event will include speeches, Hors d'oeuvres and Refreshments, giveaways, and tours.
The official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will commence at 4:30pm
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UPCOMING EVENT
Ribbon Cutting Celebration this Wednesday: European Wax Center
Wednesday, March 20, 1 - 3pm
European Wax Center
2850 SW 35th Drive, Suite 20, Gainesville
Join us as we welcome & celebrate the newest addition to Butler Town Center: European Wax Center!
European Wax Center, a leading beauty lifestyle brand franchise founded in 2004 by the Coba Brothers, offers guests a full suite of waxing services, as well as a proprietary line of beauty products in skincare, body and brow categories. EWC provides guests with a modern environment for a comfortable and luxurious experience, which is focused on their vision of Revealing Beautiful Skin through exceptional services by professionally trained and certified waxing experts.
Please welcome them to the Greater Gainesville region at their ribbon cutting event which will include speeches, giveaways, snacks and more!
The Ribbon cutting Ceremony will commence at 1:30pm.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Ribbon Cutting Celebration this Thursday: Curaleaf Florida
Thursday, March 21, 11:3 - 1pm
Curaleaf
2300 SW 34th Street, Gainesville
Join us to celebrate and welcome the brand location for Curaleaf Florida with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
At Curaleaf we believe that cannabis is powerful and can help improve lives. We see it every day in our dispensaries and hear the stories from people all over the country. From the military veteran to the senior citizen to the businesswoman or the soccer dad, everyone has a story to share about the positive impact that cannabis has had on their lives.
Discover Curaleaf. Live Life Well.
Led by an experienced management team with backgrounds in health care, retail, non-profit and financial services, Curaleaf’s mission is to develop safe, effective, and innovative medical marijuana products. We create cannabis products using the highest standards of production at every stage of the process and support clinical trials that advance research focused on the many use cases for medical marijuana.
The event will include speeches, Hors d'oeuvres, Refreshments and giveaways.
The official Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will commence at 12:15 PM
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UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS
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UPCOMING EVENT
Amazing Give Wrap Party
Thursday, March 21, 5 - 7pm
Fairfield Inn & Suites
3877 SW 37th Blvd, Gainesville
Join the Community Foundation and the Greater Gainesville Chamber as we count down to the end of the fourth annual Amazing Give. This event is open to the community. Food trucks and a cash bar will be available on site. There will be prize giveaways and a chance for you to win a grant for your favorite nonprofit.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Maximize Your Membership! Attend Chamber 101 Next Tuesday
Tuesday, March 26, 8 - 10am
BBVA Compass Bank
2814 SW 34th Street, Gainesville
New and re-engaged Chamber members are invited for a casual networking breakfast to learn more about the services included in your Chamber Membership. Attendees will interact directly with Chamber Staff, Diplomats and other new Members. Whether you just joined or have been a member for years, this is a beneficial experience for all.
Chamber 101 is held quarterly and is open to any member who may need a refresher on their Chamber member benefits. Longstanding members are encouraged to send new employees through the program so that each company representative can fully utilize the features of their membership.
For more information or to register to attend;
Click Here.
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Chamber 101 is sponsored by BBVA Compass.
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ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY
Showcase your talents by speaking at our first Annual Conference!
Business Expo and Conference
Friday, July 26
This year we will be adding workshops, panel discussions, and education to our Business Expo. We are now accepting applications for speakers, panelists and even white papers.
The conference will focus on four tracks:
- Startups & Entrepreneurs
- Running the business
- Marketing & Promo
- Leadership & Professional Development
The event will take place on July 26th. Applications are due Friday, April 5. For more information please visit: [insert link] or contact
Tiffany@gainesvillechamber.com.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Register Your Organization Now: "Just in Time" Career Fair
Friday, March 29, 10am - 2pm
Hough Hall, UF
REGISTER NOW!
Open to ALL College of Business students.
Hire top talent from the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business! The "Just in Time" Career Fair will provide you with a great opportunity to speak with and interview talented (undergraduate and graduate) business students to fill your organization's summer internships and “just in time” full-time roles. Register now!
