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Sawgrass Wine festival Judges ~ Sawgrass Golf Resort & Spa, A Marriott Resort ~ $40 for the Wine Tasting Only. Wednesday, June 15, 7:30 AM ~ Before Hours ~ Elizabeths Caf ~ Sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ~ $5 for Members $10 for guests - includes breakfast. Wednesday, June 29, 7:30 PM ~ Chamber After Hours ~ Sawgrass Beach Club ~ $5 for members & 10 for Guests.
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Presidents Message
Dear All, Have any of you ever thought about what the word connoisseur really means. Perhaps not, but on the eve of the Sawgrass Wine Judging and Uncorked, An Evening with the Sawgrass Wine Festival Judges, I thought it might be interesting to explore this word and how it can relate to your chamber membership. First, the word means to "to be acquainted with" or "to know somebody/something." It also can mean a person who has a great deal of knowledge about the fine arts or an expert judge in the matters of taste. Obviously the latter definition fits our esteemed judges who will evaluate the wines we will serve at the Sawgrass Wine Festival which will be held this fall. By the way, there are still tickets available for Uncorked, An Evening with the Sawgrass Wine festival Judges if you want to taste some of the best wines available. What I really want to do is talk about the first definition to be acquainted with or to know someone or something. I even want to narrow that further to try to evaluate whether or not you are a Chamber connoisseur meaning do you really know what the Chamber can do for you both personally and professionally? First, let us look at your personal life as it relates to the Chamber. I would say that the biggest benefit from participation is the friendships you will make that go beyond the scope of just a business contact. In addition, attending Chamber events, while good for business, is also a lot of fun; so much so they can make up a large part of your social life. Second, your professional life can only by enhanced by the Chamber if you know what tools the organization offers to you and take advantage of those that are meaningful in terms of growing your business. There is not enough space in this column to talk about all, but I encourage you to check out http://pontevedrachamber.org/a bout-us/presidents-message/ for all the Chamber member benefits. I do want to mention a few that I think are really important ones: 1. pontevedachamber.org Our brand new website is interactive and user friendly and 50 A1A North, Suite 102 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 904-285-2004 info@pontevedrachamber.org Board of Directors: Christine Adams ~ Rogers Tower, P.A. ~ 473-1400 Darby Brower ~ Brower Financial Group ~ 280-1669 Felicia Cox ~ Florida Bank ~ 5437055 Phyllis Frankel ~ Phyllis Frankel Realty ~ 275-0125 Vincent Grassia ~ The Ponte Vedra Recorder ~ 285-8831 Dr. Erika Hamer ~ Ponte Vedra Wellness Center ~ 273-2691 Craig Hamilton ~ Pineapple Post ~ 3. Event Sponsorship 249-7477 Car Show, Wine Festival, Golf Dale Haney ~ Ponte Vedra Resorts Tournament these are our ~ 284-1111 major events and offer you Frances King ~ King & Associates the chance to not only Insurance Agency ~ 273-9839 Dan Monk ~ Pussers Bar & Grille ~ support the programs of the 280-7766 Chamber, but also to Marshall Reddy ~ FranNet Principal showcase your business in Florida ~ 280-1949 both event advertising and Jared Rice ~ THE PLAYERS public relations efforts, but Championship ~ 273-3453 also by being present at the Staff: event. Ginger Lilley Peace ~ Chamber & Please check out the benefits Visitor Center Executive Director of sponsoring our Sawgrass Julie Davidson ~ Sales & Service Wine Festival on page 3 and Manager see if that is a good fit for your Penny Dickhens ~ Chamber Tourism Coordinator business. Dan Worrell ~ Accountant I hope to see you Saturday. a Bryan Goode III ~ Counsel of Felici also is an excellent, cost effective advertising vehicle for your business. Ads on the homepage range from $1,000 to $750 and gives you access to an average of 30,000 views per month. 2. Chamber After Hours This after work networking event is probably our most popular event and gives you the opportunity to show your business off to fellow chamber members and guests. The cost is only $250 which is less than one ad in our hometown newspaper.
