November 2016 Edition

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CHAIRMAN EMERITUS Annette Carrasquillo, LAI Design Associates, LLC Wayne Kirkwood, Kirkwood Electric, Inc. Thomas Giles, Avalon Engineering Michelle Lewis, B-2 Solutions Heather Mazurkiewicz, BJM Consulting, Inc. Joseph Mazurkiewicz, BJM Consulting, Inc. Donna Meola, Priority Payments of South Florida Don Schnell, Regions Bank Thomas Shipp Jr, Attorney Elmer Tabor, Wonderland Realty/Cape Coral Town Center

TRUSTEES Kevin Ahmadi, Gulf Coast Village Brandon Deaver, B-2 Technoloy Solutions Rana Erbrick, City of Cape Coral Julie Ferguson, Cape Coral Caring Center Steve Hook, Oasis Elementary School Bill Jacob, CenturyLink Mike Noone, Goldberg, Racilla, D’Alessandro & Noone, LLC David Owen, BB & T - Oswald, Trippe & Co. Larry Wier, Premier Insurance Corporation

CHAMBER STAFF Donna S. Germain, President Claudia St. Onge, Business Manager & Farmers’ Market Director Stephanie Roberson, Technology Director Annette Siner, Special Events Director Shawna Pike, Membership Sales Director Melanie Lempke, Membership Services Director Lori Marlow, Welcome Center Specialist

CHAMBER TRENDS

We had some very exciting results WHAT’S come out of the all-day retreat and HAPPENING IN we will be revealing our new ideas THE CHAMBER and business plan for the chamber in Donna S. Germain 2017.

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We have had some exciting changes happening at the chamber and some exciting things to come in the next few months.

First of all, our former Membership Sales Director Annette Siner has stepped into her new role as the Special Events Director and is gearing up for another great CenturyLink Holiday Festival of Lights on December 3rd. In our membership department, Shawna Pike had stepped into the Membership Sales Director position and Melanie Lempke has stepped into the Member Services Director Position. We have also added a new Welcome Center Specialist, Lori Marlowe. Lori will be in charge of the welcome center and you will be hearing from her soon if you haven’t already as she continues to update our membership directory.

As we begin to close out 2016, the chamber is gearing up for some of our signature events. On November 19, the Leadership Cape Coral Class of 2016 will be graduating at Cape Harbour. This is definitely a group of leaders to keep an eye on in the future. They are engaged and really looking to make an impact on our community.

On December 3rd, the Chamber will be hosting the CenturyLink Holiday Festival of Lights. This 25 plus year tradition is one of our favorite events of the year. The event will be held on Saturday, December 3rd, along Cape Coral Parkway between SE 15th Place and Vincennes. Thank you to our sponsors CenturyLink, Cape Coral Charter School, LCEC, Kiwanis Club of Cape Coral, South Cape, Comfort Keepers, StormSmart, Waste Pro, Suncoast Beverage, Geico, Premier Insurance, Applebees, FOX 4, The The Chamber Board of Directors News-Press, Arrow 94.5, CapeCoral. held their annual board retreat on com, City of Cape Coral, and Cape Friday, October 15th at The Westin. Christian Fellowship.

CHAMBER TRENDS CONTINUED The Annual Chairman’s Gala and Board Inductions will be held on Friday, January 27th at The Cape Coral Yacht Club. This year’s event will be electrifying as we swear in our 2017 Chairman Trish Lassiter from LCEC. We will also honor our outgoing Chairman Brett Bisbe as well as our members and volunteers of the year.

