Volume 73 l May 2022
 
Weekly eConnection
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Membership Edition
A Taste of the Chamber Business Breakfast
The Chamber welcomed several businesses to its “Who’s Who” membership at the recent Taste of the Chamber & Art of Engagement breakfast. The companies, which represent diverse industries, are listed below. Thanks again to our Taste of the Chamber Campaign Patrons: Centratel, Check Before Hire, GarrisonPro, Gulfside Wealth, McManus & McManus, P.A. and Team Cocco State Farm.







Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who joined the Chamber during the past month. To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz
Air Mavericks
HVAC
Daniel Villegas
13764 86th Avenue N, Seminole, FL 33776
727-431-5578
Hello@AirMavericks.com
 
AMA Medical Group
MEDICAL SERVICES
Kristi Bruder
1280 Missouri Avenue, Largo, FL 33770
727-331-8740
kristi.bruder@AMAMedicalGroup.com
 
Applied Imaging
OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
Jason Nance
3801 Sugar Palm Drive
Tampa, FL 33619
813-697-1426
JNance@AppliedTechnology.com
 
Bay First
BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Jennifer Winger
401 Indian Rocks Road, Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770
813-825-0057
Jennifer.Winger@BayFirstFinancial.com
 
Coastal Properties Group & Christie's Int'l Real Estate
REAL ESTATE
Melissa Stamos
437 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698
617-510-6309
Melissa@MelissaSellsCoastal.com
 
Dreams to Reality Foundation, Inc.
NON-PROFIT
Dovev Weaver
433 Central Avenue, Suite 400, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-482-0633
dweaver@closertoourdreams.com
 
EJN Financial
BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE FUNDING
Esta Crompton
13734 76th Avenue, Seminole, FL 33776
813-706-6900
esta@EJNFinancial.com
 
Olde Florida Brewery
BREWERY
Jay Dingman
1158 7th Street NW, Largo, FL 33770
727-479-5828
Jay@OldeFloridaBrewery.com
 
Reliable Claims Adjusting
PUBLIC ADJUSTER
Andrew Gordon
10225 Ulmerton Road, #9A, St. Petersburg, FL 33771
800-580-5650
AG@RCAdjusting.com
 
Seacoast Bank
BANKS & FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Brian Conboy
263 Milwaukee Avenue, Dunedin, FL 34698
727-309-8648
Brian.Conboy@SeacoastBank.com
 
Solid Rock Inspection Group LLC
HOME/COMMERCIAL INSPECTIONS
Chris Defayette
152 8th Avenue SW, Largo, FL 33770
727-386-8627
Chris@SolidRockHI.com
 
St. Petersburg Fire Protection
CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTORS
N. Suzanne Saults
10461 75th Street, Largo, FL 33777
727-556-2790
NSSaults@SPFP1.com
 
Strongbox Security Integration LLC
SECURITY SYSTEMS
Dan Pelaez
314 West Haya Street, Tampa, FL 33603
813-260-8171
DanP@StrongboxSecurity.net
 
Sunergy Roofing
ROOFING
George Roe
820 Park Court, Parlm Harbor, FL 34783
727-455-9921
GeorgeR@goSunergy.com
 
Tides of Love Beach Weddings
WEDDING SERVICE
Angela Russo
505 Edmonton Court, Clearwater, FL 33756
727-455-6830
ARusso62471@gmail.com
 
WOW!
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Adam Young
3001 Gandy Boulevard N., Building A, Pinellas Park, FL 33782
727-212-3349
Adam.Young@wowinc.com
Saluting Chamber Loyalty!
Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who renewed during the past month. Their continued loyalty is inspiring! To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz
Action Accounting, First Renewal
Advanced Impact Technologies, 3-Year Member
Bailey Property Management Corp., 33-Year Legacy Member
Bill Campbell State Farm Insurance, 36-Year Legacy Member
Coast-To-Coast Title & Escrow, LLC, 8-Year Member
Dan Flynn State Farm Insurance, 19-Year Legacy Member
First Citizens Bank, 3-Year Member
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union, 8-Year Member
Hampton Inn & Suites-Largo, 16-Year Legacy Member
Heartland Institute of Financial Education, 3-Year Member
Holiday Inn Express-Clearwater, 23-Year Legacy Member
Kakusha MHC, LLC, 2-Year Member
LegalShield/IDShield - Wendy Swertfeger, 7-Year Member
Mary Kay - Penny Jackson, 8-Year Member
Peter Wittwer NA, Inc., 15-Year Legacy Member
Piper Fire Protection, Inc., Platinum Trustee, 14-Year Member
Sandstone Insurance Partners, 2-Year Member
Schooner Prints, Inc., 35-Year Legacy Member
Servpro of Largo, 28-Year Legacy Member
Suncoast Hospice/Empath Health, 9-Year Member
Weiss and Company, CPA, PA, 12-Year Member
 
(Legacy Member = 15 years or more)
Register as a sponsor & purchase your tickets for the
2022 Speakers Panel here
This Thursday! Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Let's celebrate with new member Resource MFG!
This Thursday, May 19th @ 3:30 PM
7211 Bryan Dairy Road, Largo 33777
Register here.
Our next Ambassador of the Month is... Gamal Megherfi of First Citizens Bank! Thank you, Gamal, for your continuous support of the Chamber and for being an active member of the Ambassadors Team and Board of Directors. Check out Gamal under First Citizens Bank's business listing in our Business Directory.
New Member Plaque Presentation - JR World Travel
The Ambassadors welcomed new member Jackie Skelton, of JR World Travel, with a Member Plaque presentation!
From left to right: Kay McKenzie of Check Before Hire, Jackie Skelton, Richard Boisvert of Oyova, Melody Hunter of Melody Hunter Realty and Collin Bottolfson of Gulfside Wealth. Check out Jackie's business listing in our Business Directory.
While COVID-19 remains a lingering menace to society, there appears to be no end in sight for the corporate relocation and expansion boom it fostered in Florida.
The tropics may be quiet, but forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are listening. The NHC began its daily tropical outlooks on Sunday, two weeks ahead of the official start of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
The state averaged over 5,600 cases a day during the seven-day period from May 7-13. That’s up 20 percent from the week before, and it’s the eighth straight week that infections have climbed.
Pointing to “urgency” as the 2022 elections near, attorneys for voting-rights groups requested Friday that a battle over a new congressional redistricting plan be put on a fast track to the Florida Supreme Court.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced May 13 the appointment of Cord Byrd as Florida secretary of state. Byrd, founder of the Law Office of Cord Byrd in Atlantic Beach, was elected to the state House of Representatives in 2016.
Thank you to our Trustees and Newsletter Sponsors
Bay Care/Morton Plant Hospital
Business & Family Insurors
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Duke Energy
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Home Instead/Be a Santa
Jackson & Associates CPA
Melody Hunter, Charles Rutenberg Realty
National Aviation Academy
Nova Southeastern University - Tampa Bay
Piper Fire Protection
Platinum Information Services
Regions Bank
Spectrum Reach
The Palms of Largo
Valley National Bank
Village Inn
Wealth Builders
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