New Members
Keller Williams Realty ~ Christine Lee Team Cristie Karsten 2950 Halcyon Lane, Ste. 102 Jacksonville, FL 32223 904-349-1383 cristie@christineleeteam.com www.christineleeteam.com Jennifer Robinson 138 Strother Place St. Simons Island, GA 31522 912-223-1974 jenn@jennrobinson.com www.jennrobinson.com
Rodan & Fields Dermatologists Ruths Chris Steakhouse Andy Callaway 814 A1A North, Ste. 103 904-285-0014 904-285-7936 gmpontevedra @ruthschris.com www.ruthschris.com
Vie Home & Life Management John Waldrop 233 6th Avenue North 904-247-5306 904-247-5312 john@jaxvie.com www.jaxvie.com
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Corkscrew ~ $250
Name in Program Name in Chamber Chat now through October 2 Combo Tickets to the Saturday & Sunday Tasting
Thanks to Our May Ambassadors Brian Crooke Jennifer Foreman Russ Martin Ed Mercel Jonathan Sterling
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symposium at the National American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco in 1992, ACS Books, Washington, D.C. In addition, he has been an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Society for Enology and Viticulture (1987 2007), and reviews technical manuscripts for a number of national, international and trade publications
Dr. Gump has had over thirty years association with the wine industry, conducting research in analytical methodology applied to grapes, juices and wines. He has been a professional wine After three successful years, Ryanne decided to judge for many years at a number of major focus on her home and daughter while wine competitions including the San consulting for various restaurants. During Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, consulting, Ryanne was encouraged to Sonoma County Harvest Fair, International pursue wine as a career by a Master Eastern Wine Competition, West Coast Wine Sommelier. After dedicating the next two Competition, American Fine Wine (Florida) months to wine study, she attained her first Wine Competition, Florida State Fair Wine level Sommelier certification in May Competition, Grand Harvest Wine 2010. Shortly after, Ryanne joined The Cloister Competition and Iowa State Fair Wine at Sea Island to become the sommelier for Competition just to name a few. their Forbes Five Star Georgian Dining Room.
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Uncorked Wines
White Wines Unoaked Chardonnay Southern Hemisphere Chardonnay California Chardonnay Under $20 Chardonnay Under $20 North America Chardonnay Over $20 California Organic/Bio Dynamic Chardonnay Gruner Veltliner White Burgundy Gewurztraminer-New World Italian White Pinot Grigio/Gris Italy Pinot Grigio/Gris New World Riesling-German Riesling New World Sauvignon Blanc-Loire Sauvignon Blanc-Southern Hemisphere Sauvignon Blanc- Domestic Sauvignon Blanc- New Zealand Under $20 Spanish Whites Torrontes Viognier White Blends- Old World White Blends- New World Red Wines International Cabernet Sauvignon Under $20 California Cabernet Sauvignon Under $20 North America Cabernet Sauvignon Under $20 International Cabernet Sauvignon Over $20 California Cabernet Sauvignon Over $20 North America Cabernet Sauvignon Over $20 Red Burgundy Rhone Southern Rhone Style Blends International Merlot Under $20 California Merlot Under $20 North America Merlot Under $20 California Merlot Over $20 Malbec Under $20 Malbec Over $20 Piedmont Red Domestic Pinot Noir Under $20 Domestic Pinot Noir Over $20 International Pinot Noir Tempranillo Spain Spanish Red Shiraz- Australia Syrah Petite Sirah New World Red Blends Under $20 New World Red Blends Over $20 Tuscan Red Under $20 Tuscan Red Over $20 Veneto Red Zinfandel Under $20 Zinfandel Over $20 Rose Old World Rose New World Rose Sparkling Champagne Brut Sparkling Brut Under $20 Sparkling Rose Brut Cava/Prosecco
Before Hours
Wednesday, June 15, 7:30 AM Elizabeths Caf $5 for Members & $10 for Guests
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the worlds largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. Founded in 1949, they are relentless in pursuit of their mission: cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. The need is critical: An estimated 957,902 people in the United States are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia, Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma or myeloma. Every four minutes, someone new is diagnosed with blood cancer. Every 10 minutes, someone dies.
