Sanibel & Captiva Island Chamber of Commerce 3rd Quarter 2011 Newsmagazine
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3rd Quarter Newsmagazine update from the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce.
Transcript of Sanibel & Captiva Island Chamber of Commerce 3rd Quarter 2011 Newsmagazine
1C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E
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S A N I B E L C A P T I VA Our Mission: To Promote the Prosperity of Our Members and Preserve the Quality of Life in Our Community
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1159 Causeway RoadSanibel Island, Florida 33957
Phone: 239-472-1080 Fax: 239-395-0783
www.Sanibel-Captiva.OrgPRESIDENT
Ric Base
EDITOR & DESIGNBridgit Stone-Budd
LAYOUT & GRAPHICSLorraine Milano
CONTRIBUTORSRic Base
Barb HarringtonBridgit Stone-Budd
CHAMBER STAFFRic Base, President
Steve Ehrhart, Director of OperationsBridgit Stone-Budd, Director of Marketing
Tyrone Humbles, Promotions ManagerChamber Photography,
Hillgate Communications
VISITOR CENTER STAFFCandice Thompson, Visitor Center Supervisor
Gloria Agel, Bob Bechhold,Mary Kelly, Anne Liese,
Don Oglander, Barry Solomon,Lisa Williams & Barbara Lans
The Sanibel-Captiva Islands Chamber NewsMagazineis published quarterly by
The Sanibel-Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce.Circulation: 6000
Online: www.Sanibel-Captiva.Org
Sanibel & Captiva IslandsChamber of Commerce
2011-2012 Board of Directors C H A M B E R O F C O M M E R C E
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For advertising or submissions, please contact
Bridgit @ 239-472-8255or [email protected]
For subscriptions or address changes, please contact
Steve @ 239-472-8759 or [email protected]
Danny AdamsHoliday Inn12341 Middle Gulf Dr.Sanibel, FL [email protected]
Mark AndersonBenchmark General Contractors16836 McGregor BlvdFort Myers, FL [email protected]
Doug BabcockTween Waters InnP.O. Box 249Captiva, FL [email protected]
Mark BlustTimbers Restaurant703 Tarpon Bay RoadSanibel, FL [email protected]
Blanaid ColleyHillgate Communications2451 Periwinkle WaySanibel, FL [email protected]
Dru Anne DoyleOcean’s Reach Condominiums2230 Camino del Mar DriveSanibel, FL [email protected]
Lee Ellen Harder - SecretaryBIG ARTS900 DunlopSanibel, FL [email protected]
Barb Harrington – ChairRLR Investments, LLC2340 Periwinkle Way, Suite KSanibel, FL [email protected]
Chris HeidrickHeidrick & CompanyP.O. Box 59Sanibel, FL [email protected]
Richard Johnson – Past-ChairBailey’s General Store2477 Periwinkle WaySanibel, FL [email protected]
Michael Miller – Chair-ElectSanibel, FL 33957
Robert MonkMurty & Monk, P.A.1633 Periwinkle WaySuite ASanibel, FL [email protected]
Chris PendletonEdison & Ford Winter EstatesP.O. Box 2368Fort Myers, FL [email protected]
Fran PetersIsland Vacations of Sanibel& Captiva, Inc.1101 Periwinkle WaySuite 108Sanibel, FL [email protected]
Daniel SchuylerLily & Co.520 Tarpon Bay RoadSanibel, FL [email protected]
Jeff Shuff - TreasurerTween Waters InnP.O. Box 249Captiva, FL [email protected]
Ric BasePresident1159 Causeway RoadSanibel, Florida [email protected]
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Has your staff or someone you know provided unbelievable customer service or gone out
of their way to help?We know you work with colleagues or have staff members who have gone “above and beyond” what was expected for your customers and deserve to be recognized. No matter their profession – taxi drivers,
housekeeping staff, cashiers, police officers, airline agents, nurses, reservationists, front desk clerks, and countless others – if their service made you feel good about being in our area, the Visitor and Convention Bureau wants to hear about it!
Nominate that employee for theE Awards, which honors excellence through extraordinary service and dedication.To get a nomination form, go to:http://www.leevcb.com/content/e-awards
What’s On Ric’s Mind
Have you seen our new billboard just off island? Look for it on the right hand side - on the corner
of Summerlin & McGregor’s stoplight!
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Best of Getting to Know Your New Chamber MembersNewsMagazine Interview:1. What will you be doing in 10 years?2. What do you do now to make money?3. Who at the Sanibel School has had the biggest influence on you and why?4. What’s your favorite memory from the Sanibel School and what will you miss the most?5. What’s your favorite breakfast cereal?
Jocelyn Harder, Sanibel School Grad1. Living in Boston, Massachusetts.2. Office work at Ocean’s Reach Condominiums.3. Mrs. Jones. She always speaks her mind and doesn’t care what other people think of her.4. Class trip to Washington, D.C. I will miss Spanish class the most.5. Captain Crunch.
