The future’s bright for Caloundra

from Shop Caloundra Winter 2021

Out and about with Terry Landsberg

Together we can shine

A few words from the CEO, Brady Sullivan

Winter is a wonderful time in the Caloundra region. Beautiful crisp mornings, light winds and stunning ocean views – it is the perfect place to come for a morning breakfast catch-up with friends or a sneaky family weekend staycation.

There has been much excitement recently in the area, with Caloundra Chamber of Commerce partnering with local businesses and community organisations to support community and economic building events. The inaugural Pumicestone Rocks festival was a wonderful opportunity for locals to kick back and enjoy some great music and kids activities.

These events are only possible through collaborations, with Caloundra Chamber, Golden Beach and Pelican Waters Community Association and Pelican Waters all working together to deliver a great outcome for the community.

The Hot Weekend in Caloundra was expected to bring all things hot to Caloundra and it didn’t disappoint. Caloundra Chamber was proud to support Sunshine Coast Council and the Beachfest operators to see hot cars, hot food and hot entertainment put smiles on the faces of young and old who came from near and far.

The Skyline Ferris Wheel has also been a welcome addition to the backdrop of Bulcock Beach for many. Its amazing views of the Pumicestone Passage and breathtaking sunsets over Glass House Mountains remind us all of what a special place we live in.

Caloundra Chamber of Commerce continues in our mission to enable, connect and promote our region to drive improved business and community outcomes. In addition to supporting our business members, we’ve recently been successful in bringing the leader of the opposition, David Crisufulli MP, and state treasurer, Cameron Dick MP, to Caloundra to continue the conversation around our region’s needs as our significant growth continues.

It has been a buoyant few months for the Caloundra region and we are excited about the many great events and opportunities we have on the horizon to support our local business community. If you have a business and aren’t a member of the Caloundra Chamber, we would love to hear from you or see you at one of our upcoming events. Together we can support each other to build sustainable opportunities and prosperity on the Sunshine Coast. To say 2021 is going to be a busy year for the Caloundra Business Alliance would be an understatement. This year started with the launch of the long-awaited Shop Caloundra Gift Cards. The gift cards are an integral part of a Shop Local program that the Caloundra Business Alliance has been engaged in since our inception in 2017 .

The cards work just like an EFTPOS card works and are available to purchase in Caloundra. By partnering with Why Leave Town Gift Cards, we were able to create a Shop Caloundra Gift Card that helps to keep funds local and support small business in our CBD. We are able to offer this partnership free to all our members.

I am very proud of our committee who have worked tirelessly over the last 12 months to promote Caloundra as the go-to shopping destination on the Coast.

In February we also launched the Shop Caloundra website, which was a natural progression with the great success of our Shop Caloundra Facebook page.

Our Shop Caloundra quarterly liftout in My Weekly Preview has gone from strength to strength with the amazing support from both local business and community and will continue to grow throughout 2021.

We also launched the Caloundra ‘7 Beaches’ spring water bottle. Each edition representing one of the seven fantastic beaches we have in Caloundra. Bottles can be purchased at participating businesses throughout the CBD and Moffat Beach.

Our membership has increased to more than 80 businesses in the Caloundra CBD and we expect this to grow in 2021 as we deliver on our extensive marketing campaign for the Caloundra CBD. WHAT’S ON FOR JUNE/JULY • ‘Meet and Greet’ Bluey and Bingo • Subscribe and win with over $2500 worth of prizes to be won. See the Shop Caloundra website or Facebook page for details.

The Caloundra Business Alliance continues to deliver a very busy 2021 calender by ‘connecting business to community’.