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Meeting Notices January 5, 2011 noon Monthly Business Luncheon Tamara's Cafe 71 Market Street Apalachicola Business After Hours January 13, 2010 5:30-7:00 pm St George Island Planataion Club House * MUST RSVP to get in gate 927-2312 February 2, 2011 noon Luncheon AJ's Neighghborhood Bar & Grill 120 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Apalachicola
Chamber Board of Directors PRESIDENT Michael Shuler 653-9226 VICE-PRESIDENT Ginny Griner 653-8853 TREASURER Jerry Hall 653-9510 SECRETARY Kristin Anderson 653-2249 BOARD MEMBERS Kristy Branch Banks 670-1255 Donna Duncan 653-8976 Susan Bassett 323-0092 Mark Friedman 670-1253 Bud Hayes 927-3305 Beverly Hewitt 653-9510 Paul Marxsen 697-2542 Diana Prickett 927-2322 Kevin Ward 899-0669 | Membership Profile Each year we do a brief profile of our membership to let you know who your fellow members are, where they are located and what type of businesses they are engaged in. As of December 24th, 2010 we had a total of 346 members. Geographically the membership is located mostly in Apalachicola, Eastpoint, and St. George Island, but we do get many members from Gulf County, Panama City and Tallahassee: Alligator Point/Carrabelle 18 Apalachicola 154 Crawfordville/Panacea/ Eastpoint 49 Port St. Joe, Cape, Indian Pass 37 Panama City 10 St. George Island 42 Tallahassee 16 We have over ninety different membership categories. The largest category is Associations & Organizations with thirty-seven. Twenty-seven are in the Accommodations category, fifteen Beach Home Rentals, twenty-two are Real Estate Firms, Brokers and Agents, and thirty are in the Clothing, Boutique, and Gifts or Home Furnishings categories. Twenty-three are in the Building Trades or Building Supply business, thirteen are Associate Members, and thirty are Fishing Guides or Tour Providers. Twenty-one are in the Restaurants category, nine are in the Healthcare category, and twenty-six are in the wedding and personal services category. First Annual Oyster Cook Off January 15th Do you have a fabulous oyster recipe? Do you receive rave reviews whenever you serve it? Support the Apalachicola Volunteer Fire Department and show off your best oyster dish. Trophies and bragging rights will be awarded to the top three finalists. Justin Patrick Timineri, the Executive Chef / Culinary Ambassador for Florida seafood will be there. Chef Timineri has won numerous accolades including Great America Seafood Cook-off winner in 2006. Come out enjoy the world’s best oysters, good fun, great music and fun kids activities. Go to www.oystercookoff.com 15th Annual Forgotten Coast Chefs Sampler Tickets are on sale now for the Forgotten Coast Chef Sampler. Indulge in some of the area’s finest cuisine on Sunday, February 20, 2011, from 6:00-9:00 pm. Chefs from all over the Forgotten Coast area will display their most creative dishes at the historic Fort Coombs Armory located on 4th Street and Avenue D in Apalachicola. Area designers and store owners give the event an elegant and creative flair by decorating each table individually with artful settings. There will be a silent auction benefiting small business programs at the Chamber. If you are interested in decorating or sponsoring a table or want to purchase tickets call us at (850) 653-9419 or email us at info@apalachicolabay.org Tickets are $45-$50 and they always sell out fast. Member News New Members Katie McFarland Pottery & Store Katie McFarland joined the Chamber with her pottery studio and store located on Market Street in Apalachicola. Katie specializes in making functional pottery, free standing sculptures, and three dimensional clay murals. Each piece is handmade using terra cotta clay and is truly a one of a kind work of art. She hand builds pieces or uses a wheel, then decorates her pieces with raised, colored slips and imprints. Each piece is glazed with either turquoise, sky blue, bright green or pink glazes. Katie grew up in Okeechobee, Florida. She attended the University of Central Florida where she received a degree in Political Science. Deciding that law was not her path she began making things in clay and attending numerous pottery workshops. She now works full time as an artist. The store has also has hanging art, blown glass and more. Katie can be reached by calling (407) 421-1604, by email at krazy15k@hotmail.com, or visit her website at http://katiemcfarland.com/ ERC, LLC Welcome general contractor Erin Rodriguez to the Chamber with his business ERC, LLC. ERC is a full service general contractor for both residential and commercial construction projects, renovations and remodels, new construction, kitchen and bathrooms remodels, decks and more. ERC is licensed and insured. Erin is a hands-on general contractor and believes that communication is key to any successful project. He started in construction ten years ago and formed ERC in 2007. Before discovering his passion for carpentry and working with his hands, Erin worked as a corporate lawyer after graduating from Bowdoin College and the University of Michigan Law School. A recovering lawyer, Erin’s years as a corporate lawyer emphasized the importance of discovering and following one’s passions which not only led him to pursue carpentry, but also led him and his wife Anna-Maria to relocate their lives Apalachicola in 2004. Anna-Maria is a real estate agent with Prudential Shimmering Sands Realty and they own 49 Palmetto, a gallery, artist space and a stylish flat available for short term rental in downtown Apalachicola. Erin can be reached at cell is (850) 323-1601or by email erin@erconstructionllc.com. Check out his website at http://www.erconstructionllc. Captain Dave Lear Dave Lear joined the Chamber with his business Captain Dave Lear Charters. Captain Dave Lear is fully licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard, with 25 years of experience fishing Florida’s Big Bend and Panhandle coastal waters. His boat the Fin-esse, is a 20-foot custom Bayshore flats skiff, powered by a 200-hp Evinrude E-TEC outboard, is ideal for sight-fishing the Big Bend’s shallow flats and estuaries. Dave fishes the flats of St. George Sound to St. Joseph. He takes anglers of all experience levels, happy to teach the novice or guide the seasoned veteran. He also does eco tours of the St Marks area. Dave is also an award-wining outdoor writer. As a contributing editor and boat tester for several national fishing and boating magazines, his award-winning writing has taken him throughout the Caribbean to the South Pacific on angling adventures. Dave can be reached by calling (850) 320-2001, by email at info@captaindavelear.com, or visit his website at http://www.captaindavelear.com Member News The ABC school will be holding their annual carnival February 25. Sponsorship is available. In exchange, the business’ logo will be included on the t-shirts. Two hundred t-shirts are being made and given to the 1st 200 ticket buyers. The deadline to submit sponsorship in January 14. Interested parties should contact the PTSA President, Chad Terhune at chadterhune@gmail.com. Richard Bickel The State of Florida has invited Apalachicola photojournalist Richard Bickel to exhibit his work at the state capitol from January 17th through April 17th 2011. The work shown will be selected from Richard’s two Apalachicola books, and will also include a number of previously unpublished local images taken within the last year. The solo exhibit will span the entire top floor of the capitol building which functions as a fine art gallery, and include approximately forty-five of Richard’s black-and-white documentary images. Sandy Shaughnessy, Florida Director of Cultural affairs organized the exhibit “to bring attention to the treasure that is Apalachicola.” In particular, Shaughnessy wanted the new governor, Rick Scott, to be introduced to the Bay and its people through Richard’s photography. This is Richard’s third exhibit of Apalachicola images in Tallahassee -- he previously displayed his work at the Brogan Museum and in Governor Jeb Bush’s offices -- and it is his seventh exhibition of Apalachicola images throughout the South. His Apalachicola work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Houston Chronicle. This past summer, his photographs of oil spill preparations on Apalachicola Bay were published by Die Zeit, a leading German paper, and this coming spring an article in Men’s Journal will include Richard’s Apalachicola images. | Directors Column Anita Grove, Executive Director Happy New Year! It certainly was an interesting year that most of us are looking forward to leaving behind. Spring Break is nine weeks away. For your reference we have posted a link below to the Panama City Beach Chamber website that has the spring breaks dates for many of the schools, colleges and universities .      Exposure -Christine LaPlaca, a freelance fact checker with Miles Media Group for Visit Florida was sent information for new series of article on the area. -Shannon Spence, editor with Your Health Monthly magazine, was sent photos and information on the Chef's Sampler. -Joe Berger was sent information and photos on area attractions for a German travel company website. -Bill Ecenbarger a freelance writer in the Philadelphia area was sent information on tourism in our area. Events Dixie Theatre Kicks Off 14th Season The Dixie Theatre kicks off its 2011 Professional Season with an exciting lineup of performances that will run from January 14, through March. -January 14, 15, 16 Margo Anderson’s Tribute to Patsy Cline. -January 21 & 22 ELVIS and Friends Do The DIXIE -January 28 Entertainer and songwriter Lance Wing -January 29 - The Zach Bartholomew Trio with London Arrington -January 30 The Mayhaws - Unique folk music Performances in February and March will feature a ballet, a theatre production, Ragtime Piano Concert and a wide variety of musical performances ranging from Irish to Blues and Country. For more information on performance times and ticket information, visit www.dixietheatre.com. Panhandle Players The Panhandle Players will present The Housekeeper January 28-30 at the Eastpoint Firehouse and as a Dinner Theater production at the Crooked River Grill February 4-6. This offbeat, delightfully zany comedy deals with the unlikely involvement which develops between a middle-aged bachelor and the eccentric bag lady he hires as a housekeeper. Conveyed in a series of fast-paced, juxtaposed scenes, the play covers all the unlikely events with lively wit and biting humor, becoming funnier and funnier as it builds toward its unexpected and thoroughly delightful conclusion. For tickets call (850) 653-8200. 8th African American History Festival February 19-20 HCOLA presents the 8th annual African American History Festival, a two day event that showcases African American History, Art, and Culture in Apalachicola. Saturday begins with the festival parade at 10 am followed by the official opening ceremonies. There will be live entertainment throughout the day. For more information, visit www.hcola.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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