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The Battle Lines are Being Drawn - Is Your Team Ready? Get ready for some healthy business competition between members to kick off Saturday's Spring Fling festivities. Get your team of 6 ready to compete against other members for your chance to win the coveted Brunsco Battlefield Trophy.
Lobby Display of YOUR Marketing Materials is a Member Only Benefit! The Chamber office lobby provides your biz with a forum to display business cards, flyers, marketing materials and promotional products. If you don't have materials in our lobby, you are missing out on a major member benefit. Make sure you are taking advantage of ALL your benefits...
Supporting and encouraging our young entrepreneurs today to help build our business community in the future. Join us on August 25th
Host a great event to increase revenue. Read for 8 steps to get the most out of your event With Springtime around the corner, now is a good time to be thinking about hosting an event for your business. People are ready to get out and about, mingle and mix. Check out this article for how you can provide the best event experience to bring in customers and increase your revenue.
to browse and shop with our 30+ kid vendors. Kids ages 5 to 18 will create, brand, market and sell their products and services to the public for 3 hours in Calabash. Want to sponsor a kidpreneur? Contact the Chamber to find out more.
TUNE IN & TURN IT UP!
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Being Brunswick gives a behind the scenes look at our local business community and the jobs they do everyday. Messy, difficult, entertaining or creative, Being Brunswick covers it all. Each month features different businesses with host Shannon Viera documenting it all the way.
Featured March Business: Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce 2018 is going to be a GREAT Year!
The Chamber Chicks bring the fun every month..... whether it's singing about the next upcoming event or sharing what's new at the chamber, they sing it in style (or at least they try to!)
Check out the latest carpool karaoke with several members of the Women in Business Committee!
Zoom in and take a more personal peek at some of our Members. Connecting our members with the community from a new view, Zoom will allow you to see your fellow Chamber Member in a whole new light.
Zoom in on A+ Pro Services: Watch Sheila Smeltzer "Beast the Ladder" and then click on over to read all about her "Adventures in Window Washing"
TAKING CENTER STAGE
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Milligan Power & Lawn Equipment, LLC When did you open? There's no short answer to "when did we open?" because it was a totally different store then... Paul Sr. & Lynn opened our store opened in 1983, as Milligan's Sharpening Shop. They mainly sharpened blades, knives, handtools, & scissors (people still come in, 35 years later, and ask for shears sharpened). People started asking them to do minor repairs on the mowers and chainsaws "while they had them for sharpening", so they did a correspondence course in small engine repair and added more services. Eventually, they became a mower dealership, offering sales/service/warranty/parts. We added the line of ATVs and UTVs to meet the needs of hunters & farmers in 2005, then in response to constant requests we added Toro Dingo utility loaders and equipment rental soon after. We started stocking a full line of lightweight battery-powered equipment in the last few years. We hope to continue growing to meet the constantly changing needs of Brunswick County in the future.
What should people know about your business? That we are literally family owned and operated - Paul Jr is the Store Manager, his brother Josh is the Parts Manager, I cover the sales floor and Josh's wife Rachael works in accounting. We are committed to staying closed weekends; Saturday is for family, Sunday for worship. We do offer after-hours pickup/delivery/drop-off, and weekend appointments for rental and credit processing. All 3 of our major product lines (Toro, Stihl, Arctic Cat/Textron Off Road) have major American manufacturing plants, and we strongly believe in buying local.
CHAMBER IN PICTURES
Go-Pro Tax & Accounting
District Office for Rep. Frank Iler
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Coastal Cosmetic Family Dentistry
Ambassadors are the liaisons between the Chamber and Brunswick County. Ambassadors welcome new businesses in the area, provide information on becoming a chamber member and check in with current members on an ongoing basis. These volunteers are an extension of the Chamber staff, supporting new and renewing members through active participation in the community. They are respected business professionals who champion the Chamber each and every day. Each month, we recognize an Ambassador who has shown unwavering support for our business community and the Chamber.
You are invited! Open Ambassador Meeting Learn about the program! March 14th - 3:30 PMÂ
To find out more about these or any other services, programs or events, contact the Chamber at 910-754-6644
THANK YOU MEMBERS!
American Cancer Society, Inc. Brunswick Berries and Produce, LLC Koolabrew LandCare
WOMEN IN BUSINESS PROGRAM SPONSOR: Arbor Landing @ Ocean Isle
Workshop: Put Yourself First WORKSHOP SPONSORS: Arbor Landing @ Ocean Isle First Citizens Bank Novant Health
Wine, Women & Chocolate EVENT SPONSORS: Arbor Landing @ Ocean Isle Coastal Wine Room First Citizens Bank State Farm Insurance
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Bath Fitter Bleu Calabash Fishing Fleet LaDane Corporation McLeod Seacoast McLeod Sunset Beach Primary Providence Home - Family Emergency Teen Shelter Salty Paws Salon LLC Sacred Willow Spa Styers, Edwin Lynn D.D.S. White Funeral and Cremation Service Coastal Home Renovations, Inc. Calabash Fire Department, Inc. Ocean Isle Fish Company Roof Doctor of the Carolinas, Inc. The Bridge Church The Krueger Team Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Advantage East Coast Engineering & Surveying PC Ocean Isle Family Dentistry Movement Works New York Life Insurance Company For Kids Only and the Brunswick Academy Healthy Green Solutions Brunswick Little Theatre Shallotte River Swamp Park CresCom Bank - Sunset Beach
Interested in sponsoring a program or event? Contact the Chamber at 910-754-6644