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.

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!

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.

 

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.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Emily Spath Clark, President
   Spath Jewelers
Phil Minden, Incoming President
  BayCare Bartow Regional Medical Center
Clint Edwards, Immediate Past President
 

Want to find a retail or service business? Click here.

Florence, Italy Street Painter – photo by Trish Pfeiffer      

Award winning Main Street Bartow, Inc., is excited to announce an artsy new event for downtown Bartow.
 
 “Chalk Walk” in the Park, presented by Frost Van den Boom, PA, is Polk County’s first professional chalk art event; and it's taking place right here in Polk County's Capital City, Bartow. 
 
Additional sponsors, Patel, Greene & Associates, PLLC, The Ledger Media Group and Hall Communications have helped set the stage for the new arts event happening at the main crossroads in central Bartow - at Ft. Blount Park, 100 W. Main Street, on October 6th and 7th, 2018, Saturday and Sunday 10 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

As far back as mankind's history, there have been paintings on cave walls and even floors of caves.

But the fascinating art form of using impermanent materials and semi-permanent materials such as chalk, supposedly were made popular by Italian artists from the 16th Century, historically first rendering “Madonna” as the first pavement performance art.
 
A new generation of street painters sprang up, and they traveled from city to city, and festival to festival, creating chalk artwork that would last no longer than the handful of days required to create them.
 
Today, 20 professional performance chalk artists scheduled for Bartow’s Chalk Walk, (and some who are coming from as far away as Georgia, Virginia, Indiana and Mexico), will be  extended hometown hospitality as they make use of Bartow's sidewalks as canvases.
 
"Our sidewalks at Fort Blount will come alive with color, energy and vibrancy with this unique art form that is becoming very popular for artists, and art lovers alike," said Trish Pfeiffer, one of the organizers for the two-day event. Ms. Pfeiffer has worked with Main Street Bartow, Inc. to bring the Chalk Walk to downtown Bartow.
 
Swan Brewing of Lakeland will be contributing to the “Beer Garden” to refresh the crowds with their popular craft brews. “Great beer deserves an enjoyable atmosphere,” Ms. Pfeiffer said. “We look forward to Swan Brewing enhancing our creative atmosphere here at the Bartow Chalk Walk.”

Much thanks to Bartow Ford for the wonderful tailgate party with lots of door prizes, great music, and we even got to meet Tampa Bay Bucs linebacker, Kwon Alexander! This event just keeps getting better and better every year.

https://www.chamberorganizer.com/members/evr/reg_event.php?orgcode=BART&evid=39367631
REGISTER YOUR SPONSORSHIP HERE!

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.

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October 12, 2018, 8:00AM – 3:30PM

Polk State College Center for Public Safety
1251 Jim Keene Blvd, Winter Haven, FL 33880

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

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/

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.