The Membership Edition & Promotions E-Connection

Volume 118 l March 2023

Weekly eConnection

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Membership Edition & Members' Promotions

IT Career Fair - register at rkyker@careersourcepinellas.com

Piper Fire Protection 8th Annual Footgolf Fundraiser - Register here

Ambassador of the Month

And the Ambassador of the Month is Gail Holden of Office Services 101! Thank you, Gail, for everything you do for our Chamber. All of us at the A-Team appreciate you!

Check out Office Services 101 in our Business Directory.

If you're interested in joining the Ambassadors Team, email Zoe at membership@centralchamber.biz

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

Beckwith Electric

Gail Vollrath

MANUFACTURER

6190 118th Avenue, Largo, FL 33773

727-545-7637

GVollrath@Hubbell.com

www.BeckwithElectric.com

Transform Solar

Dava Von Heal

SOLAR

201 E Selma Avenue, Tampa, FL 33603

813-565-1443

Dava@TransformSolarFL.com

www.transformsolarfl.com

Uniti

Samantha Fenger

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

805 Executive Park Drive, Suite 110, St. Petersburg, FL

727-686-7688

SamanthaFenger@Uniti.com

www.Uniti.com

Statewide Mortgage Co., Inc.

Brian Kennedy

MORTGAGE LOANS & BANKERS

1601 East Bay Drive, #3, Largo, FL 33771

727-276-8422

Brian@StatewideMortgageCo.com

www.StatewideMortgageCoInc.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

Alexander Spine Center, 12- Year Member

Bonham Dental Arts, 38-Year Legacy Member

Central Park Performing Arts Foundation, 17-Year Legacy Member

Chris' Carpet Service & Water Restoration, 10-Year Member

DITEK- Diversified Technology Group, 30-Year Legacy Member

Edeline SMC, 7-Year Member

Enclave on East, 4-Year Member

Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties, 19-Year Legacy Member

Largo Coin & Currency, 36-Year Legacy Member

Mangsen Law PLLC, 5-Year Member

Panera Bread - Belleair Bluffs, 15-Year Legacy Member

Panera Bread - Pinellas Park, 15-Year Legacy Member

Serenity Funeral Home and Serenity Memorial Gardens, 53-Year Legacy Member

Signature Voices, 7-Year Member

Ultimate Medical Academy, 5-Year Member

(Legacy Member = 15 years or more)

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Let's celebrate with Fifth Third Bank!

NEXT TUESDAY, March 28 at 10 AM

2501 W Bay Drive, Largo 33770

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

Let's celebrate with Source 1 Solutions!

Thursday, March 30 at 2 PM

16331 Bay Vista Dr., Clearwater 33760

Purchase your tickets HERE and pick up your tickets/wristbands at the Chamber office.

The results are...

Where the Rays Play

Last week's Chamber 10-Second Survey asked you what preference you had for "Where the Rays Play." We sent out 365 invitations to our business members and had 60 responses, about 16%. Here's the results.

There’s a new invasive mosquito species in Florida. Will this one spread disease?

An invasive mosquito with a curved mouth and a striped body is the latest addition to a growing list of nonnative mosquito species bridging the gap between the tropics and Florida.

Florida’s newest doctors choose primary care and psychiatry, shun emergency medicine

Florida’s newest batch of medical school graduates want to become internists, psychiatrists and other higher-paying specialties. What few want to become are emergency medicine doctors, one of the most needed jobs in Florida.

Florida NAACP calls for travel advisory amid political tensions

The NAACP Florida Chapter wants its national board to issue a travel advisory to anyone planning to visit the state in light of recent proposals targeting diversity and racial issues.

Business owners learn to be nimble to manage financial impact of red tide blooms

When Florida expereinces extended blooms that are severe and stretch a significant distance up and down the coast they become not just local stories, but national stories which impactt the number of visitors that come to the state.

Florida DCF looks to take over child protection investigations amid turnover, vacancy surge

Investigations into child abuse, abandonment and neglect in some Florida counties may soon be handled by the state’s Department of Children and Families, an agency that’s been suffering surging turnover and vacancy rates for years.