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Restaurant Week is this week! Please visit area restaurants for lunch and dinner. To view participating restaurants and menus, click here.
Chamber Event Registration
Please register for these upcoming events.
Friday, Feb. 12
Business to Business Breakfast sponsored
by Fort Walton Beach Medical Center
Register by Feb. 9.
Wednesday, Feb. 17
Leads Lunch
Register by Feb. 15.
Thursday, Feb. 25
Business After Hours sponsored
by La Place USA Interiors
Register by Feb. 24.
See photos of recent Chamber events.
Read Exciting News and Events on our Member News Page
Click here to learn more about how other members are providing relief to Haiti, ordering Valentine's Day flowers, meeting a NASCAR driver, and more. Are you taking advantage of this free way to promote your business events, promotions, and specials?
First Destin Area Restaurant Week to be Feb. 1 - 7
Destin locals are encouraged to enjoy tasty dishes from across the Destin area during the first Destin Area Restaurant Week on Feb. 1 – 7, 2010.
Restaurants will showcase signature and new dishes on affordable prix fixe menus. Participating restaurants include 790 on the Gulf, Boathouse Oyster Bar, Beach Walk Henderson Park, Bud & Alley's Pizza Bar, Bud & Alley's Taco Bar, Bud & Alley's Waterfront Restaurant, Café Thirty-A & Fishbone Room, Cantina Laredo, Commander’s Palace, Copper Grill, Fisherman's Wharf, Fudpucker’s Beachside Bar & Grill, Hard Rock Café, Landry's Seafood House, Lin's Asian Cuisine, Louisiana Lagniappe, Outback Steakhouse, Papa John's, Pompano Joe's, Rick's Crab Trap, Ruth's Chris Steak House, The Back Porch, Tommy Bahama's Restaurant & Barand Tropical Smoothie Café. Lunch and dinner options are available. Click here for menus.
Thank you to San Gelato Café for creation of the Restaurant Week logo.
Okaloosa County Chambers to Host Multi Chamber Expo & Taste of Okaloosa on Feb. 24
The chambers of commerce in Okaloosa County are partnering to bring their members the biggest marketing and networking opportunity around - the Multi-Chamber Business Expo & Taste of Okaloosa County. The event, hosted by the Destin Area, Greater Fort Walton Beach, and Niceville Valparaiso Chambers of Commerce, will take place Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 4 - 7 p.m., at the Emerald Coast Conference Center. It will be open to the public to attend at no charge.
Sponsors include Bit-Wizards Custom Software Solutions, Northwest Florida Daily News, and Simple HR. All sponsor booths for this Chamber have been sold. Approximately 40 participant booths per chamber will be sold. Participants so far include Allstates Employer Services, Inc., Army Aviation Center Federal Credit Union, Chartwell Hospitality, Complete Signs, Destin Commons, Destin Land & Title, Douglass Chiropractic, Emerald Grande/The Spa at Emerald Grande, FastSigns, Gulf Coast Office Products, Gulf Coast Shutter, Junior League of the Emerald Coast, Life's A Beach Publications, Pinnacle Insurance, Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, Shalimar Pointe Country Club, University of West Florida, and Vision Bank. Click here to download the application form.
Restaurants participating in the Taste of Okaloosa County include the Boathouse Oyster Bar, Commander's Palace, Landry's Seafood House, and TCBY.
For more information about the event, please contact Chamber Events Director Risa Garner at rgarner@DestinChamber.com or (850) 837-2711 x2.
5th Annual Old-Fashion Destin Fish Fry
Join the Destin community on Feb. 27, for an old-fashion fish fry at the Destin History & Fishing Museum. It will be from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Live music will be provided by Cadillac Willy. Advanced tickets are $10, and tickets the day of the event are $12. The menu includes fried grouper, hush puppies, cole slaw, and baked beans, all cooked by an “ole Destin native” Lloyd Taylor. Raffles for door prizes will be available. For more information, contact the museum at (850) 837-6611 or email Kathy Marler Blue at kathydestinhistory@embarqmail.com for more information.
January Progress is Now Available
Click here to view the January Progress newsletter. This issue contains the following:
• Chairman's and President's Messages
• Business Briefs
• November Business Expo & After Hours
• November Ribbon Cuttings
• December Business to Business Breakfast sponsored by O'Sullivan Creel, LLP
• Features on Carol Jean Jones of Destinfirst Bank; Okaloosa County Airports; and Cindy Garrard of Whitney National Bank
Schedule for Destin Business Forum
Destin Business Forum, the Chamber’s TV show on Cox Channel 6, features Cox Florida, the Fleet, Spencer, Martin & Kilpatrick, P.A., and Sinfonia Gulf Coast this month. It will be aired Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 10:30 a.m.; and Thursday, Feb. 4, 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:
Cooling Services LLC
47-B Batchelor Button Dr.
Destin, FL 32550
(850) 269-1964
www.coolingservicesLLC.com
Category: Air Conditioning and Heating Sales and Service
Chamber Rep: Chad Hamilton
FedEx/Professional Business Office Solutions, LLC
180 Poinciana Blvd. Ste. 6
Destin, FL 32550
(850) 424-5588
Category: Business Services
Chamber Rep: Anna Diciaula
Just Chute Me
404 & 194 Harbor Blvd.
Destin, FL 32541
(850) 650-4630
www.parasaildestin.com
Categories: Parasailing; Water Sports
Chamber Rep: Kevin Sherman
Slumber Parties by Nichole Sage
323 Yacht Club Dr. N.E.
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548
(301) 331-2556
www.slumberpartiesbynicholesage.com
Category: Retail Specialty
Chamber Rep: Nichole Sage
Standard Renewable Energy
1439 Live Oak St. Unit C
Niceville, FL 32578
(877) 923-7733
www.sre3.com
Category: Solar Energy Equipment & Systems
Chamber Rep: Tom Knighten
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:
Bank of America Home Loans
Copy Products Co.
Dale E. Peterson Realty, Inc.
Destin Fire Rescue Foundation, Inc.
Eglin Federal Credit Union
Payne Chiropractic Wellness Center
Sea Oats Motel & Management Co.
StorageMax
UPS Store #1229
Wildlife Rehabilitators Partnership of NW FL, Inc.
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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