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County Chamber Turns Back the Clock this Summer with the Blue Rocks
Celebrate 1947 with Throwback Cap Night - June 13th
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oin the New Castle County Chamber of
Commerce for "Throwback Cap Night"
at the Blue Rocks. Come
out to Frawley Stadium
on June 13 and the first
1,000 fans will receive
a throwback cap with
the look and logo of
the 1947 Blue Rocks,.
The first pitch is set for 7:05,
but come early to be sure to get a cap.
The Chamber will also have one of
the stadium picnic areas reserved for a
members mixer.
The Blue Rocks are helping the County
Chamber celebrate its 90-year anniversary
by reaching back into their history to bring
fans a bit of nostalgia. The original Blue
Rocks were a member of the now defunct
Interstate League from 1940 -1952. The
Blue Rocks played home games at
Wilmington Park, just off Governor Printz
Boulevard. The league had teams in
Allentown, Harrisburg and Lancaster in
Pennsylvania; Hagerstown, Maryland; and
Trenton New Jersey.
Baseball was back in 1947 with the
United States fully engaged in the post
war boom. It was the era of some of
baseball's all time greats. New York Yankee
centerfielder Joe DiMaggio won the
American League’s Most Valuable Player
Award, Ted Williams hit .343 for the
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1947 was the first year of the
College World Series, won by the
California Golden Bears. It was also
the first year for the Little League
World Series, won by the hometown
Maynard Little League from
Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
An all around athlete, Robinson was a
star at UCLA, earning varsity letters in
baseball, basketball, track and football.
Robinson won the 1947 Rookie of the Year
Award and the 1949 Most Valuable Player
Award. He was named to the National
League All Star Team six times. Robinson
retired in 1956 and was inducted into
Baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962. He died
in 1972 at the age of 53.
2 I Chamber Events Matter
3 I As a Matter of Fact
What Small Business
Really Needs
Red Sox and Pittsburgh's Ralph Kiner
blasted 51 home runs.
Most imp o r t a n t l y,
1947 was the
year of Jackie
Robinson.
Robinson
broke
the
color barrier ,
ending racial
segregation in
baseball when
he took the
field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on
April 15 at home in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field.
This Edition
Cindy DiPinto Remembered
A Day on Capitol Hill
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The Blue Rocks
will celebrate their
20th season back in
Wilmington this summer.
The team draws an
average of 4,500 fans to
each home game and is
always at the top of the
attendance figures for all
of minor league baseball. To date, the team
has also sent 116 players to the major leagues,
including former all stars Johnny Damon,
Jacoby Ellbsury, and Carlos Beltran. Each
year, the Blue Rocks work to enhance the
fan experience. Last year the club remodeled
the Blue Rocks Cafe (now known as the
Diamond Club). This season, the Blue Rocks
will have an all new scoreboard with a full
nine inning display. Sitting right above the
modern scoreboard will be a cutting-edge
LED Digital Message Center.
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Happy 50th Anniversary
Service Unlimited
7 I Restaurant Profile
Bahama Breeze
8 - 9 I Chamber History
The Suburbs, the Bomb
& Big Business
The Chamber to the Moon
10 I Chamber Events Recap
Spring Tabletop Expo
Administrative Professionals Day
11 I New Members
12 - 13 I Calendar of Events
Networking, Business Connections
and Business Education
14 I Member News
15 I Ribbon Cuttings
C H A M B E R E V E N T S M AT T E R
Spring Tabletop Expo (see page 10 for more pictures)
Chamber “U” Upgrade Your Business
Network at Night at Sherm’s Catering
Mid Day Mixer Cafe Mezzanote
Women Into Networking at Ed Oliver Golf Club
Cigar Connections at Ed Oliver Golf Club
Chamber O’Commerce Network at Night
Annual Dinner 2012: Then and Now
Administrative Professionals Day (see page 10)
See page 10 for
Spring Tabletop &
Admin. Pro.Award recap
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W H AT ’ S T H E M AT T E R ?
By Mark A. Kleinschmidt
President
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
What Small Business Really Needs
More Definition and Less Regulation
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The needs of a 500 person company are much different than the needs of a $500,000 company. We cannot have a one size fits all approach to small business.