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
Hotel Indigo hiring Sales Manager and Catering Sales Manager
Hotel Indigo is seeing stronger than expected growth for 2019, and looking to add to their already stellar team. If you enjoy a fun, fast-paced work environment with a team-focused approach then this would be a great fit.
The purpose of the
Sales Manager role is to plan, solicit, book and coordinate sales to meet/exceed revenue/profit goals and manage customer and brand relationships to ensure that all revenue and marketing opportunities are realized. This position will focus on the social market. This position reports directly to the Director of Sales.
The purpose of the
Catering Sales Manager role is to plan, solicit, book and coordinate sales to meet/exceed revenue/profit goals and manage customer and brand relationships to ensure that all revenue and marketing opportunities are realized. This position will focus on the social and catering market and is responsible for negotiating room rates, dates and space for large groups/accounts. This position reports to the Director of Sales.
For full descriptions of the open positions, reach out to Joe Johnson with the Greater Gainesville Chamber at
joe@gainesvillechamber.com.
Hotel Indigo is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled.
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REMINDER
Hot Jobs through CareerSource NCFL
Each week, CareerSource North Central Florida staff members identify current
Hot Jobs that employers are eager to fill.
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To apply for jobs listed:
- log on towww.employflorida.com
- Click on “Job Search” under “Quick Menu” on the left side of the page
- Select “Job Number Search” from the menu across the top of the page
- Enter the job number from the list above in the “job number” box
- Click on “search”
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POLICY UPDATE
Today is Election Day: Important Information
The March City of Gainesville elections are rapidly approaching. To help you prepare to cast your ballots, we’ve included key related information below.
Get to know the candidates
- For more information on candidates and their view on key issues, see our lead story featuring their responses to the Chamber’s Candidate Questionnaire.
- Sample ballots can be found here.
Know your voting options
- Election day is TODAY, March 19. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. On election day, you must vote at your assigned precinct. For more information on precinct locations, click here. For information on the types of identification accepted at the polls, click here.
If you have additional questions, contact the Supervisor of Elections’ office at 352-374-5252.
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EDUCATION UPDATE
Newberry High School Academy of Criminal Justice Wins Fourth Straight State Championship
Newberry High School Academy scooped up 42 team and individual awards at the Florida Public Service Association (FSPA) State Leadership Conference, including the school’s fourth straight state championship.
Forty-eight students from the NHS Academy of Criminal Justice attended the recent conference, which brings together young people from throughout the state who are preparing for careers in such areas as law, fire, security and public safety.
The school won the state championship this year by 29 points, beating out 13 other schools to earn top honors. NHS students also brought home 11 first place awards and the Top Gun award for the best performance in Advanced Firearms.
Six NHS seniors won $1000 scholarships at the conference, including Alyssa Massey, Landon Boucher, Chloe Brown, Kelley Shaver, Seniya Allen, Keely Smith. Massey, Boucher and Smith were also recognized for participating in FSPA for four years.
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EDUCATION UPDATE
Buchholz DECA Rocks at State Conference
Buchholz High School students from the Academy of Entrepreneurship recently competed at the Florida DECA Career Development Conference with impressive results. Altogether 31 of the 133 students won recognition and are eligible to compete at the International DECA conference in April. At the State conference, approximately 2,800 students from across Florida gathered in Orlando to compete in fifty different events during the 4-day conference, with a range of 30-50 students in each event.
The Buchholz DECA chapter received the Gold Chapter Award, which is the highest recognition based on multiple activities in four areas: community oriented, academically prepared, experienced leaders, and professionally responsible.
DECA is an international student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Buchholz DECA chapter advisors are Wendy Rosché Smith and Diego da Silva.
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that one of the benefits you receive as a Chamber member is the ability to market your product or service to other members by offering a Member to Member Discount? To submit a Member to Member Discount, log into the Members Only Section of the Chamber website and click on Member to Member Deals. For assistance logging into the Member Information Center, contact Mary Fox, your Member Engagement Manager
mary@gainesvillechamber.com
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UPCOMING EVENT
SCORE North Central Florida presents Grow with Google
Friday, March 22, 11:30am - 1pm
GTEC
2153 SE Hawthorne Road, Gainesville
Join SCORE North Central Florida for the first live Google workshop in Gainesville! There, you can learn about Google tools and make your own free business website - making your business able to find on Google!
