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NEW MEMBERS Glass Installation / Products A-1 Safari Glass, Inc. Joanne Schock 415 E. Main St. Bartow, FL 33830 (863) 519-3550 www.a1safariglass.com Property Management Hunter Property Management Steve and Denise Hunter 365 E Main Street Bartow, FL 33830 863-500-0969 Convenience Store/Gas Station Pilot Travel Center Ronnie Donahue 7990 State Road 60 E Bartow, FL 33830 www.pilotflyingj.com Advertising - Specialty The Trinket Lady Advertising, LLC Donna Pearce, CAS 2025 Sylvester Road, Unit AA5 Lakeland, FL 33803 863-934-1376 www.trinketlady.com MEMBERSHIP MILESTONES 25 Years MOSAIC Polk Power, LLP 15 Years Bartow Soccer Club 10 Years Dixie Signs, Inc. 5 Years Palmer Insurance Agency, Inc. KMR Concrete, Inc. Florida Polytechnic University Steve and Sandy Earley HELLO BARTOW! MEMBERS PARTICIPATE FOR FREE ROI ALERT TO ALL MEMBERS! We've established a new perk to your membership. Now, as a member of the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, you may include a promotional item for your business in the HELLO BARTOW! welcome baskets for new residents. PARTICIPATION IS FREE OF CHARGE! If you are interested, contact the Chamber, (863) 533-7125. CLOSED FB GROUP FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS Now, get even more connected with your fellow Chamber members: Share good ideas and advice Share road blocks you've encountered Canvas fellow business members Offer member-to-member discounts and services The Bartow Chamber is excited to now provide you, our members, with the opportunity to connect with your fellow Chamber members in a digital format through our closed Bartow Chamber Member Connection Facebook Group. This group is open exclusively to MEMBERS of the Bartow Chamber of Commerce and is a space to share information and connect. We know we have a diverse group of professionals and organizations and we want you to get to know one another! To join the group click here and answer the three simple questions. We look forward to connecting soon! BUSINESS OF THE MONTH Interested in becoming a BUSINESS OF THE MONTH? Call Kathryn, 863-533-7125, or email her here. Business of Month Over $1,500 in advertising for $350! The featured Business of the Month for the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce is a promotional opportunity available to all Chamber members. This program provides additional marketing and exposure for your organization through a variety of channels. Those channels include: CAPITAL CITY MAGAZINE 1/3 PAGE AD - $540 VALUE Your business will receive a free third page ad in the Chamber’s quarterly publication, CAPITAL CITY QUARTERLY, featuring you as business of the month. CAPITAL CITY QUARTERLY has a readership of 40,000 with circulation to homes and businesses throughout Southwest Polk County. SOCIAL MEDIA - $250 VALUE Your business will receive weekly shout-outs via the Chamber’s various media sites, the Greater Bartow Chamber Facebook page and Capital City Today Facebook page, with an audience of more than 1,100. You will also receive a targeted, boosted post to reach up to 5,000 viewers. CHAMBER WEEKLY NEWSLETTER - $500 VALUE Your business will be the featured business of the month in our Chamber Weekly Newsletter distributed to more than 1,000 emails weekly. RADIO - $250 VALUE You will receive periodic shout-outs throughout the month as the Chamber’s featured business on WBF FM 102.9 & AM 1130. Provide a short, one sentence description to help listeners learn more about your business. STORE DISPLAY The Chamber will provide you with its Business of the Month store display to keep in your lobby or office to designate you as the Chamber’s Business of the Month. WANT US TO TEXT YOU ABOUT EVENTS? Free TEXT ME! Chamber Members: We are offering a new feature of your membership, absolutely free to you! If you would like to get a text message about upcoming events, call or email Kathryn Bevilacqua-Ely today! kathryn@bartowchamber.com or 863-533-7125. SEE US HERE! CHAMBER QUARTERLY HAS 40K READERSHIP Reserve your space now in the Winter Chamber Quarterly Magazine and hand your business card out to more than 40,000 readers for only $85 per issue. Call Kathryn at 863-533-7125 for more information; or email her at kathryn@bartowchamber.com JOIN ENGAGE & GET A COOL CUP! Want this cool cup? It can be yours, simply by joining ENGAGE Young Professionals. Here's the link to learn about ENGAGE and to join. ENGAGE - become the Leader you were meant to be! Sign up today. 2018 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Emily Spath Clark, President Spath Jewelers Phil Minden, Incoming President BayCare Bartow Regional Medical Center Clint Edwards, Immediate Past President CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE LIST SUPPORT OUR NEWSLETTER SPONSORS! WANT YOUR COMPANY LISTED HERE? Contact Kathryn at the Chamber MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY Want to find a retail or service business? Click here.	