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All levels of government must reduce the regulatory burden it places on a small business.
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ver the past few months, there has
been a lot of talk in the media and
on the campaign trail about small
business as “job creators.” I was even
invited to Washington DC, along with
ten other Chamber presidents from
around the country, to take part in a
roundtable discussion with members of
the United States Senate about what
the federal government can do to help
small business create jobs. All of a
sudden, it seems everybody has an idea
to help small businesses grow.
What I have found interesting in the
midst of this discussion, is that there
is no clear cut definition of a small
business. There are two popular ways
to define small business; one is by gross
receipts and the other by number of
full time employees. To make things
more confusing, the federal government
has a number of different definitions.
The Small Business Administration has
several definitions, which range from a
business having fewer than 500 employees or $7 million in annual receipts.
The Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act takes another approach by
saying a small business is one with fewer
than 25 full-time employees with average
annual wages below $50,000.
At the Senate Roundtable discussion,
I stressed the need to gain a better
understanding of the definition of small
business so policies and programs can
be tailored to meet the needs of different
size businesses. It is clear that the
needs of a 500-person company are
much different than the needs of a
$500,000 company or a sole proprietor.
We cannot have a one size fits all
approach to small business.
The idea of the mom and pop store
really does not fit today’s economy and
in order to provide assistance to small
business, we need to have a better
definition. I believe the best way to
define a small business is by the number
of employees since the operational and
financial complexity of a business is
directly related to the number
of employees. With this in mind, I
turned to the U.S. Census Bureau to
construct five categories of business as
outlined in the table below. Using the
number of employees as a guide, a small
business can be in two categories, very
small or small. The chart below shows
that there are 15,879 business in
New Castle County, of which 13,631 or
85.9%, fall into my definition of small
business. In addition, the data from
the Census Bureau showed that the
very small and small business
categories contained 62,000 jobs.
regulations, taxes and employee
concerns that
take them away
from their core
business.
Without a
human resource
department, or
a full time legal
staff, a small
business must
spend its limited
resources to deal
with requirements of their
success. In 2008,
Chamber President Mark Kleinschmidt (rtight) talks with
the SBA esti- Senator Tom Carper during the Roundtable Discussion in Washington.
mated that in
order to comply with federal regulations program which will streamline the
on the environment, a company with development plan review timetable.
fewer than He has also added a Small Business
20 workers Advocate position to help expanding
will spend businesses navigate the county’s approval
Very Small
Small
$4,101 per process. At the State level, RepresenMedium
Large
Very Large TOTAL
1 to 4
5 to 20
21 to 100 101 to 500 Over 500
worker, or tative Bryon Short has introduced
4½ times HB 54, the Regulatory Flexibility Act,
15,879
4,476
9,155
more than which will require the state to consider
1,809
309
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companies the impact of all new state regulations
employing on small business. And finally at the
57.7%
28.2%
11.4%
2.5%
2%
100%
500. The federal level, Representative Carney
same study and Senators Carper and Coons have
Source: Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns for 2009
s h o w e d been working to pass legislation that
these busi- will lessen the reporting requirements
The daily operations of a small nesses spent three times more per workfor emerging companies seeking to
business are quite different from the er on tax preparation than did their
obtain capital.
424 companies in the large and very larger counterparts.
Hopefully, all the attention on small
large categories. Quite often taxes and
All
levels
of
government
must
business
as job creators will not go away
government regulations are established
reduce
the
regulatory
burden
it
places
when
campaign
2012 is over. All levels
with the large and very large companies
on
a
small
business.
All
the
talk
about
need
to continue to seek
of
government
in mind and little consideration is given
helping
small
business
has
resulted
in
out
ways
to
enact
policies
and programs
to the downstream impact on small
A
the
local
level,
some
positive
actions.
that
will
open
up
more
possibilities
for
business.
As a business grows,
County
Executive
Paul
Clark
has
put
businesses
with
1
to
20
employees
to
and enters the 5 to 20 employee category,
forth
his
“Sowing
Seeds,
Growing
Jobs”
succeed,
grow
and
create
jobs.
they are confronted with a host of costly
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change – the likes
of which the world
has not seen for
centuries. Nations
such as India,
China, Indonesia
and Brazil are
developing rapidly
and are able to
provide goods and
services at exceedingly competitive
prices. Rather
than acknowledging that these developments are a product
of market forces, populist candidates,
politicians and pundits on both the left
and right engage in demagoguery and
weave elaborate conspiracies blaming
corporations, banks and the wealthy for
exploiting the middle class.