Please join me in welcoming the 2017 Board of Directors; Trish Lassiter, Chairman, Lee County Electric Cooperative – LCEC, Joseph Francioni, Chair Elect, Smart Companies, Ed Bolter, Treasurer, Lamar Advertising, Brett Bisbe, Past Chairman, B2 Solutions, Inc, Tony Constantino, Director - Financial Advisor, Constantino, Nelson and Werline, Kimberly Morris, Legal Advisor, Jones Haber and Rollings,

SCHEA, Elmer Tabor, Wonderland Realty/Cape Coral Town Center, Heather Mazurkiewicz, BJM Consulting, Inc., Joseph Mazurkiewicz, BJM Consulting, Inc., Michelle Lewis, B-2 Solutions, Thomas Giles, Avalon Engineering, Thomas Shipp Jr, Attorney Tom Shipp, Wayne Kirkwood, Kirkwood Electric, Inc.

Trustee include; Bonnie Brett, Cape Coral Charter School, Brandon Deaver, B2 Technology Solutions, David Owen, BB & T - Oswald, Trippe & Co., Keith Lewis, All Power Electric & AC, Lissa Craig Ford, The NewsPress, Major Asselin, JJ Taylor, Molly Wright, Suncoast Beverage, Rana Erbrick, City of Cape Coral, Sarah Sheffield, Massage Envy, Shannon Mullins, Mullins Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Inc., Steve Sanabria, The Westin Cape Coral. Thank you for Directors include, Angela Davis, Merrill Lynch, Barb all you do for the Chamber.

Adams, Individual, Beverly Black, Black Business Solutions, LLC, Bill Jacob, CenturyLink, Bill Johnson, Jr, For more information on participating in any of these CCCIA, Cynthia Gallagher, The Breeze Newspapers, Dana events as a volunteer or sponsor, please contact me at Brunett, City of Cape Coral, Diane Everhart, Blue Chip donna@capecoralchamber.com or 549-6900 ext 107.

Financial, Ed Ramos, Ramos Builders, Inc., Jay Johnson, Bubba’s Roadhouse and Saloon, Julie Ferguson, Cape Thank you all for your membership and continued Coral Caring Center, Keith Banasiak, Waste Pro of support of the chamber.

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Chairman Emeritus Include; Annette Carrasquillo, LAI Design Associates, LLC, Christopher Spiro, Spiro & Associates, Don Schnell, Regions Bank, Donna Meola,

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The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral’s Leadership Cape Coral program has entered its second month.

The Class of 2016 started the month with Mosquito Control/Sheriff ’s Day where they toured the Lee County Mosquito Control Facility as well as the Lee County CORE Facility, Forensics Building and ended the day at the Sheriff ’s Gun Range. The class got to show off their marksmanship and a couple of them even volunteered to be tazed! The following week was Education Day where the class went back to High School touring both Ida S. Baker High School and Oasis High School. They were treated to lunch at Cape Coral Technical College and also heard from Dr. Eileen

DeLuca of Florida Southwestern State College. Public Safety Day followed where the class toured the Cape Coral Police Department, witnessed a CCPD SWAT Team demonstration and ended the day at the Cape Coral Fire Department for some live demos with the Jaws of Life, burn boxes and learned CPR and proper use of a fire extinguisher. The following week was Government Day. The Class participated in a Mock Budget Hearing, a Mock Public Hearing and got to meet with current and former councilmembers as well as city staff. There journey concludes this week with Arts and Entertainment Day which is always a treat and a great way to end the program.

Thank you to all of our day chairs thus far; Sandi Silva, Heather Mazurkiewicz, Karen Barnes, Chuck Warren, Annette Siner, Rana Erbrick, Steve Barnes, Dan Puleio, Eileen DeLuca, Steve Teuber, Laurie Morris, Wilson, Bill Johnson, Jr, Joe Mazurkiewicz, Carmine Marceno, Laura Koehn, and a special thank you to our program chairs Stacy Lomonaco and John Hobson and Co-Chairs DeAnna Rivera and Sarah Sheffield.

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UNIVERSITY TRENDS the answers to the questions are yes, the conflict is dysfunctional. However, it can be difficult to make that determination due to the involved person’s perceptions.

