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Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce 2011-2012 Board of Directors Danny Adams Holiday Inn 12341 Middle Gulf Dr. Sanibel, FL 33957 danny.adams@att.net
Richard Johnson – Past-Chair Bailey’s General Store 2477 Periwinkle Way Sanibel, FL 33957 baileysgeneral@baileys-sanibel.com
Mark Anderson Benchmark General Contractors 16836 McGregor Blvd Fort Myers, FL 33908 manderson@benchmark-gc.com
Ken Kouril The Sanctuary Golf Club 2801 Wulfert Road Sanibel, FL 33957 kkouril@sanctuarygc.net
Doug Babcock Tween Waters Inn P.O. Box 249 Captiva, FL 33924 dougbabcock22@gmail.com
Michael Miller – Chair-Elect Michael P. Miller CPA, P.L. 24011 Via Castella Drive, Suite 2201 Bonita Springs, FL 34134 Mpmillercpacam@comcast.net
Mark Blust Timbers Restaurant 703 Tarpon Bay Road Sanibel, FL 33957 mblust@prawnbroker.com Blanaid Colley Hillgate Communications 2451 Periwinkle Way Sanibel, FL 33957 Blanaid@hillgate.biz Dru Anne Doyle Sanibel, FL 33957 drudoyle@mindspring.com
Chris Pendleton Edison & Ford Winter Estates P.O. Box 2368 Fort Myers, FL 33902 cpendleton@efwefla.org
Lee Ellen Harder - Secretary BIG ARTS 900 Dunlop Sanibel, FL 33957 lharder@bigarts.org
Fran Peters Island Vacations of Sanibel & Captiva, Inc. 1101 Periwinkle Way Suite 108 Sanibel, FL 33957 fran@sanibelislandvacations.com
Barb Harrington – Chair RLR Investments, LLC 2340 Periwinkle Way, Suite K Sanibel, FL 33957 barb.harrington@RLRLLC.com
Jeff Shuff - Treasurer Tween Waters Inn P.O. Box 249 Captiva, FL 33924 jshuff@tween-waters.com
Chris Heidrick Heidrick & Company P.O. Box 59 Sanibel, FL 33957 chris@sanibelinsurance.com
Ric Base President 1159 Causeway Road Sanibel, Florida 33957 ric@sanibel-captiva.org
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Robert Monk Murty & Monk, P.A. 1633 Periwinkle Way Suite A Sanibel, FL 33957 rmonk@murtymonk.com
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EDITOR & DESIGNBridgit Stone-Budd LAYOUT & GRAPHICS Lorraine Milano
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Cover idea: Dan Budd, my muse. (The original idea of “Occupy Sanibel” proved a bit too political.) Luv-In Photographer: Jeremy Kane, Hillgate Communications Hippie Models: Denise McKee, L3 Beach Photo • Katherine Polk, Royal Shell Real Estate Dan Budd, Wildseed Construction • Joan Sherman, Hostess With The Mostest. Again. Sheryl Tatum, The Sanctuary Golf Club • Carol Orr Hartman, Carol Orr Hartman Fine Art Photography Dave Horton, Cartoonist/Hortoon! • Daniel Smock, South Seas Island Resort Hippie Beatle Bug: Joan Sherman • Hippie Frogs: Marcia Kimball, Giggles www.Sanibel-Captiva.org
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Barb’s Blog 2012 is going to be a special year for many reasons. Arthur Frommer has named Sanibel Island 2012’s number one vacation destination in the world. He ranked us ahead of Bali & Paris; two world class destinations. To those of us who live and work here and love the islands this is quite a thrill and should provide our entire community a richly deserved boost, not to mention worldwide attention. We’re pleased that Mr. Frommer shares the love we have for our beautiful sanctuary islands. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce. Legend has it that Francis Bailey and other island businessmen gathered together one Sunday morning in the 1950’s on a wood pile down by the ferry landing. There were three businessmen from Captiva, three from Sanibel and one whose business was located at Blind-Pass. They joined together to form the Sanibel-Captiva Business Association. In 1962 this group became the SanibelCaptiva Chamber of Commerce. As Francis put it, they were not just concerned about business on the island but also about protecting the quality of island life. One of the accomplishments he is most proud of is their ability to keep high rise buildings off the islands. Today’s chamber carries the same philosophy of working for the businesses yet insuring that the quality of life on the island retains its ties to the natural environment. The 50th Anniversary Celebration will be held at The Chamber on February 20th at 5:30. All members are invited to attend and view the history of this world class destination we are privileged to call home.