REGISTER TO ATTEND CHAMPIONS CUP! REGISTER TO ATTEND OR SPONSOR A TABLE OF 8 HERE. THERE'S ART IN BartOW! Abraham "People's Choice" and Sheriff Grady Judd Favorite. — with Constantino Napoleón Burciaga. *Inaugural "Chalk Walk" in the Park was Amazing!* *“Chalk Walk” in the Park, presented by Frost Van den Boom, PA, was Polk County’s first professional chalk art event; and it was an amazing two days of art gone amuck in Polk County's Capital City, Bartow. Patel, Greene & Associates, PLLC, The Ledger Media Group and Hall Communications also helped bring the new arts event to the main crossroads in central Bartow - at Fort Blount Park, last weekend. Professional performance chalk artists who came from as far away as Georgia, Virginia, Indiana and Mexico made use of Bartow's sidewalks and created some of the most mind-blowing masterpieces you may have ever seen drawn on concrete. The woman behind the movement of having chalk masterpieces brought to life in Bartow is Bartow City Commissioner Trish Pfeiffer, an artist and lifelong supporter of the arts. First bringing the idea up to Main Street Bartow several years ago, Pfeiffer worked hard to make her dream realized. Thousands of visitors garnered the rewards of her hard work, and the hard work of Main Street Bartow, and the Bartow Art Guild. Fort Blount Park last weekend was a place you and your family could view a unique art form, and your kids were encouraged to participate by drawing their own masterpieces. The creative atmosphere of art brings out the best in all of us, Pfeiffer remarked. And if you hurry, you can still catch it before the rain arrives! Chamber President Emily Spath Clark tries out the 3D art by Jennifer Chaparro.* Read More THANKS TO OUR GOLF SPONSORS! Golf Photos Here! FREE LUNCH AND LEARN COMING UP OCT. 24 SIGN UP TODAY AT THIS LINK ! A-C-T CHILI COOKOFF! It's time for A-C-T's 9th Annual Chili Cook Off to benefit the United Way of Central Florida!! Enter your own awesome Chili to see if you can earn this year's bragging rights! ALL you can eat chili and fixin's for $10. Every dollar raised goes to United Way of Central Florida. Stop by, eat some great chili and say hi! #ACTChili Ready to enter your chili or need more information? Call 863-533-2000 x 603 or email Chili2@A-C-T.com. Sponsorship Opportunities Available! Purchase tickets, become a sponsor or make a donation here: https://uwcf.org/chili/ ENTRY FORM HERE. CHAMBER EVENTS (All meetings are in the Chamber Boardroom unless otherwise noted.) Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 7:30 a.m. Professional Development Academy Polk State College Clear Springs Campus Thursday, October 11, 2018 LEADERSHIP BARTOW CULTURAL ARTS DAY Friday, October 12, 2018, 9:00-3:30 p.m. LEADERCAST WOMEN Polk State College Center for Public Safety Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 13, 14 TOUGH MUDDERS Clear Springs Property Tuesday, October 16, 2018, 3:45, 4:00 p.m. EXEC. / BOARD OF DIRECTORS Wednesday, October 17, 2018, noon Community Relations Committee: Speak Up and Speak Out: Poetry Through Diversity Bartow Civic Center. Tickets, $12 at the door. Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 1:30 p.m. DIPLOMAT BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR SARA, CAROLYN, TOMMIE, MARIETTA, SALLY, SHERRY! Thursday, October 18, 5:30 p.m. BEDC CHAMPIONS CUP AND SPIRIT OF BARTOW AWARDS Bartow Civic Center Monday, October 22, POLK VISION WORKSHOP: FINDING YOUR FUTURE WORKFORCE Join the Conversation over Lunch United Way of Central Florida 5605 US 98, Lakeland 33812 Wednesday, October 24, 11:30 a.m. 1/2 Cent Sales Tax LUNCH & LEARN AT A-C-T Thursday, October 25, 4:00 p.m. CRICKETTE CLUB FALL PARADE AND CARNIVAL Parade begins at 4 p.m. and ends at Mosaic Park for the carnival! Tuesday, October 30, 5:30 p.m. COMMUTER SERVICES' MOBILITY DAY AT FDOT Wear your Halloween Costumes! Bicycle Ride on Fort Frasier Trail LAST PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CLASS There is just one class left in the 2018 Professional Development Academy! Sign up now for Employing the Law with J. Lenora Bresler. Do you know if your decisions hold legal implications for your organization? In this session you will focus on how to manage in legally responsible manner. Sign up now: http://bit.ly/2Cil4sK FREE for members of the Bartow Chamber or $29/class for non-members. October 10 - 7:30am - 9:30am Polk State Clear Springs Advanced Technology Center 310 Technology Drive Bartow, FL 33830 Contact Kathryn with any questions, 863-533-7125. MEMBER MICRONEWS read more... POLK VISION WORKSHOP: WORKFORCE REGISTER HERE! POLK COUNTY MOBILITY DAY COMING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, FDOT 5:30 -7:30 p.m. WEAR YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME!
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