Network with local businesses over a catered lunch from Grub Burger Bar included with $20 admission.
Learn to lead the search engine pack…with Google National Speaker Pamela Starr!
Now Google, in partnership with SCORE, brings you this information-packed workshop on how to grow your business with Google!
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MEMBER NEWS
Gainesville Regional Airport and University Air Center to host Gatory Fly-In and Armed Services Appreciation Day
Saturday, March 23, 8am - 2pm
University Air Center
4701 NE 40th Terrace, Gainesville
Event to honor all branches of the military, include static military and civilian aircraft displays; classic cars; children’s activities; live music; food trucks, and T-34, helicopter and plane rides over “The Swamp”
Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) and University Air Center (UAC) are hosting their annual Gator Fly-In and Armed Services Appreciation Day Saturday, March 23, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University Air Center, 4701 NE 40th Terrace in Gainesville, Florida (general aviation entrance off Waldo Road.)
A fly-in is a gathering for pilots who arrive by air. The event is open to the public, honors all branches of the military, and includes static and military aircraft displays, classic cars, children’s activities, live music, vendors, food trucks and Beechcraft T-34, helicopter and airplane rides (for a fee.) Admission and parking are free, and a shuttle bus will operate between parking areas.
“Our annual Gator Fly-In and Armed Services Appreciation Day is our way of honoring all branches of the military, including some great Gator dignitaries, military and civil aviators who will be flying in many different types of aircraft to the UAC for the event,” says Allan Penksa, CEO, Gainesville Regional Airport. “It’s an exciting day for our community — especially anyone who is curious about flight — to learn more about aviation. We look forward to this very special celebration at our airport.”
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New Members
Curaleaf Florida
Humble Hands Handyman
Knights Inn
Water Bear Photography
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Renewing Members
A Candies Limo and Charter Bus
Admiral
ADT Security Services, Inc.
Advantage Personnel Resources, Inc.
Alachua County Coalition for the Homeless
Allen Law Firm, P.A.
Ameriprise Financial Services
AMJ, Inc. of Gainesville
CenterState Bank
Cutting Edge Lawn Care
Dell Salter
Gainesville Apartment & Condominium Guide
Haile Plantation Golf & Country Club
Holiday Inn University Center - Gainesville
Info Tech, Inc.
Office Depot
Santa Fe River Ranch
WCA - Waste Corporation
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Dale Carnegie Free Workshop: Employee Engagement
Monday, March 25, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce
300 E University Ave, Suite 100, Gainesville
Building an engaged workforce isn't easy. If it were, you and everyone else would have it already: a workforce that is exceeding productivity goals, bubbling up innovations, and driving ever-increasing profitability with extremely low employee turnover. Yet after more than a decade of investment in employee engagement initiatives, many organizations have little or nothing to show for it.
The key to driving employee engagement starts with your leaders and depends on those leaders making engagement a daily priority.Engaged employees are the new competitive edge, but driving meaningful engagement improvement has been elusive for many organizations. Join us for this workshop and see what others have been missing in the employee engagement equation.
Why You Will Want to Learn it
Leaders at every level are the biggest determining factor of their team's willingness to go the extra mile or even stay with your company. Dale Carnegie’s most recent research found that managers are more likely to have engaged teams when they make engaging them a daily priority. In this workshop you’ll learn what managers can do every day, and in every interaction, to make their employees more emotionally and intellectually committed to the organization.
This is an employee engagement workshop designed to provide you with the tools necessary to create a value-driven culture that will raise confidence levels and make employees feel valued, connected, and empowered to achieve higher levels of performance.