WORKPLACE CONFLICTS Mike “Q” Quaintance, MBA, CCE In other words, one person’s functional conflict may Business Professor, Keiser University be another persons’ dysfunctional conflict. When this Conflict in the workplace can disconnect of perception occurs, the conflict can escalate be positive (functional conflict) and become personal and more confrontational. or negative (dysfunctional In most cases, conflict in the workplace occurs either conflict). Many of us avoid conflict because we presume it to be a negative behavior. In the workplace, functional because of structural factors or personal factors. Examples conflict can lead to new ideas, stimulate creativity, motivate of structural factors include disagreement among experts, change, help establish a worker’s identity, present itself as the interdependence of work outputs, limited resources a precursor to bigger problems within the organization, and resource allocation, unaligned goals, confusion over and it can energize the organization. Dysfunctional authority and their relationships, incongruent status conflict can divert energy from work outputs, threaten a differences, and jurisdictional ambiguities. Examples team’s psychological well-being, waste resources, create a of personal factors might be reflected in one’s level of negative work climate, break down group cohesion, and skill and ability, personality, perceptions, values and ethics, emotions, communication barriers, and cultural increase worker hostility and aggression. differences. Cultural differences can be challenging in When diagnosing conflict as functional or Southwest Florida because we are such a melting pot with dysfunctional, we need to discover the issues, the context people from across the United States and the world. It is of the conflict, and the individuals or groups involved. By important for American managers to realize the additional applying the investigative questions below, the manager/ pressures of cultural differences as we attempt to balance leader may be able to diagnose the nature of the conflict task and interpersonal relations. more efficiently.

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HEALTHY TRENDS WHAT IS HEALTH Salvatore Lacagnina, D.O. Vice President of Health & Wellness, Lee Memorial Health System

Risk factors for poor health include a sedentary life, not eating the recommended 5-9 servings of vegetables and fruits daily (mostly vegetables), smoking cigarettes, not getting 7-8 hours of quality sleep nightly, having a lot of unmanageable stress, not having good social/ spiritual support, having borderline high blood pressure, cholesterol or glucose in the blood, to name a few. Then we get into the functional risk factors such as shortness of breath with minimal exertion as well as exercise intolerance. I am always concerned when a 50 year old tells me they are unable to climb a few flights of stairs or walk briskly without becoming short of breath. When a person describes a lifestyle that is functionally limited, I am concerned that this person is not presently healthy; and, that he/she will be unhealthy with disease as the years go on.

Now that the Lee Memorial Health System name has changed to “Lee Health”, I have again been giving a lot of thought to the definition of health. I have asked many audiences “what is health?” and have gotten an array of answers, most often: health is the absence of disease. I always follow up that answer with: “Is health really just the absence of disease or is it much more than that?” I think many people do believe health is the absence of disease since there are so many in America who, by various criteria are unhealthy; while those that currently do not Therefore, in defining health we really should be looking have a disease, believe they are healthy. at function and how well a person is aging as he/she advances in years. Being healthy is more about maintaining If we look at what happens during the life of an average function, vitality, energy and a youthful spirit as the years person in the U.S., we now see that as a result of the increase. A 75 year old women who is independent, able standard American lifestyle signs of poor health start to to do most of the things she wants to do physically, is develop early on, sometimes as early as 5 or 6 years of age. mentally and cognitively well, and who looks forward to Certainly, one of the most obvious signs of poor health getting up each morning so she can be a productive part is weight and we now see many young children who are of society is more healthy than the 50 year old man who either overweight or even obese. As a result of the obesity has a hard time running around with this children in the epidemic, we are now diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes in playground, who needs to flop on the couch after an 8 hour children and adolescents when, in the past, this has been a work day, who has little desire to engage in social activities disease of adults. Weight problems are often the starting with family and friends and who looks at each new day point where a person becomes unhealthy. with the attitude –“well, it’s just another day.”