Julia Leal, Sanibel School Grad1. I’ll be a Fashion Designer, living in L.A.2. My parents give it to me.3. Mrs. Jackson. She made me love math.4. Getting my tooth knocked out on the bus. I will miss my friends.5. Honey Bunches of Oats.
Connor Stone, Sanibel School Grad1. Playing professional baseball.2. I work at Island Pizza.3. Mrs. Smith. She has taught me a lot of life lessons.4. My favorite memories are the class trip to Washington, D.C. and Sea Camp. I’ll miss lunchtime with my friends.5. Lucky Charms.
NewsMagazine Interview:1. What’s your favorite celebrity sighting/encounter?2. How did you meet your significant other?3. What’s your favorite smell?4. What’s your favorite childhood book?5. Who is your favorite mentor?6. Obama or McCain?7. What’s your best skill?8. How would your grade school teacher describe you, if asked?9. What’s the last Chamber function you attended?10. What’s your significant other’s best skill?
Dave Horton Cartoons & Graphic Design Sanibel Graphics1. I met Sean Connery in a restaurant bathroom in L.A. I introduced myself and he told me to “F*** off”. He said it in a really cool accent though.2. We both worked at a tennis club. I was the racquet stringer and she was the front desk girl. She turned me down for a date 3 times before she finally realized that I wasn’t going to give up.
3. The beach, fresh cut grass, bonfires. Which is unfortunate because I’m terribly allergic to everything outdoors.4. Green Eggs and Ham. It’s a great story so far. I’m about halfway through it.5. Charles Schulz. Which is another celebrity encounter I had, but he was a really nice guy and didn’t tell me to “F*** off”6. Obamacain. I’m good at avoiding political questions.7. I’m 44 years old, but I read at a 46 year old level. I can juggle and ride a unicycle at the same time. I have cat-like reflexes and the strength of 10 men. Only one of these things is true. Answer C.8. He was the kid in the back of the classroom who was always drawing and not paying attention.9. The Chamber After Hours at Green Earth Landscape. Nice folks. Nobody told me to F*** Off. OK, Im done with that joke.10. Diane is a dietitian so I eat healthy when I’m home. She has also raised 3 great kids and believe it or not after 20 years of marriage she still laughs at my jokes. Creative, ambitious, rambunctious.
NewsMagazine Interview:1. If we could elect the King of Sanibel, who would you vote for?2. If you could remove one thing from the island, what would it be?3. What is your favorite celebrity sighting here on the Island?4. Briefs or boxers?5. Other than Sanibel, what is your other favorite place to live?6. What is your favorite candy bar?7. What is the last book you’ve read?8. What is your favorite food?9. What is the most annoying tourist question/habit?10. What is the coolest wildlife sighting on the Island?
Marlow Miller, Community Partner1. Porter Goss2. Piliated Woodpecker Holes From My House.3. Heather Locklear on The Beach4. Boxers5. Sarasota6. Snickers7. Fortunes Formula by William Poundstone8. Rib Eye Steak9. Can You Tell Me A Cheap Place To Stay?10. My Daughter Bridgit.
Mr. Sam Bailey, Local Historian Extraordinaire1. A local from the 1930’s2. The Bridge3. Theodore Roosevelt4. No Comment
by Bridgit Stone-Budd
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5. Tampa Bay6. Don’t Eat Candy…Just Dessert 3 Times A Day.7. Captiva by Randy Wayne White8. Veggies and Fruit9. Tourists aren’t annoying to me.10. Panther, Coons, Gators, Rabbits, Pelicans, Beach Birds, Loggerhead Turtles.
NewsMagazine Interview: 1. Who had the greatest influence on you during your childhood?2. Describe a typical day in your childhood.3. Who was your childhood hero?4. Were you popular in high school?5. What was your favorite book as a child?6. How did you meet your current significant other?7. What one word would you use to describe yourself?8. What one word would your friends use to describe you?9. What’s one thing few people know about you?10. What’s one thing that we don’t have here on the Island that you would like to see?
Dan Budd, Wildseed Construction - Sanibel Island1. Mr. Rogers2. Shoveling snow, chipping ice, shivering, wondering why Mom & Dad wouldn’t move us to Florida.3. Evil Knievel4. Was getting your head dunked in a toilet a sign of popularity?5. Encyclopedia Brown6. @ beach access #6. Connor and Kate wanted to pet Stella.7. Doesn’t follow instructions8. Tenacious9. I was born a woman10. Waitress service on the beach @ the Island resorts
NewsMagazine Interview:1. Why are you a member of the Sanibel-Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce?2. What’s your favorite frozen dinner?3. What’s the name of your first pet? What was it?4. An inny or an outey?5. Favorite activity here on the Island?6. What’s your middle name?7. Last movie you saw in a theatre? How was it?8. Favorite childhood TV show?9. What did you want to be when you grew up?10. When did you first start coming to Sanibel-Captiva?
