 September 2010 Baker Bulletin | |
Calendar Events
Grand Slam Barber Shop Ribbon Cutting 09/15/2010 Business Social 2010 Annual Banquet Metabolic Research Center Ribbon Cutting 30th Annual BanquetIt's time for the event of the year! Our annual banquet, and this year is our 30th anniversary. Woo hoo! 30 years the Chamber of Commerce has been serving this community. Hats off to the handful of people that had the insight to get the ball rolling and form a chamber of commerce in this community. We would like to honor those people at our banquet. All of the names that we are aware of have been sent an invitation. If you know any individuals that were instrumental in getting the Chamber started, please encourage them to call us.
Our guest speaker will be Rod Smith, former State's Attorney for the 8th Judicial Circuit and Democratic nominee for Lt. Governor. If you have never attended the annual banquet, please plan to join us.
| Buttons & Zippers' Celebrated Year Anniversary Buttons & Zippers' celebrated their first anniversary on Saturday, August 14 with a very successful day. If you missed it, you really missed an awesome sale. Lisa Milton is the owner, and Lisa is particular about what she stocks. She has a very good line of mostly name brand "gently, used clothing". Buttons & Zippers is open Monday - Saturday 9:00 am-5:30 pm. They would love to see you! Florida Gateway College - Olustee FGC held a ribbon cutting at the Olustee facility to officially change the name from LCCC to Florida Gateway College on Wednesday, August 18 at 3:30 in the afternoon. The event was well attended by Chamber board members, local law enforcement and employees of the college. New Member - Baker County Teen Court One of our newest members to the Chamber is Baker County Teen Court. The Teen Court started in 2004 with Ryan Brannen as the Executive Director. Teen Court serves at-risk youth in Baker and Bradford Counties. Ryan graduated from Baker County High School and is very active in community activities, such as Board of Directors of Baker County Fair Association, chairman of the Rodeo Committee for the Fair, chairman of Baker County's Juvenile Justice Council, etc. Ryan enjoys hunting, sporting events and traveling. He and his wife Sandi are currently hosting an exchange student from Norway. Member Network* The new face at Edward Jones Investments is Mike Davis. Drop by and introduce yourself to Mike.
* Congratulations to Ray Daugherty Land Surveyors on celebrating 18 years in business.
* Kudos to Scaff's Inc. on the grand opening of another new store in Ellisville.
* The local YMCA has a new director, Fred Cole. Make Fred feel at home in Baker County. MEET YOUR DIRECTORS - BOBBY STEELEBobby Steele, general manager at Wal-Mart DC is currently vice-president of the Chamber's Board of Directors. Bobby has over 30 years experiece working in supply chain management, including his 15 years with Wal-Mart. He has an extensive background in leading large supply chain re-engineering and transformation programs, has a deep expertise in supply chain strategy, procurement, inventory management, operations, warehousing and transport. Bobby is on the Task Force and is very active with the Employ Florida Banner Center for Logistics and Distribution. His experience is a strong contribution to the Banner Center and roadmapping education for worker's of the next generation. He also serves on various local boards and committees, including the Baker County School Foundation Board, YMCA Board and the Advisory Board for DOT. Bobby and Deborah have been married for 29 years and have two children, Ashley and Robert, Jr. |
| Chamber Newsletter - September 2010 | |