We, and our
fellow developed
nations, clearly
have a spending
problem. Europe
is undergoing a
financial crisis that
threatens the very
existence of the
European Union
as a multinational
entity. Poorer
performing
economies, with
massive debt-to-GDP ratios cannot take
action independently, due to the single currency. Relatively well-performing countries,
such as France and Germany find themselves
acting as fiscal hall monitors and in the tenuous position of instructing sovereign governments on how to budget their resources.
The challenges we face are due to a
myriad of factors that cannot be summed
up by the absurd carnival barking and
finger pointing displayed nightly on both
right and left leading cable news programs.
We, and much of the rest of the advanced
industrialized world, are experiencing a
period of profound economic and social
Rather than seeking to identify our
comparative advantages where they exist,
and retraining American workers to meet
the challenges of the 21st Century, we
remain mired in an intractable debate
about our nation’s public school system.
As we fiddle while Rome burns, China,
India and other emerging economies
continue to generate large numbers of
engineers and scientists.
Profligate spending during the last
several decades – which accelerated mightily
during the second Bush Administration and
has continued into the Obama Administration – has brought us to the point where
our national debt is more than $15.5 trillion
dollars. As of this writing, our nation’s
GDP is roughly $15.07 trillion. That means,
for the first time since 1947, our national
debt exceeds our GDP!
t is 2012, and we find ourselves in what
can perhaps be described as the most
protracted and odd presidential elections
in recent history. In the midst of discussions of who is more conservative, what
the Founders intended and whether the
1% is exploiting the 99%, substantive
policy discussion has been largely absent.
This observation is not to suggest that
the lack of substantive discussion can be
placed solely at the feet of the Republican
Party and those vying for that party’s nomination for president. The Obama
Administration, Democratic
leadership in the Congress, and
more strident voices on the
left are equally to blame for
the lack of adult conversation
as to how our nation can get
its fiscal house in order, make
appropriate infrastructure investments and continue to lead
the world well into the 21st Century.
A Friend, Colleague and Member of
the Chamber Family is Remembered
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n March of 2009, a courageous
young woman who had
impacted the lives of countless
people, in and out of public service,
succumbed after a six-year battle
with ovarian cancer. Cindy DiPinto
was only 43 when she passed, but
accomplished a great deal worth
celebrating in that time.
Cindy was beloved by her family and
many friends and greatly respected by those
who encountered her in her professional
life. To honor her memory, close friends
and family created the Cindy Foundation
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for Ovarian Cancer Research.
Their mission is to help raise
awareness and to support research
efforts toward treatment and a
cure for this disease.
The Cindy Foundation is a
component fund of DCF which
is a non profit foundation that
benefits the Delaware community,
tax id #22-2804785. To contribute, or for
more information, the contact information
for the Foundation is as follows: The Cindy
Foundation, 2206 Shallcross Ave.,
Wilmington, DE 19806.
Before you say, “Well, things worked out
after 1947…” it is important to recall that
the rest of the industrialized world at that
point – with the exception of Canada and
Australia (both of which were very small
economies relative to ours) – was in a smoking ruined heap. We were the breadbasket,
manufacturer and lender to the world.
Clearly, we are not similarly situated today.
So, rather than exhorting Americans to
return to a mythic past where every town
was Mayberry and every pot had a chicken,
perhaps candidates could advance concrete
plans as to who we can make responsible
investments in infrastructure, bring about
concrete entitlement reform, target and
contain military spending and reduce our
overwhelming debt. It is of no consequence
whether Mitt Romney likes grits, or whether
Newt Gingrich is a “real Southerner” (he is
originally from Pennsylvania for those of
you paying attention.) It is equally of no
consequence whether President Obama
comes off “cooler” than his eventual
Republican opponent. We have serious
issues to confront in our nation if our children’s children are to live in a prosperous
and free society where “Life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness…” are guaranteed.
It is time for our leaders and the media
who cover them to act like adults.
