The Membership Edition E-Connection

Volume 118 l March 2023

Weekly eConnection

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Membership Edition

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.

Florida's environment gets bipartisan love in an otherwise contentious legislative session

Multiple legislative committees have cleared more than a dozen environmental bills, all of them with overwhelming bipartisan support.

New COVID cases plunge to April 2020 levels as hospitalizations remain steady

After weeks of decline, COVID-19 hospitalizations remained flat this week across Florida.

Florida’s century-old Sunshine Laws under duress

The number of exemptions to the state’s law has expanded since DeSantis took office, and the interpretation of what is a public record has shifted.

Can a drone deliver your groceries? What to know about Walmart’s service in Florida

What seemed so high-tech — ordering groceries online and a car driver rolling them to your front door — has reached higher-tech: Walmart is now using drones to deliver your selections.

Laurel wilt poses a threat to Florida-grown avocados

This disease would be devastating if it reaches the avocado-producing regions of California, Mexico or Central America.