Chamber Connections eNewsletter

June 2019

Chamber Connections

A Message From The President

The Cows Are Coming Home ... Well, Sort Of.

Members:

We are happy to announce our new partnership with Lunar Cow Publishing, a firm specializing in destination marketing, for the production of our annual Plant City Magazine. We are excited about the opportunities this new publication will offer you.

The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce Plant City Magazine is our premier promotional piece and it is the first resource that community and business members use to promote their business. Participation in the Plant City Magazine has great advantages. 4,000 printed copies of this publication will be distributed in the best locations to help

drive traffic to our advertisers and our digital GoGuide® will allow you to

reach thousands more. Your advertisement in the digital GoGuide® will be

linked to your website, giving readers one-click access to your business.

If you have any questions or wish to participate as an advertiser in the magazine, please contact Lunar Cow Publishing at 800.594.9620 to learn more on how you can take advantage of this great opportunity to promote your business. We are very excited about the new publication and we look forward to your participation!

Make it a great June,

Christine

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2019 Board of Directors

[Executive Board of Directors]

Chair: Karen Kerr

South Florida Baptist Hospital

Chair Elect: Courtney Paat

State Farm Insurance

Immediate Past Chair: Jason Jones

Advantage Restoration & Contracting

Treasurer: Carole Wright

Myers & Wright, P.A.

VC, Membership Division: Kayla Drawdy

Hillsborough Title, Inc.

VC, Community Relations Division: Larry Jimenez, Jr.

Star Distribution Systems

VC, Community Events Division: Alice Bullard

OnPoint IT Solutions

VC, Governmental Affairs Division: Mike Arndt

Minute Man Press

Chamber Calendar

Community Calendar

Paid Advertisement.

[Board of Directors]

Matt Buzza

Hillsboro Bank

Irene Castillo

Raulerson Castillo & Company

Doug Driggers

Tampa Electric Company

John Haney

Ace Realty Advisors

Jamey Moody

James S. Moody, III

Dean Pfeffer

Hope Lutheran Church

Jake Raburn

Hinton Farms

Remi Sanchez

Ice Pop Factory

Jim Scott

Jarrett-Scott Ford

Shari Sun

Suncoast Community Health Center

Nick Thurston

The Bank of Tampa

Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies

Ribbon Cutting: Salon CNT

On Tuesday, April 30th The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for CNT Nails & Spa! CNT Nails & Salon is one stop shopping - from head to toes & in between. Enjoy the down home friendly atmosphere & allow them to take care of all your beauty needs.

"We are all very proud to have this opportunity to serve all the beauties of Plant City!"

Ribbon Cutting: Women's Health Care of Florida

On May 22nd The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce had the honor of hosting a ribbon cutting for the brand new Plant City location of Women's Care Florida! The building, located at 2108 Thonotosassa Road, houses providers from both Women's Care Florida – Women's Care (previously located at 103 Southern Oaks Drive) and Women's Care Florida – OB/GYN Associates (previously located at 1503 West Reynolds Street).

The 15,372-square-foot Women's Health Center – Plant City offers plenty of space to care for patients and offer a variety of services including annual wellness exams, obstetrics and gynecology, ultrasounds, menopause treatments and in-office procedures.

Women's Care Florida, founded in 1998, is the largest independent women's health practice in Central Florida. Women's Care Florida has 100 locations across Central and North Florida, and offers a full range of care for women.

Leadership Plant City Nominations Now Open

Leadership 2020 Nominations Now Open

Nominations for the 2020 Leadership Plant City Class will be accepted from April 1st through June 21st. The program will run September 2019 through May 2020.

Submit a Nomination Now

Welcome New Members

Quality Septic

(813) 754-9891

May 1, 2019

BLT Inspections

(813) 777-8732

May 6, 2019

Lindsay Alvarez for Court Judge

(813) 748-9241

May 8, 2019

Helene Daniel for Circuit Court Judge

(813) 695-8082

May 13, 2019

True Algae

(813) 294-4778

May 14, 2019

MobileDJMusic.com

(813) 789-9485

May 17, 2019

Creative Goods Companies, Inc.

(863) 940-4643

May 22, 2019

BBB Of West Florida

(727) 535-5522

May 22, 2019

Boss Hogg Radio

(863) 225-1000

May 23, 2019

Ambassador Corner

On Thursday, May 23rd the Chamber Ambassador teams met to discover the winning team of the month and the ambassador of the month.

Congratulations to Jennifer Anderson (left) on being named the May Chamber Ambassador of the month and to Team One (below) on being named the Ambassador Team of the month!

Beginning in January 2019, the Plant City Chamber launched a new initiative to recognize members who are involved, regularly attending meetings and events, and are truly getting the most out of their membership through their involvement. At each chamber event in 2019, the red bucket will be present - simply drop you business card in the bucket for a chance to be next month's Member of the Month! The more you attend, the more likely you are to be selected. Each month the business that is drawn from the red bucket and selected as the Member of the Month will be highlighted in the Chamber's newsletter Chamber Connections, showcased on social media, and given a sign to proudly display in the storefront or front entry of their business. Congratulations to G5 Feed & Outdoor for being selected as this month's Member of the Month!

Leadership Plant City Class of 2019 Graduates

"To truly get to know your community, you must learn how to serve it.

The Greater Plant City Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Plant City program has selected existing and emerging leaders from various backgrounds and segments of the community and paired them together in an intensive and eye-opening class. With a class average of around 10 people, each year’s Leadership group steps away as further developed community leaders with bonds that last a lifetime. “I can say that it is an absolutely incredible experience,” Susan Musser, class member from South Florida Baptist Hospital, said. “I definitely learned so much about the community and really was quite surprised of the depth of intelligence and community engagement and involvement that there is and the diversity that we have. I work in Plant City here at the hospital and have been here for 12 years and I have to say there is so much I learned about the community, the people in it, the businesses that we have. Not just as a community, I learned so much about myself.”

Classmate Trey Stevens, Coulter Aviles & Co., echoed that sentiment and said while he knew getting involved with the Chamber was a great way to meet new people and to network, he never would have thought... " Click here to continue reading

Article by: Breanne Williams, Plant City Observer