A Day on Capitol Hill, May 23
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n Wednesday, May
about key issues affecting
23, the New Castle
the First State and major
County Chamber of
items before the Congress.
Commerce will conduct
A Day on Capitol Hill
the annual trip to Washprovides an outstanding
ington, D.C.: A Day on
opportunity to network
Capitol Hill. Each year,
with other members of the
the Chamber reserves a
business community, as well
private car on AMTRAK
as key players in federal,
to transport small business
state and local government.
owners, corporate repreTo register, or get more information,
sentatives and state and local elected officials
please
visit the Chamber’s website at
to Washington, D.C. for a day of special
www.ncccc.com
or contact Heather Fisher
briefings and meetings with the Delaware
at
[email protected]
or (302) 294-2055.
Congressional Delegation and senior staff
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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Emerging Enterprise Center
Lands International Company!
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he Emerging
Enterprise
Center (EEC),
located at the
New Castle County Chamber of
Commerce, welcomes the first
International Soft
Landings company
into
the
program. IDEA
Italia, LLC is a
multi-media company from Italy
that specializes in
mobile applications for people on the go. They chose
the acceleration program at the EEC
due to the location in New Castle
County, and because of the relationships they built at the Chamber and
with EEC management.
IDEA Italia, LLC is a start-up
company formed by a group of Italian
companies, professionals and investors
with a long curriculum in the ICT and
Entertainment industries. IDEA Italia
embraces the new "transmedia"
storytelling revolution to reveal the
many hidden gems of Italy to the
"Digital Lifestyle" generation all over
the world.
Currently, IDEA Italia is working
on two projects: raising capital to
develop its communication platform,
and developing its first project: to
bring a world-class augmented reality
Italian art exhibition to Wilmington,
Delaware.
Ms. Noemi Murphy will be the
person in charge of operations in
Delaware. Ms. Murphy states that
“The Chamber's EEC facility is the
perfect place to start our venture in
the U.S.” According to Paolo Russo,
President of IDEA Italia, “Its
international soft landing program
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Because demand for their services is
ever-changing, Tyler shared a trick
they've learned at EF Precision:
allowing all different departments to
gain an understanding of the others'
needs. Often, manufacturing thinks
sales doesn't know what they're doing,
and vice versa. At EF Precision, Tyler
explained, they try to work around
that by having manufacturers speak
Panelists:
directly with customers when possible,
Terri Kelly, President & CEO, and trading other tasks. "Everyone is
W.L. Gore & Associates
involved in all parts of the process, at
Michael Araten, President & CEO, least on some level."
K'NEX Brands, L.P.
In response to a question from an
embers of the New Castle County
Economic Development Council
joined economic development partner
Select Greater Philadelphia for their
Regional Spotlight program at the
W.L. Gore facility on Barksdale Road
in Newark, DE. Appropriately, this
Regional Spotlight focused on Growing
Innovative Ideas.
is exactly what we need to establish a
presence in the U.S.: good mentoring
services, affordable fees and a very
convenient location at no longer
than a 2-hour drive from NYC and
Washington, D.C."
The Emerging Enterprise Center
now features three business assistance
programs: business acceleration for residents, virtual incubation, and international soft landings. In the resident program, businesses occupy an office, share
equipment, and receive mentors and
programmatic services to rapidly grow
their companies. The virtual program is
essentially the same, but without having
a physical presence within the facility.
The soft landings program is designed
for international companies to test the
U.S. market without large capital outlays.
These companies are usually existing
businesses that are successful in their
host countries, and wish to expand
abroad. EEC matches foreign businesses
with additional resources to facilitate
commerce in Delaware and beyond.
Steven J. Christini, President, audience member about picking back
Christini Technologies, Inc.
up after failures, Terri Kelly explained
Bud Tyler, Vice President, that Gore does not necessarily see
things in those terms. "We don't even
The EF Precision Group
talk about it," she answered, explaining
The four panelists, all leaders in
that experiments that do not lead digrowing technology-based companies
rectly to a viable solution are seen as
located in the greater Philadelphia
part of the discovery process in research
region, shared their experiences and
and development. She continued, "We
reflections on what it takes to foster
don't want those risk-averse behaviors"
innovation and drive success.
that often result when there is a public
For Bud Tyler of EF Precision, the perception that something has failed.
primary motivator to stay innovative "We think of it more as a journey."
is his customers. "We are a company
Perhaps most importantly, all
that doesn't have a product," he
four panelists spoke about the imporexplained. What EF Precision manutance of locating jobs in Greater
factures are parts for their customers'
Philadelphia, and the advantages that
products, so their demand cycles (and
drew them in to the area or allowed
thus, manufacturing cycles) are driven
them to stay. Continued on page 6.
largely by global demand for products.