Bryan Hayes, OwnerSanibel Air Conditioning & Sancuary Island Electric1. Because Bridgit Stone works there, of course. Just kidding. (No he’s not.) The Chamber has always been a supportive force
in our marketing efforts with our other company, Sanibel Air Conditioning, Inc.2. What? Who makes this stuff up? Okay, here goes…thawed steak.3. Cindy, a little white terrior. But she ran away and I cried. I was only 5 at the time. Okay…so lay off.4. Pass.5. Fishing with my family.6. I honestly do not have one. I’ve always felt a little cheated.7. Spiderman III. It was long…8. Bugs Bunny and Road Runner.9. A contractor.10. Like the song says, “It was 1970 something.”
NewsMagazine Interview:1. What’s your most memorable celebrity sighting/encounter?2. Which song do you sing the loudest in your car or the shower?3. Which actor or actress would best portray you in a movie about your life story? What would the movie be called?4. What’s your favorite cheese?5. What item in your dresser/closet has been there the longest and where did you last wear it?6. What’s on your grocery list this week?7. If you were handed a million dollars today, what’s the first thing you would do?8. Team Edward or team Jacob?
Jeremy Kane, Hillgate Communications1. Having tea and crumpets with the Queen.2. I don’t sing. I hum. Beethoven’s 9th.3. Patrick Stewart 3b. “Play it again, Sam.”4. Ripe Stilton5. My Morning Suit. 1994.6. Too much.7. Buy a Hopper.8. Eh what?
Randy Basik, Royal Shell Companies1. I had a long sit down talk with Dick Van Dyke and he talked openly about the making of Mary Poppins’.2. Green Day Good Riddance3. John Travolta and the movie of my life would be called “I may be wrong but I doubt it.”4. Just plain old yellow rat cheese.5. My funeral suit and try not to wear it at all.6. Chips Ahoy cookies and an insulin chaser.7. Toss it off the bridge and avoid the hassle of purchasing the boat.8. Team Edward.
Best of Getting to Know Your New Chamber Members
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Welcome New Members
MacIntosh Books & Paper2407 Periwinkle WaySanibel Island, Florida
(239) 472-1447www.macintoshbooks.com
Kristine Heilman, Realtor1019 Periwinkle WaySanibel Island, Florida
(239) 464-1225www.sanibelcaptivaproperties.com
Sunset Builders1817 Serenity Lane
Sanibel Island, Florida(239) 645-1903
www.sunsetbuildersandmaintenance.com
Island Scene Brian Johnson(239) 910-3099
www.islandscenesanibel.com
Sanibel Ballet975 Rabbit Road
at the Sanibel Health ClubSanibel Island, Florida
(239) 472-0867
Myers, Brettholtz & Co.Serving Sanibel & Captiva Islands
(239) 939-5775www.mbcopa.com
Trippons.comwww.trippons.com
(970) 376-1462
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1 THOUSANDS of Individuals Visiting the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center2 THOUSANDS of Incoming Telephone Calls to the Chamber3 THOUSANDS of visits to our web site (based on Google Analytics)4 Transition to Google Analytics in 2007
2005-2011 SANIBEL & CAPTIVA ISLANDS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STATISTICS
2010-2011 Francis P. Bailey’s Visitor Center & Website StatisticsDid you know:* Our chamber website gets over a million unique site visits a year!* We get over 180,000 in our Visitor Center a year...that’s up to 1500 a day in season!* Our staff in the Visitor Center answers up to 75 calls a day.* Over 120,000 Visitor Guides are distributed and mailed out annually.* We are open for you 9a to 5p...365 days a year!
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C H A M B E R
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New Businesses and Ribbon Cuttings!
Sanibel Ballet Ribbon Cutting and Grand Opening with proprietor and professional ballerina, Karen Whitaker
Spatini Ribbon Cutting and Grand Re-Opening with proprietor, Amy Sbarra
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Another successful Chamber After Hours at The Bailey’s-Matthews Shell Museumcatered by Bailey’s General Store
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We’re branching out for you!Did you know that we’ve increased our islands’ exposure by
representing in the SWFL Visitor Center? Exit 161.
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Chamber Schedule of Events 2011-2012
Blink….time flies when you’re having funand working hard! After several months of city council meetings and discussions with the appropriate city authorities, the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee under the leadership of Robert Monk, has achieved a successful outcome in the redevelopment and/ or renovation ordinance governing business properties. If the physical portion of your Sanibel business needs some renovation, or you’d love to introduce a new amenity on your property; I suggest a visit to the city’s planning department. Your dream may now be possible. If you can move forward with your plan, thank a chamber member! The Chamber wishes to thank Jeremy Kane for his tireless reworking of the language in the ordinance which creates this new opportunity for your business.
The board’s next project is to sort through the results of our SWAT analysis. We have a retreat scheduled for the near future to decide where our focus will settle in the upcoming months. By my next blog I should be able to report back on where we’re going and what we hope to accomplish.Our new board of directors has great energy and a very positive attitude. We hope to accomplish other positive changes that will benefit your business in the upcoming year. In the meantime, I wish you a safe and successful summer season!
Barb Harrington - ChairpersonSanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce
Barb’s Blog
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