Chamber Business After Hours Chamber Luncheonfloridakeysmarathon.com/nu_upload/files/newsletters... · [email protected] DRN MOVING 30677 Overseas Hwy • Big Pine Key, FL 33043

Chamber Business After HoursFebruary 10th • 5:30-7:30p

Join us from 5:30-7:30pm at Crane Point for agreat social event.

Food, drink, raffles and fun!

Chamber LuncheonFebruary 16th • Noon-1p

Noon-1pm Guest speaker Dr. Emily Schulten discussinginternship opportunities for businesses through

Florida Keys Community College. Please RVSP as space is very limited. 305-743-5417

[email protected]

Chamber Ambassadors: Anne O’Bannon, Mike Kiraly, Mike Puto, Sandra Bradshaw, Kristen Livengood, Kirsten Difender, Trish Hintze, and Kyle Samess

NATIVE TAXI 1400 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050

Tel: 305-304-9932 [email protected]

JUST CALL PAUL HANDYMAN SERVICES 6640 Ocean Ter Unit 2 • Marathon, FL 33050


MAID IN PARADISE 138 Long Key Rd • Key Largo, FL 33037


CAY SAL FINE CABINETRY 9625 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050

Tel: 305-735-4135 Fax: 305-440-3775 [email protected]

SCOOBY'S GOURMET POPCORN 91268 Overseas Hwy • Tavernier, FL 33070


TRUCK INC 73 Ave C 8 Marathon, FL 33050


JOHNSON'S INSURANCE 13361 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050


KEYS AIR AVIATION 9850 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050


DRN MOVING30677 Overseas Hwy • Big Pine Key, FL 33043


FLORIDA KEYS REEL ADVENTURES10833 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050


ALL ABOARD BOAT RENTALS 63 Coco Plum • Marathon, FL 33050


SPAS INC.9625 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050

Tel: [email protected]

Welcome Visitor Center Members

ALL ABOARD BOAT RENTALS 63 Coco Plum • Marathon, FL 33050


SEASCAPE MOTEL AND MARINA 1275 76th Street • Marathon, FL 33050


Welcome New Chamber Members!

Please email or call for more information onour newest marketing program! We will besending out monthly email blasts to a grow-ing list of visitors (14,000+) and travel writers(300+). The email blast will consist of up to 20business listings (includes picture/logo, con-tact info and website link) as well as a calen-dar of events. This blast is a great way to getnoticed by travel writers and potential visitors. The cost is only $35/month to participate. (305) 743-5417 [email protected]

Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at12:00pm at the Marathon Yacht Club

BPW/Marathon meets the 1st Thursday ofeach month. 5:30pm at Faro Blanco/HyattPlace

Zonta Club meets the 3rd Tuesday of everymonth at 5:30pm at the Marathon Yacht Club

Habitat for Humanity meets the 3rdThursday of each month at 6pm at San PabloChurch Hall

Marathon Lions Club meets the 4th Mondayof every month at the Elks Lodge

Keys AHEC Senior Fitness Classes (ages55+) at Key Colony City Hall Every Tuesday,Thursday & Saturday at 8am Call 305-743-7111 ext 204

Total Number of Visitors 2,577Daily average 91Arriving W/O Reservations 34%Top State FloridaTop Country Canada

Chamber Email/Internet Marketing Program

Member Meetings

Anytime a current member of the Chambersuccessfully refers another business to join,they will receive $25 in “Chamber Bucks!”Chamber Bucks can be used to attendmonthly luncheon meetings or for advertis-ing opportunities through our website ornewsletter.

Member Referral Program

VISITOR CENTER STATISTICSDecember 2015

Marathon High School is in the process of distributing local scholarship infor-mation to current seniors that are candidates for graduation in June 2016. Any communityorganizations/businesses wanting to provide a scholarship opportunity for the 2016Graduating class can contact Cathy Grostefon at 305-289-2480 Ext: 55310 or by [email protected]. Local scholarships are essential to the needs of manyseniors as they further their education at multiple technical schools, community colleges anduniversities. Thank you for your past support. We look forward to any continued support youmay grant our graduating seniors.

In Other News... Please call/email and let us know about upcoming events or community news for ournewsletter, social media pages and online calendar. Or take advantage of our advertisingopportunities with a flyer or ad space! 305-743-5417 or [email protected] Submit Your Own Event! Now YOU can submit your own events to our online calendar.Visit www.floridakeysmarathon.com and Click to Submit Your Event or call the Chamber fordetails.

