From Your President

Continuing to Connect

As we begin 2021, we are ready to start the New Year with a renewed sense of energy and vigor to make the largest impacts for our Members by delivering on our four core pillars: Connecting Members, Advancing Commerce, Protecting Business and Enhancing the Community .

Each November, the Chamber transitions into a new fiscal year and welcomes new leadership to the Chamber’s Board of Directors. This past year we all experienced unprecedented times. In the Chamber’s 69-year history, no other Board of Directors has been faced with a national pandemic lasting almost an entire year . We have been very fortunate to have had the steady leadership of Chairman Michael Daszkal and a wealth of professional experience from our entire Board of Directors. I am thrilled to report that Chairman Daszkal has agreed to serve a second term as our Board leader . We are President & CEO Troy M. McLellan also fortunate to have additional leaders join our Board . Turn "We are ready to start the to page 6 to see our newest Board members . New Year with a renewed This month we will celebrate our second-year anniversary of sense of energy and vigor". the merger between the Boca Raton and Boynton Beach Chambers of Commerce. The merger has helped us expand our mission of Promoting and Sustaining Economic Prosperity in Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, and all of South Palm Beach County . Connecting our two communities has proven to be extremely successful. Turn to page 4 to hear directly from four local Boynton Beach business owners on how the Chamber has helped them connect .

This past year the Chamber went beyond its traditional means of connecting members while still proudly delivering the many opportunities to connect that our members have come to expect from the Boca Chamber. Utilizing technology, we held hundreds of hours of virtual programs and experiences, as well as our committees, vertical groups and leads groups meetings . However, we also continued to use or traditional tools of connecting members through our quarterly and annual publications, ribbon cuttings and unlimited marketing opportunities .

Our ability to successfully connect members to one another has been a lifeboat to so many of our businesses and has helped strengthen the local economies in Boca Raton, Boynton Beach and South Palm Beach County . These strategic connections help foster a community of prosperity which is what makes this region the best place to live, work, learn and play .

Moving Business Forward,