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.
5 Years
Baker's Painting
Baylis & Company, PA, CPA's
Curly Tails BBQ
Flower Cart of Bartow
Geneva Classical Academy
Party People Events
S & L Restaurant
Tom's Chicken Shack
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.
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.
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
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Emily Spath Clark, President Spath Jewelers Phil Minden, Incoming President BayCare Bartow Regional Medical Center Clint Edwards, Immediate Past President
Bartow Civic Center
This year's program will once again be a collaborative event of the three young professional groups in Polk County and their host Chambers - Bartow, Lakeland and Winter Haven. Reserve your seat here.
POLK POLITICS
More than 300 attend Polk Politics
Last week, more than 300 came to the Bartow Civic Center to meet their candidates. Straw poll results are listed on the Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce FB page. Thanks to all of our volunteers, sponsors (including our presenting sponsor, A-C-T Environmental and Infrastructure), for making the Rally a huge success.
DIVERSITY LUNCHEON COMING UP!
GUEST SPEAKER IS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JACKIE BYRD
September 19, 2018, Noon
Bartow Civic Center
TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT THE CHAMBER, or go online at here.
CHAMBER EVENTS
(All meetings are in the Chamber Boardroom unless otherwise noted.)
Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 3:45 p.m., 4:00 p.m.
EXEC/BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE
City Commission Meeting Room
Friday, August 24, 2018, 10:00 a.m.
Lakeland Volunteers In Medicine Groundbreaking
Corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Kathleen Road, Lakeland
Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
SOUTHERN HOMES GROUNDBREAKING
on Kissingen Avenue
Thursday, August 30, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
EMERGING LEADERS AWARDS
Bartow Civic Center
Tuesday, September 4, 2018, Noon
AMBASSADORS / DELEGATES
Thursday, Friday, September 13, 14, 2018
LEADERSHIP BARTOW XVIII RETREAT
PalletOne, Inc.
6001 Foxtrot Avenue, Bartow
Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 3:45 p.m./4:00 p.m.
EXEC / BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Wednesday, September 19, 2018, Noon
DIVERSITY LUNCHEON JOINT CIVIC CLUB MEETING
featuring guest speaker: JACKIE BYRD
Bartow Civic Center
Thursday, September 20, 2018, 5:00 p.m.
BARTOW FORD FUN THURSDAY
2800 US 98 North, Bartow
Friday, September 21, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
FRIDAY FEST
Downtown Bartow
NEW MEMBERS
Restaurant Waffle House
Todd Ballard
1530 N Broadway Ave
Bartow, FL 33830
Hair Salon Studio M Salon of Bartow
Mychele Jenkins
445 E Main Street
Bartow, FL 33830
863-533-0942
Event Venue The Club at Idlewood
Jason Avey
150 North Idlewood Avenue
Bartow, FL 33830
863-800-3518 www.theclubatidlewood.net
Insurance Wagner Bonding
Dan Wagner
4879 Island Shores Lane
Lakeland, FL 33809
863-660-8236
Sports Bar The Wine Stable
Fred Martin and Donna Higgins
150 S. Broadway Ave.
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 232-2785 Facebook Page Here.
Glass Installation / Products A-1 Safari Glass, Inc.
Joanne Schock
415 E. Main St.
Bartow, FL 33830
(863) 519-3550 www.a1safariglass.com
LEADERCAST WOMEN COMING UP!
Did you know that currently, women hold less than 4-percent of CEO positions worldwide?
Studies show this leaves organizations at a disadvantage, as businesses are more effective when both men & women have an equal leadership voice.
And while the core values & behaviors of great leaders are certainly not gender-specific, it’s a fact that women often face unique life decisions and organizational challenges.
We invite women and men both to join us at the Leadercast Women Central Florida host site to be inspired and transformed by the exceptional women sharing their insights, experience and perspectives on how to be the best leader you can be.
Polk State College Center for Public Safety
1251 Jim Keene Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33880
NEW CLOSED FB GROUP FOR CHAMBER MEMBERS ONLY!
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!
PDA SIGNUPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES: Leadership In The Workplace
AT POLK STATE COLLEGE - CLEAR SPRINGS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER
NEW CLASSES FOR 2018. More than 100 have earned a Professional Development Academy certificate since it began in 2016!
As a member, you and your employees are eligible to participate in a professional development series: LEADERSHIP IN THE WORKPLACE. Successful professionals continually strive to learn. Expanding skill sets and knowledge enables individuals to transcend their careers. The Greater Bartow Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Polk State College, announces the launch of the 2018 Greater Bartow Chamber Professional Development Academy (PDA). This program provides skills for business, organization, and personal growth and improvement through a variety of educational and training opportunities. Receive your PDA certificate by attending a minimum of four of the seven classes. Cost for the academy classes are covered in your Chamber membership investment. If you are an employee of a Chamber member business, you are entitled to attend any of the classes at no cost. If you are not employed by a Chamber member business, the classes are $29 per class.
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:
