All About Membership Edition E-Connection

Volume 69 l April 2022

Weekly eConnection

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Membership & Promotions Edition

Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who joined the Chamber during the past month. To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz

Palm Garden Pinellas

HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER

Jarrod Sullivan

200 16th Avenue SE, Largo, FL 33771

727-585-9377

Jarrod.Sullivan@palmgarden.com

www.palmgarden.com

JR World Travel

TRAVEL AGENCIES

Jacqueline Skelton

12705 Castleberry Court, Hudson, FL 34667

727-277-6110

JRWorldTravel@hotmail.com

www.JRWorldTravel.com

CuraSouth

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Donald Prince

405 7th Avenue SW, Largo, FL 33770

727-677-5922

info@curasouth.com

www.curasouth.com/

Saluting Chamber Loyalty!

Our sincere thanks to the following businesses who renewed during the past month. Their continued loyalty is inspiring! To learn more about them, please visit www.CentralChamber.biz

Achieva Credit Union, 16-Year Legacy Member

Bender Chiropractic Center, 27-Year Legacy Member

Budget Blinds of Clearwater & Seminole, 1^st Renewal

Dr. Craig Baker, DMD, 13-Year Member

Electric Motors Lift Station Service, Inc., 9-Year Member

England Brothers Construction Company, 15-Year Legacy Member

GTE Financial, 10-Year Member

Harbour Cay Apartments, 10-Year Member

Jersey College, 5-Year Member

Johns Hopkin's All Children's Hospital, 4-Year Member

Kemco Systems, 1^st Renewal

Mangsen Law PLLC, 4-Year Member

Homeowners of Palm Hill, Inc., 30-Year Legacy Member

Paula Clair Smith, Colliers International Real Estate, 9-Year Member

Pinellas County Schools, 4-Year Member

Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, 9-Year Member

Sean W. Scott Law Firm, 4-Year Member

Signature Voices, 6-Year Member

Slyce Pizza Bar, 9-Year Member

TemperaturePro of Tampa Bay, 1^st Renewal

The Original Crabby Bill’s Family Brands, 8-Year Member

Winding Lane Homes, 11-Year Member

(Legacy Member = 15 years or more)

Piper Fire Protection

Signing for their future!

Your Chamber was represented at last week’s National Signing Day ceremony at Pinellas Technical College (PTC) Clearwater Campus. About 100 high school seniors signed Career and Technical Education (CTE) letters of intent to guarantee a spot to attend PTC’s highly competitive programs.

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Gulfside Home Health

The Chamber and the Ambassadors Team celebrated the grand opening of Gulfside Home Health newest location! Thank you to our Ambassadors Team Chairman, Richard Boisvert of Oyova, and all of our amazing Ambassadors for coming out and presenting Gulfside with their member plaque. Thank you Gulfside for having us!

Gulfside Home Health is located in the Icot Center on 13770 58th Street, Suite 305.

Check out the video of the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony here.

Shout out to Stacy Gillis of Advanced Video Systems for the photos.

Largo Library Butterfly Garden Reveal & Reception

Last week, the Largo Public Library celebrated the newly landscaped Community Butterfly Garden with the help of your Chamber! The ribbon-cutting and reception was followed by a chance auction, which raised over $500 for the Library Foundation! Thank you to the City of Largo, our members and Ambassadors for coming out.

Shout out to Advanced Video Systems for the photos!

2022-23 Business & Community Go-to-Guide

The deadline to submit your ad is next Friday!

Thank you to the following businesses for reserving their ads (to date):

Signature Voices, Holiday Inn Express, Home Instead Senior Care, Pinellas Technical College, Business & Family Insurors, Inc., England Brothers Construction Company, Gulfside Home Health, Professional Systems Printing & Promotions, Fly High Business Builders, BayCare/Morton Plant Hospital, Melody Hunter - Charles Rutenberg Realty, Valley National Bank, Gulf Coast Consulting Inc., City of Largo/CPPAC, Florida Botanical Gardens Foundation, Fritts Marketing LLC, Centratel Business Telephones and McManus & McManus P.A., Premier Martial Arts.

Email Zoe at membership@centralchamber.biz to request sizes/comps and to reserve your ad. Click on the image above to download the form.

Following two month rise, Florida's unemployment claims down last week

First-time unemployment claims dipped in Florida last week after slowly rising over the past two months. From February to March, 8,000 more people found work in Florida, while the labor force grew by 42,000.

Supply chain, staffing issues create long wait times for many services in Southwest Florida

Due to a mixture of supply chain issues, staffing shortages and Southwest Florida’s steadily increasing population, a lot of our industries are struggling to keep up with consumer demand.

Orlando cybersecurity firm looks to add 200 workers with $125 million investment

An Orlando-based cybersecurity company that protects electric utilities and other critical industries has received a $125 million investment and plans to double its workforce.

Containerized cargo continues hot streak at SeaPort Manatee

SeaPort Manatee recorded a new all-time high of handling well more than half a million short tons of containerized cargo.

CSX employee seeks seat on company board

A CSX Corp. employee filed a proxy statement seeking election to the company’s board and attempting to oust Vice Chairman Paul Hilal.