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The Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce Newsletter

Spring 2017 Newsletter 
In This Issue
PHOTOS
CHAMBER CHATTER
EASTER PARADE & HUNT
8th ANNUAL HEALTH & WELLNESS FEST
WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING
NEW BUSINESS MEMBERS
UPCOMING EVENTS
BUSINESS CARDS
COUPONS/MEMBER DISCOUNTS
Quick Links
Join Our List
PHOTOS

Swearing in New BOD 2017

BCCC Awards Night-Jim
 
Billy-UPS Driver Retirement Party with Barb & Joann

Tess Son SC Womens Award With Jim

Food Table-Atria S. Setauket- March GMM

Ceil-PJ Library
Volunteer Fair

PJ Lions Club Eye Glass Donation

Woopie & Chamber Partner Barnard Jones-Diva's Den

H&W Ribbon Cutting

Lilly and Poppie with two admirers  H&W Fest

Crowds at H&W Fest

EB with Committee

Spring Time Chamber Office


Photos:
Courtesy of
Port Jeff Chamber of Commerce
 

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT


 

 
 
As new Chamber President I am excited to work for you and put into action some of my priorities for the upcoming year.  Our strongest asset for the Chamber is you our membership partners. It is my goal to have more interaction and more engagement with you all.  With that in mind I have given the directive to our Board of Directors to make more personal contacts with you all and to create more connectivity for better inclusiveness.   
 
The Chamber wants to see more of you and have you become stronger Partners. We want to encourage you to come to our general membership meetings and events.  Our membership committee supports the rotation of morning and evening membership meetings so that we can better accommodate you.  The results of this newer policy have been successful and the chamber has gotten to know more of you, thank you!
 
We continue to evaluate the benefits we can offer our partners and to this effort we have established for our retail partners two shopping crawls throughout the year. In addition we have expanded and improve some of signature events, providing more opportunities for our membership.
 
I look forward in meeting you all and thank you for allowing me the privilege of serving you all!
 
Best regards,
Jim Karras  
President-Greater Port Jefferson Chamber of Commerce 



CHAMBER CHATTER
News To Share? Submit to info@portjeffchamber.com 
 
Leasing for the new luxury rental apartments-The Shipyard at Port Jefferson starts this June.  Located: 201 W. Broadway www.shipyardportjeff.com In addition our Chamber Partner The Gitto Group already has their apartments available to rent NOW in upper Port, The Hills, www.thehillsportjeff.com
 
Lots of things happening to our Business Community this spring!!
 
Welcoming New Merchants:
Kate & Hale -227 Main Street
Kilwins Chocolate - 109 Main Street (June)
Red Shirt Comics -322 Main Street
The Barn Downtown -148 East Main Street
Artelier -202 E. Main Street
Water2Moon Spray Tan Boutique -West Broadway
Hair, Lash & Brow Loft -120 E. Main St. 
 
Changes for Current Retailers:
Amazing Olive will be moving from 230 East Main Street to 213 Main Street
Christina's Fashion Handbags & Accessories moved from East Main Street to 98 Main Street
Knitting Cove & Yarn Shop will be moving from 218 E. Main to 116 E. Main St.
Susan Rodgers Design will be moving from 116 E. Main Street to 144 E. Main St.
 
Our Chamber employee of 10 years, Linda Hutter is retiring! She had sold her home and moving to Florida!  She and her husband have a beautiful home in Stuart.  We thank her for her service and wish her well and much success. 
 
Taking on her position is our very own Maryanne Douglas who has been involved with the Chamber for many years.  The transition should be a smooth one.
 
Summer hours: Open M-F 10-5 and on the weekend 10-4pm.   

EASTER PARADE & HUNT
   
This had to be the hottest day so far for the 2017 year!!  Over 80 degrees and the crowds were HUGE! Our Easter Bunny was really working it with 3000 eggs 'distributed' throughout the harbor front park and over 250 pieces of individual chocolate candy given out to every child that took a photo with EB
 
Thanks to the Greater Port Jefferson Northern Brookhaven Arts Council who loaned the Chamber their PA systems as well as stanches to create an aisle for the children to see visit with E.B.  
 
Chamber volunteers did a great job with crowd control and assisting the bunnies with the candy.  A special thanks to our 2 junior volunteers Jasmine and Monica who carried our banner and really helped handing out the candy to the children!  

8th ANNUAL HEALTH & WELLNESS FEST
 
This year marked the second year for the re-inventing of our Health & Wellness event, naming it a Fest rather than expo!  By far this had to be the largest attendance ever with over 400 visitors, not including over 80 vendors and their support staff! St. Charles Hospital again sponsored a food court that featured free healthy meals to all the attendees, including overnight oatmeal, strawberry bar, smoothies, lentil soup, cauliflower pizza with toppings and fresh veggies with dip and hummus.
 
New exhibitors and initiatives included service animals: certified therapy miniature donkeys, dogs and a demonstration area.
 
The Royal Education Foundation was again our partner in sponsoring their  2k fun run which brought in runners and their families.
 
Special thanks to our 3 major hospitals for their steadfast commitment and sponsorship, St. Charles, Mather, and Stony Brook Medicine.  In addition the custodial help and the Port Jefferson School district could not have been more helpful and supportive as our partner.

WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER ADVERTISING SCHEDULE:
Port Jefferson Chamber

1st Tier
Banner Ad (top of home page)
Static
Bi-Monthly-$50 Minimum 6 months-$150
Non-Chamber: $450
 
2nd Tier
Side-Rail
Promotion for sales, retail, promo
Static
Every 3 months-$75 or annually $275
*Room for 2 ads
Non-Chamber: $400 every 3 months no discount for yearly cost
 
3rd Tier
Bottom of Homepage
Static
Constant Exposure for your Business
Annual fee $100
Non-Chamber:$200
 
Newsletter
Top Banner Ad- Annual Fee-$250 Bi-Annual $175 *One Ad
Side Vertical Ad-Annual Fee-$200 Bi-Annual $125 *Room for 2 ads
Bottom of Newsletter Business Card Ad-Annual $150 Bi-Annual $100 


WELCOME NEW PARTNERS

Liz Werkmeister
Northforker
7785 Main Rd.
Mattituck, NY 11952
Phone: (631) 354-8019
Fax: (631) 298-3287
 
Elisa Eletto
Signature Premier Commercial Properties
190 Laurel Rd.
E. Northport, NY  11731
Phone: (516)779-2484
 
John Lownds
Sunation Solar Systems
171 Remington Blvd.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Phone: 631-750-9454
Fax: 631-750-9455
 
Joseph O'Neill
Allstate Insurance-Joseph O'Neill Agency
38 Sheep Pasture Road
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-425-9700
Fax: 631-425-9704
 
Mabel Ching
Ocean 88 Asian Fusion Steakhouse & Bar
134 Main Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-509-5335
Fax: 631-509-5340
 
Estelle Kay & Jennifer Dolce
Atria South Setauket
4089 Nesconset Hwy.
South Setauket, NY 11720
Phone: 631-473-8000
Fax: 631-473-0384
 
Alissa Laferrara
Small Smiles Pediatric Dentistry
213 Hallock Rd / Ste.4A
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Phone: 631-762-9910
Fax: 631-675-9238
 
Margie Keegan
Wink Design Group
115 Washington Ave
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-681-2498
 
Erika Jurasits, DO
Integrative Healing Wellness, Inc.
903 Main Street
Ste 105
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-509-6888
 
Joshua Darbee
Red Shirt Comics LLC
322 Main Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-474-1701
 
Kristofer Slomin
AT&T
5030 Nesconset Hwy
E. Setauket, NY 11733
Phone: 631-476-9077
 
Jan S. Miller, D.D.S, D.ABDSM, D.ACSDD
635 Belle Terre Road
Ste 103
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-743-9090

Sharon Zalinger
NSI Design
138 E. Main Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-476-8400

 

UPCOMING EVENTS
SAVE THE DATES:

2017 CHAMBER & VILLAGE EVENTS  

May 13th 
Spring Shopping Crawl-'Port Jeff on Sale'
Lower PJ 19 participating businesses  

Noon-5 pm

May 20th 
Great American Clean-up, 10-noon meet at the PJ Chamber's Office-118 W. Broadway to volunteer for service hours.  Sponsored by the Chamber & BID

May
Outdoors Farmer's Market is OPEN Sunday's from 8-1pm Main Street

May 21st 
2nd Annual 15K Run to the PJ Brewing Co. 8:30 am

June 3rd & 4th 
Boater's Maritime Festival 6th Chamber sponsored Clam Eating Contest  June 3rd at 2pm Harbor Front Park

June 3rd 
FREE Paper Shredding Event-640 Belle Terre Rd., Building D 10:30-1:30 pm 

June 10th 
Eastern LI Mini-Maker Faire 10-5pm Harbor Front Park

June 17th 
Chamber's Green Fest  PJ Village Center
1-5pm

July

Movies on the Harbor; Picnic Supper Concerts; Children's         Shows; Harborside Concert Series.  www.portjeff.com


Sept 16th
Port Jefferson Dragon Boat Race Festival, 
8-6:00 pm

Oct 21st
Taste @ Port Jefferson 

November 25th 
Holiday Shopping Crawl-'Small Business Saturday' 
Noon-5 pm
 
December
Santa Parade    



GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
are held the 4th Tuesday of the month,  meetings alternate 
between am and pm

MAY 23rd
PJ Yacht Club Networking, Snacks, Cash Bar
6-8 PM 

JUNE 27th
Danford's OUTDOORS, on their dock dining area 
8 AM 

JULY 19th 
Four Chamber Joint Networking Event: Port Jefferson, 3-Village, North Brookhaven & Smithtown;-Old Field Club-FREE
6-8 PM

BUSINESS CARDS

 

 


COUPONS
MEMBER DISCOUNTS
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10%
ARAME SALON & SPA
7 Trader's Cove
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631) 331-6633

aramesalon@optonline.net
www.aramesalonandspa.com

Arame offers 10% off haircuts to all Chamber Members 

Save
10%
EARWORKS AUDIOLOGY, P.C.
640 Belle Terre Rd., Bldg. 14
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
(631) 928-4599

www.earworksaudiology.com

Offering Chamber Members 10% off the purchase of 2 digital

hearing aids from our practice.
(Not to be combined with other offers)

Save
$79
EVO Merchant Services 

will waive the yearly fee of $79.00 to anyone who signs up with us.

Ginny Bove-Grier

515 Broad Hollow Road

Melville, NY  11747

davyndani@optonline.net 

www.goevo.com 

(631) 786-3667

 

Save
$50
O'HARA & COMPANY
Accounting & Consultants
Joseph O'Hara
1125 Route 112
Port Jefferson Station, NY 11776
(631) 403-4283

Offering Chamber Members $50 off all tax services during tax season

Save
20%

UNITY SEO SOLUTIONS, INC.   
Marites Son
'Be in front of your customers before they find your competitors!' 
248 Rte. 25A
Suite 80 
East Setauket, NY 11733
(877) 809-2933

Visit the website for a FREE website report.

Chamber members receive 20% off the first month for signing up for the 'Search Engine Optimization' service.

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