After Hours
Wednesday, June 29, 5:30 PM Sawgrass Beach Club $5 for Members & $10 for Guests
Sawgrass Country Club is a private oceanfront, member-owned Club located in Ponte Vedra Beach. Sawgrass Country Club is best known for hosting The Players Championship of the PGA Tour from 1977 to 1981 and The Lipton World Doubles Championships of the ATP Tour in the early 80s. Today the Club features 27 holes of tour-proven golf, 13 HarTru tennis courts, fitness center, and an oceanfront beach club with two pools, indoor dining with entertainment three nights per week and outdoor oasis bar and dining. Join us for a fun evening to see what a great facility we have.
Meritage Red- New World Bordeaux Style Dessert Wine - Southern Hemisphere Moscato DAsti Meritage Red- New World Bordeaux Style Non-Fortified Dessert - California
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Ginger Lilley Peace, PVBC Executive Director; Natalie Dunlap, Owner Media Mix and Felicia Cox of Florida Bank, PVBC President.
PV Wellness Center Staff: Lindsay Brandenburg, Kelly Downs, Viana Cortez & Dr. Erika Hamer.
Jennifer Foreman of SunTrust Bank sells Alex Quijano of Art & Alex Photography tickets.
Ginger Lilley Peace and Hits Unlimited Tatyana Brewer of Costco, Sandra Ingram of Florida Bank, Lisa Fitzburg and Rosa Smith also of Costco. Owner, Lisa Fitzburg.
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Chairman Lindsey Godfrey ~ Ponte Vedra Beach Realty Bob Baer ~ Robert Baer Co. April Biller ~ Hampton Inn Brian Crooke ~ BB & T Jennifer Foreman ~ SunTrust Bank Russ Martin ~ Shorelines Lane Mathews ~ THE PLAYERS Championship
285-6522 386-1484 373-3111 280-9390 273-2246 366-6317 543-5114 221-2605 9973051 610-3074 543-9622
Meet An Ambassador
Bob Baer was born in Chicago, and grew up in Mt. Vernon, New York. He has a BA from Champlain College and a MS in Advertising and Marketing from The Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. Bob started in sales in 1940 selling The Saturday Evening Post winning a hunting knife in a sales contest. After selling advertising space for trade publishers in New York, he started his publishers representative firm in 1968. Some sixty years after beginning his career, Bob is still is hard at work serving as the United State advertising representative for publications in London and Singapore. In his spare time, he volunteers at The Mayo Clinic. If you know Bob, you also know he is very lucky having won many 50/50 drawing and prizes since he has been in the Chamber..
Ed Mercel ~ Queen's Harbour Real Estate Co. Kristin Pirris ~ Pirris Insurance & Financial Services Heather Senterfitt ~ First Coast Focus Jonathan Sterling ~ Winston Family YMCA
advance; place periodic orders so they consider you an active customer; identify suppliers you could use to provide supplies at a recovery location. And consider requiring (or at least encouraging) your suppliers to have business continuity plans. Wait to the last minute to do this and you will be caught short.
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Chamber Clips
Pineapple Post was nominated for the small business retailer of the year to the Florida Retail Federation.