Chamber Member RecapNew Members This Month: 12

Total Members: 546

Visitor Center RecapNew Members This Month: 2

Total Members: 103

Established in 2015, Realty Executives Florida Keys is a boutique real estate firm focus-ing on sales and property management, while catering to its clients with exceptionalpersonal service and expertise. The Executives are locally educated in the real estateindustry bringing quality service to their clients. They offer residential and commercialsales and leasing, developments, vacation, annual and affordable property manage-ment, luxury home sales, and land and investment opportunities. Broker Gidget Jacksonhas 30 years of experience in residential, commercial and property management in

Florida and takes pride in the personal professional services offered by her company. “There is no deal is too big or too small,” she said. “We sell them all from KeyLargo to Key West.” She says the company stands out because they do something different in the industry by tailoring their services to meet their client's needs,rather than the traditional way of blanketing services and agreements. “We offer a Quick Sale Program that saves sellers lots of money when they offer a property at market price and it sells quickly,” she said. “This shows our dedica-tion to our clients first.”The Realty Executives franchise is an international company with a wide network in the real estate industry for more than 50 years,Jackson said they pride themselves in advanced technology to benefit their customers. “Our company maximizes internet exposure of our listings beyond localand automatic MLS feeds to allow syndication of our listings throughout the world,” she said. .7999 Overseas Hwy., Suite 1, Marathon • Phone: Agent on Call, call 800-764-0531 or 305-767-1297 • Website: RealtyExecutivesFloridaKeys.com Email: [email protected]

Established in 1994, the Key Colony Beach Fishing and Boating Social Club provides fishing, boating and fellowshipamong its 240 members. The club holds monthly fishing tournaments sponsored by local businesses, boat cruises, socialparties, monthly meetings and dinners, and trips to places like Little Palm Island and Flamingo Island. They raise moneyfor local charities and organizations.The key to success at the club: “Without a doubt, the dedication of our wonderful members,” said Commodore BillKnickman. The club sponsors events like the annual President's Day Clambake, which draws more than 500 people each

year. “We also hold the World Famous Barracuda Races and Wheelbarrow of Cheer at Key Colony Beach Day with all proceeds going to local charities,” hesaid. Key Colony Beach Day is Sunday, March 6. In the spring, the club sponsors a kids fishing tournament where children from Marathon and Key ColonyBeach are invited on the Marathon Lady for a day of fishing. Following the trip, an awards luncheon is held at Key Colony Inn where the winners receivetrophies and prizes. “Every child is a winner and all go home very happy,” Knickman said. More than 50 local businesses contribute to this event. “This isour favorite event of the season.”Meetings are every month at Key Colony City Hall. Call 305-394-5197 to learn more. Website: keycolonyfishing.com Email: [email protected]

All Aboard Boat Rentals was established in 2013 and offers daily, weekly, andmonthly boat rentals. “Boats are our business, fishing is our pastime, and the Florida Keys are the pieceof paradise we call home,” said owner Dave Clarkson. “Making sure you have asmuch fun on the water as we do is what drives us.”Rental boats come equipped with GPS, chart plotter and fish finder, along with allthe necessities for a safe and successful trip. All Aboard offers boats made for reef,wreck, Gulf, and offshore. They have also created fishing, diving, and diningguides for favorite local spots. Dave added that renting from All Aboard savesmoney for piña coladas, fish tacos, and bait.

The fleet of rental boats range from 19-to 27-feet, and include makes like Mako,Sea Fox, ProKat, Key West, and more. “Our key to success is our excellent customer

service,” he said of his staff of three, referencing the company's amazing TripAdvisor reviews. “We have great boats, competitive prices, and quality cus-tomer service.”63 Coco Plum Drive, Marathon • Phone Number: 305-849-5567 • Website: getmarathonboatrentals.com • Email: [email protected]

Executive Membership Circle

Starfish LevelFishermen’s Community Hospital

The Art Studio • Marlin Bay Yacht Club

Angelfish LevelIberia Bank • First State Bank

Hawks Cay • Florida Keys MediaBlue Spearit

Seahorse LevelMarathon Marina & Boatyard

Florida By Water • Centennial BankBB&T Bank

MARATHON EVENTS & HAPPENINGS

Be My Valentine!Valentine's Day, hearts, chocolates, jewelry, and other great gifts. Can you feel the love? If not, then it sounds like youhave some shopping to do, but fret no more! We have some great stores for you to patronize prior to Valentine's Day to getyour special someone that gift you know they deserve. Places like Cash Flow Jewelry, Midas Touch, Alo Jewelry, DK Style

Hut, Uniques by Kennedy Studios, Tropical Island Outlet, Sweet Savannah's, and many more great Marathon Chamber members that offer all kinds of goodies. Of course our twoamazing local florists, Marathon Florists and Flowers by J&J. For more info please visit our website and check out our “shopping” page (www.floridakeysmarathon.com/where-toshop.jsp).

