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Volume 47 l November 2021

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Chamber Ambassadors Team Kick-Off Meeting

A SENSATIONAL KICK-OFF!

The Chamber’s new Ambassadors Team recently celebrated with a “get to know you” breakfast. Thanks Danny Lehan/Village Inn for providing the great food and venue.

The Ambassadors Team is chaired by Richard Boisvert of Oyova. It consists of member volunteers who donate their time to assist in various activities focusing on Chamber membership growth and retention. Interested in joining the Team? Email Zoe at membership@centralchamber.biz

Annual Holiday Luncheon Gift Baskets Auction - It's for the kids!

Bring your gift cards, bottles of cheer and gift baskets today!

Individual luncheon tickets: $30, Table of eight: $240. Purchase HERE

Proceeds from the Gift Baskets Auction benefit the Chamber's Education Fund.

Email Zoe at membership@centralchamber.biz if you're planning to donate so you can be added to our donations list. The last day to turn in your gifts/gift baskets is December 3rd.

Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who joined the Chamber during the past three weeks. To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz

Alta Belleair

APARTMENTS

Janet Vargas

1632 Clearwater-Largo Road, Largo, FL 33756

813-560-2945

Janet.Vargas@WoodResidential.com

Groups Recover Together

HEALTH CARE

Seth Kaminsky

670 N. Clearwater-Largo Road, Suite B, Largo, FL 33770

904-637-4910

Seth.Kaminsky@JoinGroups.com

www.JoinGroups.com

Saluting Chamber Loyalty!

Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who renewed during the past three weeks. Their continued loyalty is inspiring! To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz

Charleston on 66^th, 4-Years

Compass Self Storage, 2-Years

GilDewey’s, LLC, 5-Years

Lincolnshire Mobile Estates, 23-Year Legacy Member

Martin's Pest Services, 8-Years

Office Services 101, LLC, 7-Years

PSTA, 13-Years

The Silver Queen, Inc., 6-Years

The Pointe at Clearwater, 15-Year Legacy Member

(Legacy Member = 15 years or more)

B2B Happy Hour at Cove Cay Golf Club

Last week we had our special B2B Happy Hour networking event! The Chairman of the Board Nate Cocco presented the Student of the Month certificate to Yesenia Sherrod, a Pinellas Technical College student. Congrats, Yesenia! A big shout out to our host Cove Cay Golf Club and thank you to our sponsors Gulfside Wealth, represented by Collin Bottolfson (top left) and Paint Blue Commercial Painting, represented by Matt Callero

(top right), for making this event possible. Check out the video of the event on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/JA_DoRQ88Bk

And the ChamberSHOP! Winner is...

Diana Mangsen is a Registered Nurse and an Attorney at Law licensed to practice in Florida since 2006. She is an Accredited Veterans Benefits attorney, and her firm is focused on providing service to her clients who need assistance with disability and elder law issues. Check out Mangsen Law in our Business Directory.

Florida lawmakers consider COVID rules for businesses despite legal hurdles

If Florida legislators pass the new restrictions, they could put many businesses in the crosshairs of a legal firefight between the state and federal government.

Florida Icon: Former farmer of the year Lynetta Usher Griner

"I've heard a lot of people say that the last crop we'll grow in Florida is a house, and I just don't want that for our state," says Griner. "I want to maintain our wild lands as they are."

Enterprise Florida Shifts Authority Amid Opening

With Enterprise Florida operating without a president or interim president, Marc Adler, the business-recruitment agency’s deputy secretary of commerce, was given authority Friday to sign contracts.

Some Disney executives are already making the move to Florida from California

Walt Disney World announced in July its plans to relocate 2,000 of its employees from California to Lake Nona and realtors in Central Florida say some Disney employees are already moving to the Sunshine State.

Is Biscayne Bay fished out? Not exactly, but it’s nearing the ‘point of no return’

There was a time when Biscayne Bay was one of the country’s finest fishing grounds.