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Morning Star Business Report • August 2008
Chamber News
Chamber plans arts festival
The 30th annual award-winning Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce's (BFACC) Boardwalk Arts Festival has been expanded to include three street festival areas with entertainment at Second Street, Garfield Parkway and Parkwood Street. Artists will stretch the entire length of the boardwalk. The festival, which is Saturday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., features jewelry, art glass, pottery, watercolor and oil painting, basketry, woodworking, and much more. For more information, call the BFACC at 302-539-2100.
State Chamber events
Register online at www.dscc.com. For more information, call Chuck James at 302-576-6562. Aug. 6 West Sussex Lead Group 8–9:15 a.m. Location: Delaware National Bank, 21305 N. DuPont Blvd., Georgetown Pre-registration required. Aug. 14 Dover Lead Group Meeting 8:15–9:15 a.m. Location: Coldwell Banker Amato Commercial Realtors, 500 West Loockerman St., 3rd Floor, Dover Pre-registration required. East Sussex Lead Group Meeting 12-1 p.m. Location: Beach to Bay Real Estate Center, 17316 Coastal Highway, Lewes Aug. 20 West Sussex Lead Group 8–9:15 a.m. Location: Delaware National Bank, 21035 N. DuPont Blvd., Georgetown Pre-registration required. Aug. 28 Dover Lead Group Meeting 8:15–9:15 a.m. Location: 500 West Loockerman St., 3rd Floor. Coldwell Banker Amato Commercial Realtors, Dover Pre-registration required. East Sussex Lead Group Meeting 12–1 p.m. Location: Beach to Bay Real Estate Center, 17316 Coastal Highway, Lewes
Birding weekend planned
The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce (BFACC) will hold a Quiet Resorts Birding Weekend, Oct. 17 to 19, featuring two-dozen boat tours, paddling expeditions and hiking
Delaware Chambers of Commerce
Chamber
Phone
Bethany-Fenwick 539-2100 Delmar 846-3336 Georgetown 856-1544 Laurel 875-9319 Lewes 645-8073 Milford 422-3344 Millsboro 934-6777 Milton 684-1101 Rehoboth-Dewey 227-2233 Seaford 629-9690 Central Delaware 734-7513 Delaware State 655-7221
Key contact
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Karen McGrath Diane Buckley Norma Elliott Connie Lewis Betsy Reamer Jo Schmeiser Fran Bruce Georgia Dalzell Carol Everhart Paula Gunson Judy Diogo Bill Stephano
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539-9434 856-1577 875-4660 645-8412 422-7503 934-6065 227-8351 629-0281 678-0189 654-0691
* Annual membership cost based on businesses with fewer than 10 employees. For Delaware State and Central Delaware chambers membership cost figure is for 1 - 5 members. For Delaware State Chamber special rate applies if business already belongs to another chamber. treks throughout the Quiet Resorts and nearby areas. The field trips offer opportunities to sight indigenous birds and those on their fall migration. Modeled after Delmarva Low Impact Tourism Experiences’ spring event, this weekend will allow participants to customize their own experience. Trips are designed to appeal to both novice and experienced birders, and all include experienced guides. For more information, contact Karen McGrath at 302-539-2100 or karenm@bethany-fenwick.org.
Nemours speaks about 5-2-1
Jeanne Dukes of Nemours discussed the 5-2-1 Almost None program at the June lunch meeting of the Greater Georgetown Chamber of Commerce. Jeanne recruited David Tidwell of Lack Lingo Realtor to participate in one of her demonstrations explaining that young men between the ages of 12-19 consume an average of 867 cans of soda each year. The Nemours 5-2-1 Almost None program reminds children to eat five fruits and vegetables a day, spend no more than two hours watching television, commit to one hour of physical activity each day and to limit sugary drinks to almost none.
Benefits for home businesses
Are you a new home-based business in the area? Would you like to get the same exposure that businesses with storefronts do? The Bethany-Fenwick Area Chamber of Commerce offers several benefits that are exclusively for homebased business members.
RIBBON CUTTING - Owners Byron & Anne Braniff and Tom Schulz recently celebrated the grand re-opening of the Mill Outlet located on Route 1 in Rehoboth Beach at the Lighthouse Plaza Shopping Center. The Rehoboth Beach-Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce sponsored a ribbon cutting ceremony. From left is Tom Schulz, owner; and Anne and Byron Braniff, owners. The Mill Outlet, which first opened in Downtown Rehoboth in 1979 and moved to Route 1 in 1995, offers home textiles, giftware and lamps. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 302-227-8340 or visit www.milloutlet. com.
New home-based businesses can host a “virtual ribbon cutting” ceremony for no charge at the Chamber office. Hang a banner in the Chamber's conference room with your business name on it and we will take the photo and send out a press release to all the local papers. Don’t have a conference room to meet with clients/customers? Call the Chamber and put your meeting on our
calendar. Any member of the BFACC is able to use our conference room for free. For more information, contact Carrie Subity at 302-539-2100 x12.
State Chamber wins award
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Senior VP Communications Jeanne Mell has been named a national winner in the annual National