Now back to business and to feeling another kind of love! February has a lot in store for us; we have what I think will be two of our best attended networking events this month.Our Business After Hours on February 10th will be at Crane Point Hammock nature Center! Please attend, check out one of Marathon's best kept secrets. Also, at our February16th Membership Luncheon we have Florida Keys Community College speaking about student internship opportunities with our local businesses. Please be sure to RSVP as seat-ing will be limited.

February is also where we begin recruiting our Marathon Seafood Festival volunteers. Marathon's biggest and best event is not possible without our beloved volunteers. We arealso accepting sponsorships for the festival as well. Sponsorships are a great way to expose your business to our 20,000+ event guests, as well as the tens of thousands of visitorsto our event website, on which all our sponsors are featured (www.MarathonSeafoodFestival.com).

In closing, have an amazing February, thrive and prosper; and remember to feel the love this February! The 40th annual Original Marathon Seafood Festival (March 12-13) is justover a month away. Once again please be sure to call or email us if you are interested in volunteering and/or being a sponsor.

Most Respectfully,

Daniel Samess, M.S. • Chief Executive Officer • Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce • 12222 Overseas Hwy, Marathon, FL 33050 • W: (305) 743-5417 / F: (305) 289-0183 Email: [email protected] • www.FloridaKeysMarathon.com • www.RelocateToTheFloridaKeys.com • www.MarathonSeafoodFestival.com

Feb 1Florida Keys Concert Association presents: William Hagen, Violinist • San Pablo Church • Doors open at7pm, concert at 7:30pm •[email protected]

Feb 5Pigeon Key Art Festival Meet the Artists Reception7pm-9pm at Faro Blanco ResortLight hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, live music and the unveiling ofthe 2016 poster by artist Carly MejeurPlease RSVP to [email protected]

Feb 6Sol Shine Yoga Studio Grand Opening & Ribbon CuttingCeremony • 11:00am-1:00pm 65 53rd St.Everyone Welcome! See our space, meet the teachers, win freeclasses and have tons of fun! • Snacks, refreshments and dis-counts! • Contact: Amanda 843-830-0428

Sweetheart BallHosted by Fishermen's Hospital Foundation at Marathon JetCenter • Contact Kim Gregory [email protected] for tickets and sponsorship

Feb 6 & 722nd Annual Pigeon Key Art Festival10am-5pm at Marathon Community Park • 70 fine artists,Wyland Live Art Auction, entertainment, history, marineexhibits, auction, food, beer, wine, interactive programs, edu-cational activities and more! • www.pigeonkeyartfestival.com

Feb 8Florida Keys Concert Association presents: KarolinaSyrovatkova • San Pablo ChurchDoors open at 7pm, concert begins at 7:30pm. [email protected]

Feb 10Chamber Business After HoursHosted by Crane Point Museum and Nature Center from 5:30-7:30pm • This is a great opportunity for our members to net-work and be involved in the community. Light appetizers anddrinks will be served.

Feb 12The Optical Shoppe Trunk ShowOne Day Only! 1pm-6pm 20-50% discount on all frames andlenses (excluding Insurance & Maui Jim)Door prizes and refreshments 2357 Overseas Hwy, Marathon

Feb 14Valentine's Day Brunch To benefit United Way of the Florida KeysHosted by Lobster Crawl Bar & Grill MM 70 (located in the FiestaKey RV Resort) • 11:30am-2:00pm $65/person $25/childrenunder 10. Limited Seating. Tickets and Sponsorship info 305-735-1929 [email protected]

Feb 16Chamber Luncheon • Hosted by Nowhere Bar & Grill from noon-1pm. Guest Speaker: Dr. Emily Schulten discussing internshipopportunities for businesses through Florida Keys CommunityCollege. Please RSVP as space is very limited! 305-743-5417 [email protected]

Feb 17Florida Keys DayJoin your Florida Keys community members in Tallahassee forthis tremendous opportunity to lobby for the needs of MonroeCounty. The event includes governmental meetings withTallahassee State leaders, a “Keys Style” party with shrimp,conch fritters, key lime pie, stone crab chowder and fried fish(just to name a few), music, and an inside look at Tallahasseepolitics. For more info: [email protected]

Feb 19Intergovernmental Workforce Housing Roundtable9am-2pm at Marathon Government Center As the affordable housing issue has no municipal boundariesand affects us all, we hope you can attend and help developcoordinated strategies that can positively impact affordablehousing.

Feb 22Florida Keys Concert Association presents: Miami StringQuartet • San Pablo Church• Doors open at 7pm, concert beginsat 7:30pm. • [email protected]

Feb 27Nautical & Knot Flea MarketA community wide flea market and yard sale sponsored byMarathon Yacht Club at the Marathon Community Park for thebenefit of community non-profit organizations.