Yet there are many individuals who are overweight Health is about mental and physical vitality. It is about without diabetes, heart or other diseases and believe they an energy that exudes from a person that is infectious are healthy. For these folks in my practice, I look for other to others. It is about living life to the fullest and looking signs of health or what are known as risk factors. forward to each new day with a sense that you want to

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accomplish something better each day. It is about being a Once I understand the individual, I can work with him/her productive part of family, work and community. It is about on an action plan for healthy living. This will be the daily being engaged and involved in life with the ability to do priorities that will continue to move the person toward most things that make you happy and fulfilled. better health. The foundation for the health living action plan is nutrition, physical activity, quality sleep, stress The goal of the physician and other health care providers management, social and spiritual support, productivity is to help people become and stay healthy. It is that and a sense of belonging. I always also include giving simple. The hard part is doing it and this is where a team back and paying it forward to remind others, as well as effort is required. The team includes each individual in myself, that there are always other individuals who have a combination with his/her physician/health care provider, tougher life than we do and we should look to help these as well as the person’s family and friends. We all are able folks when we cross paths with them. to help one another become and stay healthy since we all influence one another.

An easy way to think about healthy eating is: eat real food, not too much and mostly plants (thanks to author There is a saying: “you become who you associate with” Michael Pollan for this statement). With exercise, find and I believe this is true. If you associate with people who every excuse to be active. Take the stairs rather than the love being active and eating healthy food, people who elevator. Park far away from the store and walk. When have a positive outlook on life and people who are always golfing, forget the golf cart if you are allowed. With sleep, willing to lend a hand to others; then, you too will probably be sure to set an alarm clock to know when to go to bed to be more like them than someone with the opposite ensure at least 7 hours of quality sleep nightly and don’t characteristics. As such, if you want to be healthy, make sweat the small stuff! friends with healthy people. However, this does not mean you should abandon all your unhealthy friends. The point In summary, think of health certainly as the absence of is – if you want to attain a certain characteristic, you have disease but also as a state of functioning which allows you to know what that looks like. If you want to be healthy, to do all you want with abundant energy, vitality and a you have to see it in action. sense of purpose.

In my practice I do a lot of wellness exams and at the end of the visit I can tell the individual if he/she is currently healthy, if he/she has risk factors for disease or if he/she has a diagnosis (a defined disease). The fewer the risk factors, the easier it is to tell a person he/she is healthy.

When I hear a person describe their lifestyle noting how active they are with enthusiasm and energy in their eyes and in their voice, I know this person is healthier than a person who portrays the opposite.

I believe that health is a journey rather than a place. We are all striving to get somewhere; and, when it comes to health, I think we are all striving and working to get to that place of good and even great health. When we look at it from this perspective, we see that this is something we continue to work towards since we can all always be healthier.

Stay well my friends and please feel free to send comments and questions to Dr.Sal@LeeHealth.org

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REAL ESTATE TRENDS in Cape Coral. In the past week or so, the newspapers here TRICK OR TREAT and other media reporting have acted surprised with their Berge Aslanian (CDPE) discovery that there is new construction in the Cape! Wow, Realtor, Island Harbor Realty what a shocker! Maybe they’ve been reading it here and Being well into fall and writing only recently found the time to research it, who knows? this so close to Halloween there is a strong need to change the word But, faithful readers know that this is where it has been from “or” to “and”. If you read on, discussed repeatedly. Just so you all know, this article is you just might find out or you can just continue eating that indeed about trends and figuratively speaking from the real estate trenches in Cape Coral we get a handle on soon-to-be stale, leftover candy. trends before anyone else.

But first, let’s set the stage with a look at the past month’s numbers. Cape Coral numbers for the three month period Now that the stage has been set for the next revelation, here it is. If you have been paying attention to economic ending 10/27/16: news, you will be aware that the Fed has kept telling us that they will raise the discount interest rate to banks.

