Apalachicola, FL – Apalachicola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce members elected a new board of directors for the 2014-2015 fiscal year on Wednesday, June 4th, 2014, at their monthly business luncheon in Apalachicola. The board and membership welcome Karen Rudder, General Manger of the St. George Island Plantation Home Owners’ Association, Bonnie Fulmer with Apalachicola Bay Animal Hospital, Craig Gibson with the Weems Memorial Hospital and the Apalachicola Volunteer Fire Department and Ira Mittleman, owner and chef of Ira’s at the Gibson Inn to this year’s board.
Continuing for another term are: Mike Koun owner of the Gibson Inn, Brenda Ash with Centennial Bank and Apalachicola City Commissioner, Donna Duncan attorney withSanders and Duncan, Jean Ulrich, a real estate agent with Century 21 Collins Realty and owner of Ulrich Construction, Bud Hayes with the Franklin County Humane Society and the ABC School, Bev Hewitt with the Apalachicola Seafood Grill, the Soda Fountain, and the BackStreet Trading Company, Kristin Anderson owner ofLongDreamGallery.com, attorney Michael Shuler, Jerry Hall with Seafood Grill, The Soda Fountain, BackStreet Trading Company, and Ginny Griner with Weems Memorial Hospital.
Officers for this year are: Donna Duncan, President, Bud Hayes Vice-President, Kristin Anderson Secretary/Historian and Jerry Hall Treasurer. We would like to thank our retiring director Ouida Tartt, owner of the House of Tartts, a guest cottage in downtown Apalachicola for her service and support over the years.
The Apalachicola Chamber was started in the early 1830s. Among its many presidents were ice machine inventor John Gorrie, and David Raney. In the 1980s, the chamber expanded its membership area to include Apalachicola Bay including Eastpoint and St. George Island. It currently has 390 members.
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