Feb 29Florida Keys Concert Association presents: OC TimesSan Pablo Church • Doors open at 7pm, concert begins at7:30pm. [email protected]

Save the date:March 12 & 13Volunteers Needed! Call Chelsey 305-743-5417 [email protected]

Bill Kelly-Chairman of the BoardKelly Electric

PO Box 523401 • Marathon Shores, FL 33052305-743-6098/Cell 305-481-4366

[email protected]

TJ Patterson-Chairman ElectFlorida Keys Electric Cooperative

3421 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050305-852-2431/Cell 305-709-8530

[email protected]

Ryan Elwell-Past ChairmanRoyal Furniture


[email protected]

Steve Levine-TreasurerPublix


[email protected]

Leigha Fox-SecretaryUS 1 Radio/Florida Keys Media

30336 Overseas Hwy • Big Pine Key, FL 33043305-872-9100/Cell 305-900-0749

[email protected]

Scott Newton-DirectorKeys Grafix & Signs 305-743-7724

Key Colony Help Desk 305-942-3658Town Square Mall

[email protected]

Rich Malafy-DirectorLaw Offices of Campbell & Malafy

10887 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050305-743-2492/Fax 305-743-2432

[email protected]

Julie Johnson-DirectorTime Out Magazine

PO Box 500087 • Marathon, FL 33050305-289-3936/Cell [email protected]

Chris Todd Young-DirectorHabitat for Humanity


[email protected]

Justin Bruland-DirectorO.F.F/Organized Fishermen of FloridaPO Box 501064 • Marathon, FL 33050305-481-4081 • [email protected]

Matt Lawrence-Marketing DirectorHawks Cay Resort

61 Hawks Cay Blvd. • Duck Key, FL 33050305-289-5127/Cell 330-321-3295

[email protected]

Stacie Kidwell-DirectorRe/Max All Keys

10055 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050305-735-4095 Cell 305-731-9075

[email protected]

Dustin Sedlak-DirectorKirk of the Keys Presbyterian Church

8877 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050305-743-4256/ Cell 305-890-6868

[email protected]

Daniel Samess, CEOMarathon Chamber of Commerce

12222 Overseas Hwy • Marathon, FL 33050305-743-5417 • Cell 305-849-9688

[email protected]

Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce • 2015/2016 Board of Directors

Over the Seas Properties is a community association manage-ment and Real Estate company established in 2014. The compa-ny is a full service Real Estate brokerage firm licensed to man-age Condominium Associations, Homeowner’s Associations,Dockominium Associations, and timeshares. They also offer full

service short and long term rental property management and maintenance, and residential and com-mercial Real Estate brokerage services.

“We believe in a proactive approach to property management which identifies and solves issues beforethey become major problems,” said Over the Seas Properties Broker Randal Currelly. “Communication isthe key to a successful business relationship; we promptly respond to all concerns via one-on-one directfeedback, while offering more than 33 years of combined experience.” Currelly added that they treat theproperty as if it were their own, and offer maintenance and home watch services. As onsite managers,they are available to secure the property in case of inclement weather.

As annual meetings approach, call Over the Seas Properties to have them submit a bid to offer theirmanagement services to local associations.

They are also members of the Community Association Institute, National Association of ResidentialProperty Managers, National Association of Realtors, Florida Gulf Coast Commercial Association ofRealtors, Resort and Second Home Property Specialist, E-Pro, past State Chairman of Masonic Propertiesfor the state of Florida, Elks Lodge, and Moose Lodge.

Visit us at the Marathon Seafood Festival booth #96

11399 Overseas Hwy Suite 7, Marathon • Ph 305-304-9373 • Website: OTSProperties.com Email: [email protected]

Marathon Chamber Business After Hours hosted by Habitat for Humanity of the Middle Keys

Marathon Chamber Luncheon hosted by Castaway Restaurant

Marathon Mayor Mark Senmartin with hissons Dante and Giovanni

Kyle Samess of American Caribbean RealEstate and Rich Tompkins of Capital Bank

Brian “Cheddar” Geitz of Promotions Guy, Christine Todd Young ofHabitat for Humanity, Ryan Schraffenberger of Promotions Guy and

Duane Webster of Broadwave

Jeanine Christiansen and ChelseyStewart of the Marathon Chamber

with candidate for Judge Rob Stober

Michelle Coldiron and Mallory Morton of GlobalHealth Connection with Chamber CEO

Daniel Samess

The Chamber of Commercepresented

Take Stock in Children with a donation of $5,000

Guest speaker Josh Mothner of Coldwell BankerSchmitt Real Estate discussed affordable

housing in the Keys.

Clare Egizio, Caiden Young and Chamber CEODaniel Samess

CM and Dennis Bishop of First State Bankand Bishop, Rosasco & Co.

SponsorshipOpportunities available.

Call Today!

If you would like to be a volunteer at this year’s

Marathon Seafood Festivalplease contact Chelsey at

[email protected] call 305-743-5417

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