Usually when they do it, it is in ¼% increments. Political pressure from the White House is delaying the coming increase until after the election. Historically, the indicators tell us that we are due for two increases between now and Inventory of single family homes for sale jumped a bit the end of the year. along with median prices from the prior month. The sold Whether or not this is a sign of coming inflation remains numbers remain low while prices are up slightly. to be seen. But, if interest rates increase, the ripple effect Condo inventory for sale is steady with very firm median through our economy will be felt in higher rates for all loans prices. Condos sold are showing an upward trend in including mortgages. Higher cost of money will usually mean higher costs for all goods and services, including numbers sold and increasing prices. homes. The stage is set. We have been seeing single All in all, our real estate market is getting healthier. family homes and condos prices rising already. If you are a The price of used homes has crossed the line of new buyer, now is the time to buy. If you are a seller, it will be construction costs. That means builders are starting to easier to sell now sooner rather than later. And, given the build again and speculators are cautiously beginning to choice as a buyer between new homes or existing homes, at higher prices the new home will almost always win! (A speculate again. great thank you to my friend, knowledgeable colleague, Over the past few months we have been mentioning that business partner and fellow Realtor, Bob Suhrie of RE/MAX more and more new construction has become very visible Team for identifying this trend.)

REAL ESTATE TRENDS CONTINUED There you have the current “trend”. By the time this article made a lot of money!” Well, now you do know. And that’s is published, we should know who our next president will the “Treat”! All you need are patience and a good realtor to be. If it’s a donkey, the trend will sluggishly continue at a capitalize on ever-increasing real estate values. slower rate than if it’s an elephant. Either way, the trend will prevail as it always does.

Always remember, successful real estate IS a team sport.

Happy Property Buying and Selling!

Now here is the next step in the continuing saga of real estate growth. Remember when your parents and Berge Aslanian (CDPE) is a Realtor in Cape Coral with grandparents told you what they paid for their first house? Island Harbor Realty, active members of the Chamber It was less than what a nice car costs today. Has that trend of Commerce of Cape Coral. For questions about changed? Not really. Understanding that is the “Trick”. residential real estate, please call (239) 989-3463 or email How many times have you heard people say, or said it realtorberge@att.net or visit www.RECapeCoral.com. yourself, “If I knew then what I know now I could have

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GOVERNMENT AFFECTS YOU Maintaining a continuing dialogue with elected and appointed officials at all levels of government from the City of Cape Coral and Lee County Commission, State and National If you are like me, right about Delegations, as well as various quasi-judicial agencies. now you can’t wait until this election season is over! The TV Developing positions on issues will include a fair look ads, phone solicitations, the at both sides of the issues by applying the following questions postcard and flyers in the mail to all issues: and mostly the media coverage 1.

Does it serve our members? of this Presidential Election will all disappear.

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Does it promote an environment where Annette Carrasquillo Government Affairs Committee

business can grow and prosper?

On November 8, 2016 you have the ability to take part in 3.

Does it enhance the quality of life in Cape Coral one of the most important privileges that a citizen of the or Lee County?

United States has… the ability to vote! The Election is your 4.

Is there a positive/negative fiscal impact? opportunity to have your voice heard. Hopefully you have had 5.

Is it a global or isolated issue? the opportunity to hear what the candidates stand for to make an informed decision on November 8th. Most importantly, Currently the Government Affairs Committee will be please REMEMBER TO VOTE! looking at legislative issues that are upcoming in the next State Legislative Session and those that will affect our local In addition to voting for the National, State and Local Elected community and businesses. This platform will be sent to our Officials, you will have the opportunity to vote on four (4) State Chamber Members.

Constitution Amendments, as well as one local Amendment.

Please research the information on these amendments so as Should any business have an issue that they feel meets the to make an informed decision. Encourage everyone to please criteria above, please contact the Chamber office at 239-549Get Out to Vote – November 8, 2011.

6900 and speak to Donna Germain. ************************************************ The Government Affairs Committee would like to remind Together the voice of our strong Chamber membership can its’ members that we are the Chamber’s voice to influence make a difference! the development of policies and regulations that aid in the Remember: Government Affects You! creation of regional opportunities for job creation, business growth and financial success and the creation of new market “Word of the Month” links and opportunities for its’ Chamber members.

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