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Meeting Notices
Monthly Business Luncheon
September 5th, noon The Beach Pit BBQ 49 West Pine Avenue St George Island Business After Hours September 13th 5:30-7:00 pm Cadence Bank 58 4th Street Apalachicola Monthly Business Luncheon October 3rd , noon TBA Visitor Statistics July 2001 1,394 July 2002 1,185 July 2003 1,196 July 2004 1,245 July 2005 1,198 July 2006 1,913 July 2007 2,814 July 2008 2,690 July 2009 2,923 July 2010 1,292 July 2011 3,055 July 2012 2,709 Website stats July Visits 28,634 Unique Visitors 22,167 Pageviews 109,623 Pages / Visit 3.83 Avg. Visit Duration 3:32 Bounce Rate: 38.93% % New Visits: 70.55% Chamber Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Donna Duncan 653-8976
VICE-PRESIDENT
Bud Hayes 927-3305 TREASURER Jerry Hall 653-9510
SECRETARY
Kristin Anderson 653-2249 BOARD MEMBERS Brenda Ash 653-8805 Kristy Branch Banks 670-1255 Mark Friedman 670-1253
Ginny Griner 653-8853
Bonnie Gomes 670-8450 Beverly Hewitt 653-9510 Mike Koun 653-2191 Michael Shuler 653-1757 Ouida Tartt 653-4687
Jean Ulrich 653-2900
Kevin Ward 899-0669
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Thomas Maddi Photography
Welcome Thomas Maddi to the Chamber of Commerce. Thomas is an accomplished photographer whose services include beach portraits, artistic wedding photography, and fine art landscape photography. Thomas studied Fine Art photography, and has been a full time professional photographer since 1997. He opened his business when he first moved to Alligator Point in 1997, and has been serving the local and surrounding area for over 15 years. Thomas’ fine art black and white Florida landscape photography has won multiple awards. Thomas lives in the area with his wife Sandi, and daughters Ashlee and Abigail. He can be reached at(850) 570-7747 or tmaddi@yahoo.com. Check out his website athttp://www.thomasmaddi.com The Beach Pit BBQ Welcome John Cadriel and Mike Cannon with their restaurant, The Beach Pit-Old Time BBQ, Seafood and Steaks on St. George Island. Mike and John have over twenty-five years of combined experience with Texas style BBQ, plus they serve great fresh local seafood, and a menu designed to please everyone in the family. John and Mike bought the business last year in August 2011. The Beach Pit has a pleasant casual and intimate dining ambiance with seating available inside or on their outdoor screened in patio. They also have a fully stocked bar. The Beach Pit is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They are open at 7:30 (or 7:00 am depending on the season) until 9:00 pm weekdays and close at 9:30 pm weekends. The Beach Pit is located at 49 West Pine Avenue on St George Island. (850) 799-1020 ormike@thebeachpit.net or visit their website athttp://www.thebeachpit.net We will be having our chamber luncheon there on September 5th. SGI Charters Welcome Lee Chapin with his charter fishing business SGI Charters. Lee has been here for eight years and has been charter fishing full time for five years. He has a 22 foot Twin Vee with a 175hp Suzuki. He does both bay and offshore charters, plus any kind of tour you might dream up including sightseeing and shelling tours, dolphin encounters, sunset cruises, and trips to St Vincent Island. He also has a custom built aluminum shrimp boat on which he does shrimping tours. Lee also recently got his hundred ton captain’s license. He can be reached by calling (850) 370-6400, lee@sgicharters.com or visit his website athttp://www.sgicharters.com Golf Tournament Tee up with business members from around the Franklin, Leon, and Wakulla County areas at the 9th annual Apalachicola Bay Chamber Of Commerce Golf Tournament on Wednesday, October 10th. Tee-time is 1:00 pm on the beautiful St. James Golf Course, just east of Carrabelle. The tournament will be a four man scramble, low score wins, with prizes for the top three teams. Scores will be totaled and prizes awarded at a reception following the tournament. Cost per team is $400. Fees include range balls, and golf carts equipped with the latest color GPS system. For more info, contact us at (850) 653-9419 or anita@apalachicolabay.org.
Full Moon Climb
The August 31st, there will be a “Blue Moon” Climb at the Cape St. George Lighthouse. The Sunset/Full Moon Climb will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and will include light hors d'oeuvres and a sparkling cider toast to the full moon. Cost is $15.00 for the general public and $10.00 for members of the St. George Lighthouse Association. Apalachicola Maritime Museum Saturday, September 1st, the Apalachicola Maritime Museum will have a special appreciation day for locals. Pre registration is required. There will be a St. Vincent Island Trip from 8:00 to 12:00, Educational Estuary Cruise 1:00-4:00 and Kayak rentals from the docks, all day. Be sure to bring your Franklin county license or some other proof of residency. Friday September 21st, Barbara Hines, with the Florida Public Archaeology Network, will do a talk on Turpentine and the Naval Stores Industry in North Florida and on Apalachicola's importance to this industry. Saturday, September 22, 7:00- 10:00pm Franklin Price, with the Bureau of Archaeological Research, will talk about his work on the wreck of Blackbeard the Pirate's vessel on the North Carolina coast. The wreck of Queen Anne's Revenge, flagship of Black Beard the Pirate His experience in underwater archaeology includes both maritime and inundated prehistoric projects. Contact the Apalachicola Maritime Museum for more details at (850) 653-2500 Estuaries Day Come celebrate Estuaries Day on September 28th, 1:30-6:00 pm at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve in Eastpoint. There will be lots of free educational (and fun) activities for kids of all ages, free t-shirts to the first 600 people and door prizes for adults who stay until the end of the event. There will be scavenger hunts, animal touch tanks, games and much more. Enter the parking lot from 108 Island Drive no earlier than 1:00- visitors will not be allowed to enter the building or park until 1:30 when the event officially begins. Camp Gordon Johnston Saturday, September 29th Camp Gordon Johnston WWII Museum will participate in the Smithsonian Magazine’s Annual National Museum Day. 10 A.M. until 4 P.M. Come view their ever-growing exhibits and see documentary movies throughout the day—some highlighting local people. For info call (850) 697-8575. | Directors Column
Business Counseling & Workshops
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) workshop was a great success. We had six businesses come in for one-to-one consultations and eighteen people for the Facebook/Social media workshop later that evening. Christine Urban, our business consultant and speaker, did a fantastic job. She will be coming once a month for business consultations and workshops. Got a suggestions for training workshop? Maybe more on social media? Facebook for small businesses? QuickBooks? Let us knowanita@apalachicolabay.org or call (850) 653-9419. Anita Grove, Executive Director .jpg)    
Press
-St. George Island and Apalachicola Bay to feature on Travelchannel.com. An image will be featured in our upcoming online gallery of Best US Southern Islands Vanessa Mack, Photo Editor of the Travel Channel website was sent many photos of the area. http://www.travelchannel.com/ -Kate Upton’s Sports Illustrated video on Apalachicola has been popping up on several fashion and design blogs. We noticed it on HyperBeast and an LA fashion site. -Donna Vieira Editor of Travel Guide to Florida from Ontario was sent lots of photographs for an article they are doing on Apalachicola in their Northwest Florida section. -Jeff Burlew with the Tallahassee Democrat and Deneige Broom with WCTV called for information about the economic effects of Tropical Storm Isaac on of Franklin County. Got Ideas? Suggestions? 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? Ideas are always welcome. 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 atinfo@apalachicolabay.org | ||
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