Barb Harrington - Chairperson Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of Commerce
THOUSANDS of Individuals Visiting the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce Visitors’ Center THOUSANDS of Incoming Telephone Calls to the Chamber 3 THOUSANDS of visits to our web site (based on Google Analytics) 4 Transition to Google Analytics in 2007 1 2
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C H A M B E R Our Annual Tree Trimming Party!
Chamber Business Luncheon at The Sanctuary Golf Club with the BIG ARTS Herb Strauss Theater
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C H A M B E R After Hours at the Dunes Neighborhood Grill
Our Annual Staff & Volunteer Holiday Party at The Bistro at Beachview
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Ron Base Enterprise, Inc. RonBase.com BaseRon.2001@yahoo.com
Wedding Vows by Earth-Air-Sea FloridaWeddingVows.com FloridaWeddingVows@ gmail.com
LeAne Suarez, Broker Associate Premier/Sotheby’s International Realty windowtocaptiva.com
Pandora’s Box Karin Leonardi, Owner Tahitian Gardens, Sanibel 239-472-6263
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8664myvacation.com/resorts/san/index.html Jan.samson@vriresorts.com
1244 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel ilcielosanibel.com 239-472-5555
Rock Bottom Industries Kyle Waltemyer, Scuba Instructor Serving Sanibel & Captiva Islands 239-850-2758
Jackie Ely, Owner
1528 Periwinkle Way, Sanibel 239-472-8686 schnappershotssanibel.com
Daniel Knorr, President TropicalSeas.com CustomerService@TropicalSeas.com
Barrett Anding
1100 Par View Drive, Sanibel thebistroatbeachview.com 239-472-4394
Port Sanibel Marina Charles Heath portsanibelmarina.com 239-437-1660
Jason Lamanna, Proprietor Serving Sanibel & Captiva sanibelneighborsclub.com (239) 395-6782
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Florida Car Services, LLC Sergio Pranzo, Proprietor florida-car-services.com (239) 738-8645
Lisa Armstrong, Sales & Marketing Serving Sanibel & Captiva seniorbridge.net (239) 561-7100
17650 San Carlos Blvd, Fort Myers sandybutler.com (239) 482-6765
Resort Harbour Properties Angelo Celmo, Sales resortharbourproperties.com (239) 590-9127
Optical Department Victoria Martin, Optical Team Leader 15880 San Carlos Blvd. (Inside Target) (239) 985-1422
Serving Sanibel & Captiva Islands (239) 472-0650
The Sanibel School Fund Paige Babcock, Director 315-573-4459
Island Grooming, LLC Angi Goodhand, Groomer 695 Tarpon Bay Road in The Promenade (239) 472-7297 IslandGrooming.com
No No See Um Repellant Caroline Semerjian 872-216-2847 NoNoSeeUms.com
KOR Island Provisions Kathryn Craig, Proprietor 2467 Periwinkle Way Sanibel FL 33957 (239) 233-7060
The Sanibel Sprout Periwinkle Way Consignment Nikki & Edith Rood, Proprietors Paul Cook, Proprietor 2431 Periwinkle Way - Sanibel Island 2330 Palm Ridge Road, Sanibel Island 239-472-4499 (239) 472-5222 TheSanibelSprout.com SanibelAuction.com
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