Ashford Court at Marsh Landing was audited by The State of Floridas Agency for Health Care Administration on June 2, 2011 and was found to be 100% deficiency free. Assisted Living residences are run under strict guidelines mandated by The State of Florida and must be audited annually to receive updated licensure. Ashford Court, located at 1700 The Greens Way in Jacksonville Beach, FL, has applied for a license for 110 residents. Currently the license limits their occupancy to 105 residents. The increase will allow for more couples to move into assisted Swim lessons for youth. Lessons starting from the living apartments. Ashford Court has 20 apartments in age of 6 months old to 12 years old. Group lessons or their secure memory care community called The Village. private lessons available. The other 81 apartments ranging from studio size to 2 bedrooms, are for seniors who wish to enjoy maintaining Summer Camp and Teen Summer Camp now as much independence as they can with a safety net of 24 registering! We are offering 10 weeks of summer hour on site care management, three chef prepared meals camp here at the Y. Enjoy a fun filled, themed week daily, medication management, housekeeping, laundry or entire summers worth of camp. Each week your service, transportation to doctors appointments, child will receive a field trip, games, activities, excursions to restaurants and activities and entertainment. swimming lessons* and memories to last a life time! For more information and a tour of the community, please Camps are 5 days a week, 7am-6pm call Tracy Deken, Director of Marketing at 904-285-8827.
Summer Programs
Summer Sports Camp sign up! We are offering 10 weeks of sports camps: Lacrosse, Basketball, Cheerleading, T Ball, Soccer, Tennis, Flag Football, Multi-sports. Camps are 5 days a week, 9am-12pm
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Earl Eye, CEO and CMO of Cenegenics AgeManagement Medicine, was asked to write an article on ways to reduce stress for the small business owner. The article will be featured in the upcoming issue of Access Magazine due out this week.
Original Piece would like to announce the Jacksonville Beach store opening centered around the concept "Flirty Fashion, Fun Prices."
AdLib Luxury Tours is now offering a Downtown Jacksonville walking tour every Tuesday at 10 am that includes seeing the secret underground tunnels. Call 904-827-1845 for more information.
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Chamber Clips
An outstanding Chamber member has volunteered to instruct Miss Ponte Vedra Beach, Sarah Souza, in the fundamentals of golf. He needs our support as Sarah is not sure of which end of the golf club to hold! David J. Vigil, CIMA, CFP, of Morgan Stanley Smith Barneys Ponte Vedra Beach, FL office was one of nearly 300 financial advisors, out of more than 17,000 firm-wide, who qualified and attended the prestigious Consulting Group University Graduate School in 2011. This extensive training program is offered by Morgan Stanley Smith Barneys Consulting Group, an industry leader in managed money services, to provide an advanced educational platform for Financial Advisors who specialize in investment management consulting services. During the three-day session held in late March, more than 50 of the nations finest financial educators, investment research analysts and financial executives provided more than 30 academic sessions on key investment topics. Presenters included Dr. Richard Marston and Dr. Jeremy Siegel from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Geoff Colvin from Fortune magazine and Drs.Tobias Moskowitz and Marvin Zonis from the University of Chicago. Financial and investment topics addressed included asset allocation, the global economic outlook, alternative investments, portfolio construction, investment performance analysis, behavioral finance and market volatility. David joined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in 2008 as a Financial Advisor, and is a seven year veteran of the financial services industry. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting at Central Washington University and holds the following designations; CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER PRACTITIONER (CFP), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA) and Accredited Investment Fiduciary AIF designation, Fi360. David can be reached at 904-543-7825. Spa Laterra Gives Back to the World Golf Village Community Spa Laterra re-opened last fall under the leadership of celebrity stylist Juanita Wright. The luxurious and personalized services offered at this world class destination day spa including premier facials, massages, body wraps, scrubs, nail services and customized treatments specifically designed for golfers. What may not be so well known are the outstanding contributions Juanita and her team have provided to the community behind the scenes. Juanita has introduced an exciting quarterly wellness program for the WGV residents. The spa's first program, 'Meet the Experts,' was held in March and provided an opportunity for guests to meet one-on-one with many local Northeast Florida physicians and wellness professionals. More recently, on May 24th, Spa Laterra hosted 'An Evening with Dr. Deirdre Leake' at the beautiful Laterra Links clubhouse facility. At this, each attendee was offered a complimentary, private consultation with this renowned facial plastic surgeon and owner of the Facial Rejuvenation Centre in St.