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Meeting Notices Meetings Notices July 6, 2011 noon AJ Neighborhood Bar & Grill 120 Martin Luther King Jr Avenue Apalachicola Business After Hours July 14, 2011 Superior Bank 58 4th Street Apalachicola 5:30-7:00 pm Monthly Business Luncheon August 3, 2011 noon Renee’s Café 83 Market Street Apalachicola Visitor Statistics May 2001 1,266 May 2002 918 May 2003 926 May 2004 1,234 May 2005 1,526 May 2006 1,535 May 2007 2,046 May 2008 2,437 May 2009 1,715 May 2010 2,389 May 2011 2,228 Website Statistics May 2011 Visits 29,110 Page Views 128,977 Average Page Views 4.43 Time on Site (mins) 4:03 Bounce Rate 29.04% New Visits 73.85% Chamber Board of DirectorsPRESIDENT Mark Friedman 670-1253 VICE-PRESIDENT Ginny Griner 653-8853 TREASURER Jerry Hall 653-9510 SECRETARY Kristin Anderson 653-2249 BOARD MEMBERS Brenda Ash 653-8805 Kristy Branch Banks 670-1255 Donna Duncan 653-8976 Bonnie Gomes 670-8450 Bud Hayes 927-3305 Beverly Hewitt 653-9510 Mike Koun 653-2191 Michael Shuler 653-1757 Candy Varnes 927-2322 Kevin Ward 899-0669 | New Members Bayou RV Supplies and Storage Welcome Rick, Donna and Christy Todd with their business Bayou RV Supplies and Storage on 30-A across from Simmons Bayou on St Joe Bay. The Todds have been in business for twenty five years, first was in the heavy equipment and storage business which slowly evolved into a storage and RV supplies over the past ten years. Three years ago they added RV equipment and supplies. They carry a complete line of RV supplies including propane, sanitation, electrical, appliance and trailer supplies. Anything from hoses, all types of connectors and deodorizers, to trailer parts and hitches. They also have boat and RV storage, covered and non covered, and they have climate controlled and non climate controlled mini warehouses for household goods. Rich graduated from Port St Joe High School in 1974. Donna is from Apalachicola. Her grandfather actually owned the Tin Shed before it was the Tin Shed. Rich’s grandparents lived at the foot of the old Apalachicola Bridge. Bayou RV Supplies and Storage is located at 2880 State Road 30-A in Port St Joe. They can be reached at (850) 229-8397 or cell 227-5718 or by email bayoustorage@hotmail.com Visit their website at www.bayoustorageandrvsupplies. Brandy Tracy with Mary Kay Brandy Tracy is now an Independent Beauty Consultant with Mary Kay. Mary Kay offers a full line of beauty and skin care products including all types of makeup, moisturizers, age-fighting products, body and sun care products plus fragrances for men and women. Brandy offers free complimentary consulting, makeovers, facials and microderm abrasion treatments. Mary Kay is one of largest cosmetics company in the world. Brandy can be reached at (360) 703-1132, bbtracy@marykay.com or visit their website www.marykay.com/bbtracy/ Member News Customized Business Solutions From Gulf Coast State College Take advantage of the Customized Business Solutions program at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC). The program is designed to meet business-specific training needs through customized training programs taught by professionals who are experts in their fields. GCSC will work with businesses to perform a needs assessment and create customized training programs that best fit your needs and schedule. Training can be held at business or at any one of the GCSC campuses (Panama City Campus, Gulf/Franklin Center, North Bay Center). For a list of topics, go to www.gulfcoast.edu/continuinged or contact Melissa L. Strawser, CPC, MBTI™ Coordinator, Business Solutions (850) 872-3818 e-mail mstrawser@gulfcoast.edu If you have a training need in a topic that is not listed, call or email Melissa and she will work with you to develop a program. New Look and Features Trusteria Services Trusteria Services, Inc announced their newly remodeled website. Trusteria Services is a data feed company that offers 3rd party testimonial services to businesses around the country. Every business knows the power and value of a testimonial from their clients. Using Trusteria as your 3rd party service to maintain your testimonials enhances the testimonials creditability along with giving your business exposure. The new look gives businesses more information and statistics on using testimonials to increase their sales. Check out the website at http://www.trusteria.com/. From our website you can also “Like Us” on our Facebook and keep up to date on everything Trusteria has to offer. Riverfront Therapy Riverfront Therapy Inc. is now offering acupuncture and/or massage therapy with Erin Taratoot L.M.T., AP Fridays and Saturdays. Massages Mon. - Friday 2-6pm with Kathy Jansen L.M.T., R.Y.T. , Tuesdays with Adam Perry L.M.T. We are still using the houseboat office at 313 Water Street slip B5. Please call for an appointment 850 653-6719, or email kjhealingarts@yahoo.com. Fourth of July Events St George Island is hosting its annual July 4th Parade beginning at 11:00 am. Both St. George Island and Carrabelle will put on a fireworks display starting at dusk. Saturday, in Apalachicola the Apalachicola Volunteer Fire Department will be selling rib and chicken dinners (plus pork butts if you preorder 653-6050) at 11:00 am on July 2nd. You can also join in on Sunday, July 3rd, for the annual Red, White and Blue Parade starting at Lafayette Park at 5:30 pm followed by an ice cream social at Riverfront Park. | Directors Column Anita Grove, Executive Director Dues are due by today, July 1st. If you did not receive your renewal form please contact us at (850) 653-9419. Renewals went out in mid June. You should have received a renewal form and a print out of the information we have for your business on the Chamber website. Please return the forms with your payment highlighting any changes that need to be made and we will get them up quickly. Be sure to check your email and website addresses, and your keywords. Keywords help others locate your business in the website database. In the top section of the form you will see the number of times your business listing has been viewed and how many times your website has been clicked on. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us or call (850) 653-9419.      Press Charolette Crane was given information on the state of our businesses one year after the oil spill. She is writing an article on the impact of the oil spill on Northwest Florida one year later for Florida Trend. Marcia and Harry Hurst were in town working on an article about oyster harvesting. Ryan Crow was given information on the oyster industry for an article he is working on for Outside magazine. An article by freelance writer Yvette Cardozo was published in www.HighOnAdventure.com. Yvette was here in the spring. Lucy Tobias wrote an article for the Saturday Morning Magazine called Ready For Their Close Up which features Richard Bickel. Chamber Members How can the Apalachicola Bay Chamber better serve you? Is there something that we can do better to help your business? Is there something you would like to see us add or change on the website, at the visitor’s center or in the visitors’ guide? Staff will be calling member this month to make sure your website entry is correct and up to date and get input on what we can do for you. Also, always feel free to call or email us with your ideas at info@apalachicolabay.org. Volunteers Needed The Apalachicola Bay Chamber Visitor Center seeks volunteers to help at the visitors center and with special projects. Duties include giving our visitor information, answering questions about places to stay, restaurants and things to do. If you would like to help, we’d love to have you. It can be a fun and rewarding. Contact us for details (850) 653-9419 or email us at info@apalachicolabay.org | ||
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