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Volume 224 | April 2025

 

Weekly E-Connection

801 West Bay Drive, Suite 602 Largo, FL 33770

Tel: 727-584-2321 www.CentralChamber.biz


It's Great to Belong Events Edition!

April 8, 2025

Coffee An’ Education Innovation

Pinellas Education Foundation were hosts of an enlightening Chamber Coffee An'Networking at the Stavros Institute in Largo. In photos, Foundation CEO Kim Jewell highlights some programs and services they provide to Pinellas County students and teachers. And the event included a tour – a first time for many – of Stavros Institute’s Enterprise Village and Finance Park, a staple for area school kids.

 

Thanks to the Pinellas Education Foundation team for coordinating the program, and to our Coffee An’ sponsors Cloud Law Firm, Cruise Planners, Imagine Orthodontics, Piper Fire Protection, State Farm Team Cocco and Tridium Technology Solutions. Coffee An'Networking returns on June 5. More information as that date approaches. 


Register here: REACH ONE RECEPTION

Reserve your space today here: EXPO


WELCOME LIGHTHOUSE

OF PINELLAS


Sherry Yagovane, Director of Development at Lighthouse of Pinellas, Inc., is presented a Chamber plaque to promote the organization's membership with us.


Lighthouse of Pinellas changes the lives of individuals who are blind or visually impaired by offering a continuum of care addressing the physical, mental and social challenges associated with vision loss for the individual and their family. Visit the website to learn more: www.lhpfl.org.


$20 a ticket. $200 marketing table.

Register here: Ballpark Bash


Canadians' demand for U.S., Florida travel is cratering

Canadians' desire to visit the U.S. is absolutely tanking, new data suggests. It especially matters in tourism-dependent Florida, which is among the top U.S. destinations for Canadian travelers.


Recent Florida laws face undoing in legislative session U-turn this year -New laws requiring schools to start later, to distribute gambling revenues, to provide dedicated funding for affordable housing programs and eliminate one-way attorney fees for property insurance disputes all could be undone this year.


This Florida program could make your home more resilient ahead of hurricane season - Hurricane season is around the corner and if you’re a homeowner looking to make your property more resilient to the impending storms, Florida is awarding grants to help cover most of the work.


Florida homeowners turn to this insurance strategy to save money. Agents say ‘be careful.’ -Some insurers and agents are offering a way for clients to save substantial amounts of money off their insurance premiums, and data shows more homeowners are taking them up on it. But experts warn that the strategy can be risky.


Florida researchers first to identify viruses in red tide -A group of St. Petersburg-based University of South Florida researchers recently made history as the first to identify viruses in red tide blooms. Scientists believe the findings of the groundbreaking study could help them predict and mitigate red tide.


Thank you to our Board of Trustees and E-Connection Sponsors

Acropol Family Restaurant

Bay Care/Morton Plant Hospital

Business & Family Insurors

Cloud Law Firm PA

Duke Energy

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital

HCA Florida Largo Hospital

Home Instead/Be a Santa

Jackson & Associates CPA

JR's Sports Pub/Source 1 Solutions

Melody Hunter Homes

National Aviation Academy

Pinellas County Housing Authority

Piper Fire Protection

Platinum Information Services

Regions Bank

State Farm - Team Cocco

The Palms of Largo

Tommy's Express Car Wash

Valley National Bank

Village Inn

Visit St. Pete/Clearwater

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