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Chamber Event Registration
***Note that registrations for next
Wednesday's lunch are due tomorrow!
Please register for our upcoming events below:
Friday, April 16
Annual Golf Tournament
11 a.m.
Sign up now!
Wednesday, April 21
April Leads Lunch
Register by April 14.
Thursday, April 22
Business After Hours sponsored by
the Palms Resort & Conference Center
Register by April 21.
See photos of recent Chamber events.
Read Exciting News and Events on our Member News Page
Click here to learn more about gelato at Winn Dixie, the 2nd Annual Flip Flop Ball, and more. Are you taking advantage of this free way to promote your business events, promotions, and specials?
Forecast for Friday Golf Tournament: 75 and Sunny
Join the Destin Area Chamber of Commerce on the golf course Friday, April 16, for our Annual Golf Tournament. Network, market your business, and celebrate the end of tax season! The tournament, which will be a 4-person scramble, will take place at Emerald Bay Golf Club, with an 11 a.m. shotgun start.
Thank you to Leader Board sponsor Destin Commons. Registered teams include Coastal Accounting of NW Florida, PA; Community Bank, Destin; Emerald Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc.; Fisher-Brown, Inc.; Fudpucker's Beachside Bar & Grill; GCS Building Solutions, Inc.; Newman-Dailey Resort Properties, Inc.; O'Sullivan Creel, LLP; ResortQuest; Simple HR; Southern Resorts; Trustmark National Bank; and Whitney National Bank. Hole sponsors include Brooks Brothers Factory Store; AES Human Resources Solutions; and Kimerly-Horn and Associates, Inc.
The cost is $500 for a 4-person team and a sign on a hole or $120 for a single player. Both levels of play cover greens fees, cart, lunch, and dinner.
Hole, beverage cart, practice tee/green, awards party, and corporate sponsorships are also available.
Click here to download the registration form. For more information, please contact Risa Garner at (850) 837-2711 x2 or rgarner@DestinChamber.com.
May's Business to Business Breakfast:
Hurricane Preparedness - What to Expect in the Cone
Please join us for our May 14 Business to Business Breakfast focusing on Hurricane Preparedness. GCS Building Solutions, Inc., and Professional Records Imaging Mgmt., Inc., are sponsoring this event, designed to assist you in preparing your business for hurricane season. WJHG NBC 7 Panama City's chief meteorologist Chris Smith will let us know what to expect "in the cone."
Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Each sponsor is allowed a promotional table at the event, 2-3 minutes to speak, and a 250-word description in our Progress newsletter. The sponsors will also be listed in all event promotions. Click here to reserve one of the remaining two spots.
Seafood Festival Announces Poster Contest and Sponsorships
The theme of the 32nd Annual Destin Seafood Festival – ‘The Heart of the Harbor’ – celebrates the festival’s new location, right on Destin’s harbor, among its docks, charter boats, and fishermen. Artists are invited to submit their handcrafted work showcasing this theme by Monday, May 17, at 11 a.m. No computer-generated or enhanced artwork will be accepted. The entries will be voted on by the Destin Area Chamber of Commerce membership during its Friday, June 11, Business to Business Breakfast. The winner will be announced on Monday, June 14. Download the artist application here.
Sponsorship packages for the event, which will take place Sept. 17-19, have also been announced. Our sponsorship packages enable you to enjoy community recognition, market your products and services to 31,000 festival-goers, and
get your employees out into and involved in our community. Download the sponsorship brochure here.
For more information, please contact Chamber Director of Events Risa Garner at (850) 837-2711 x2 or rgarner@DestinChamber.com.
April Progress is Online
Click here to view the April Progress newsletter. This issue contains the following:
• Chairman's and President's Messages
• Business Briefs
• February Ribbon Cuttings
• March Business to Business Breakfast sponsored by Bit-Wizards Custom Software Solutions
• Feature on Destin City Council Member Jim Wood
• 2009 Annual Report
Buy Destin Coupon Book Offers Big Savings at Local Businesses
From cooling services and appliance repair to discounts on daiquiris, shutters, and gator food, you can find a little bit of everything and big savings in the Chamber’s Buy Destin coupon book! It is free for Chamber members to offer a coupon, and the book is available for purchase for $5 in the Chamber's lobby. Stop by and pick up one today!
See our full list of participating businesses.
Schedule for Destin Business Forum
Destin Business Forum, the Chamber’s TV show on Cox Channel 6, features Elite Physique Personal Training, Horizons, and Newman-Dailey Resort Properties this month. It will be aired Tuesday, April 13, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, April 14, at 10:30 a.m.; and Thursday, April 15, at 6 p.m. Tune in to learn more about your fellow Chamber members.
Welcome, New Members
We would like to welcome the following new members to the Destin Area Chamber of Commerce:
Rick Hord Candidate for Sheriff
Mary Esther, FL 32569
(850) 244-4348
www.rickhordforsheriff.com
Category: Non-Profits
Chamber Rep: Rick Hord
Yummy Jerky
Niceville, FL 32578
(850) 376-9140
www.yummyjerky.com
Category: Retail Specialty
Chamber Rep: Aaron Weinstock
Thank You to Renewing Members
We would like to thank our renewing members for their continued support in building a world-class community one business at a time:
A.J.'s Seafood & Oyster Bar
AAA Insurance & Travel
ASP of Northwest Florida
Destin Trophy and Engraving
Dixon Kazek Construction, Inc.
Dune Title Company, LLC
Legacy Boating Club
Okaloosa Arts Alliance
Private Gallery
Rum Runners
Sacred Heart Medical Group At Destin
Richard A. Sheldon D.C.
Sound Associates
If you have a question about anything mentioned here, please call Wendy at our front desk at 837-6241.
Have a wonderful and prosperous week,
Shane
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