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UPCOMING EVENT
Dance Alive National Ballet presents
The Choreographic Work of the Dancer
Choreographic Workshop
June 19 - 21, 9am - 5pm
Pofahl Studios
1325 NW 2 Street, Gainesville
Brian Carey Chung, new Resident Choreographer of Dance Alive National Ballet, will be conducting a three day workshop for intermediate and advanced dancers age 12 and up.
According to Mr. Chung, the thrust of the workshop “is that the dancer is not merely a mover, but a thinking divining collaborator to the choreographer. It will push the dancer to understand that this is very necessary for success in the field.”
Mr. Chung is the founder and artistic director of Collective Body Dance Lab, a New York City project-based creative think tank for the production and performance of new dance. He danced with LINES Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ballet Hispanico of NY, and Armitage Gone! Dance where he was principal dancer, rehearsal director and assistant choreographer to Karole Armitage. He has taught on the faculties of LINES Ballet/SF Dance Center, PeridanceCapezio Center, Broadway Dance Center, and Joffrey Ballet School where he continues to teach most summers. He was an Assistant Professor of Ballet at Northern Illinois University and has guest lectured and taught masterclasses internationally at NYU TISCH, Stanford University, University of Hawaii, and University of Arizona, among others. Brian is also working on his first book of poems and is planning a new work of choreography for DANB in 2019.
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MEMBER CONTRIBUTION
Colliers International Northeast Florida Announces New Gainesville Office
Dan Drotos to lead firm’s presence in North Central Florida
Colliers International Northeast Florida today announced the expansion of its regional presence into Alachua County with the appointment of Dan Drotos as Senior Director of the firm’s Gainesville operations. Drotos is joined by Executive Director Mike Ryals and Associate Director Rory Causseaux.
Drotos and his colleagues, who previously operated as The Drotos Ryals Group, bring more than 80 years of combined commercial real estate, civil
engineering and development experience in the Gainesville market to Colliers International Northeast Florida.
The addition of the firm’s Gainesville office represents Colliers International Northeast Florida’s third major talent acquisition in North Florida in the past year. “Gainesville is a rapidly growing market with a unique commercial real estate sector. Dan and his team have proven to be at the forefront of that growth, with deep connections in the community and decades of experience in the industry,” said Managing Director Christian Oldenburg. “By pairing their extensive local knowledge with Colliers International’s global reach and resources, Dan and his team will remain the market leaders for commercial clients in Gainesville and North Central Florida.”
Drotos most recently served as the Vice President of Bosshardt Realty Services, where he was a partner in The Drotos Ryals Group — one of Gainesville’s top-producing commercial real estate teams with more than $1 billion in transactions since its original inception in 1987. Drotos earned his Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) degree from the University of Florida and holds multiple professional designations, including Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR). He is involved in several civic and nonprofit groups, such as the Ronald McDonald House of North Central Florida, First Federal Bank and Leadership Gainesville.
“This transition not only marks a significant advancement in our team’s ability to serve the Gainesville business community with their commercial real estate needs, but also raises the bar locally to a level of professionalism and service not seen before in Alachua County,” said Drotos. “Together with Mike and Rory, I look forward to pairing the scale and resources of Colliers International with our
local knowledge and expertise, derived over decades of experience, for the benefit of our client base who share our commitment to preserving Gainesville’s distinctive identity while contributing to its economic growth and prosperity.”
For more than 30 years, Ryals has served as Senior Vice President at Bosshardt Realty Services, where he led the Commercial and Land Division.
He is a fifth-generation Floridian and lifelong Gainesville resident who has served on multiple local boards and service organizations. In his new role at Colliers International Northeast Florida, Mike will serve the team primarily in a support and advisory
capacity. Prior to joining Colliers International Northeast Florida, Causseaux was a Commercial Realtor with Bosshardt Realty Services.
He has more than 35 years of professional consulting experience in the areas of civil engineering and land development for projects in the multifamily, single-family, commercial, retail, office, industrial and institutional sectors. He earned a Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering degree from the University of Florida and is a licensed Professional Engineer. Causseaux is active in several community organizations, including the Rotary Club of Gainesville, Westside Baptist Church, Westside Foundation, the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, CenterState Bank and the Climb for Cancer Foundation.
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