Economic Development Council Member List
Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay ◆ AAA Mid-Atlantic
Aloysius Butler & Clark ◆ AstraZeneca ◆ Bancroft Construction ◆ Bernardon Haber Holloway
The Byrd Group ◆ Christiana Care ◆ City of Newark ◆ City of Wilmington
The Commercial-Industrial Realty Council ◆ Committee of 100 ◆ Commonwealth Group
Delaware BioScience Association ◆ Delaware Park ◆ Delaware River and Bay Authority
Delmarva Power ◆ DiSabatino Construction ◆ Emory Hill ◆ First State Innovation
Fisker Automotive ◆ Harvey, Hanna & Associates ◆ M&T Bank
New Castle County Board of Realtors ◆ New Castle County Government
Patterson-Schwartz & Associates ◆ PNC Bank Delaware ◆ Saul Ewing LLP
Setting Properties ◆ TD Bank ◆ Wilmington University ◆ W.L. Gore
World Trade Center Delaware
For membership info, contact Bob Chadwick,
NCCCC Vice President for Economic Development at (302) 737-4343.
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MEMBER PROFILE
Happy 50th Anniversary
Service Unlimited!
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n 1924, J.M. Lazarus opened
a department store on Market
Street in Wilmington with the
motto, “a lot for a little.” The
store was Wilmington Dry
Goods and native and longtime
New Castle County residents
recall shopping the dollar days,
the service, the deals and much
more. Mr. Lazarus was attentive
to customer service and with
the advent of air conditioning,
he realized keeping
Service Unlimited’s current management team.
shoppers cool could
mean more shoppers
Service Unlimited has been in business
and happier shoppers. In 1962,
Dry Goods called Dick Wolf, for fifty years and will celebrate with an
open house at their New Castle headowner of Service Unlimited.
“My father’s first large quarters on Thursday, May 3, 2012.
service and installation project
was Wilmington Dry Goods,” says
Carl Wolf, son and second generation
owner of Service Unlimited. “We later
forged a long partnership with Happy
Harry’s and I remember owner Harry
Levine telling me ‘if people come in to my
store and they are hot, they won’t stay’ and
that was the extent of our first meeting,”
Carl laughs. “We kept many Happy Harry
stores climate controlled for many years.”
They have performed the same service to
other venerable Delaware landmark destinations like Wright and Simon, Artisans
Bank, Hagley Museum, a variety of schools
and many churches.
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Nick Gardiner
Digital Sales Account Executive
[email protected]
(302) 324-2683
DELAWARE’S DIGITAL
AND PRINT LEADER
Service Unlimited is the first Delaware
contracting firm to win the Commercial
HVAC Contractor of the Year Award,
a national award from Contracting
Business Magazine.
They have also won several ABC
(Associated Builders and Contractors)
Safety Awards and Excellence in Construction recognitions. “We do a great
deal of in-house training with a focus on
safety but we also have a director of service
quality who ensures that Service Unlimited
brings excellence to our work,” says Carl.
He continues, “We are also prompt, reliable
and most of all we know how to fix things.”
Service Unlimited listens to clients but
also to their employees. “We often get
the best ideas from our own technicians
and mechanics. They tells us better ways
to do things or quicker or at a savings.”
Carl feels that personal attention is what
keeps people at Service Unlimited.
“We have long-term employees; one
person has been here 44 years. Our people
Carl was born into the business. “I grew are integral parts of our machine. We
up going on service calls, holding the flash- are family.”
light, running for parts and tools…”
Service Unlimited provides commercial
Carl now oversees a fleet of 25 trucks and clients HVAC installation and repair service
a technical and mechanical force of throughout the Delaware region. Visit
40 people.
them online at www.suihvac.com.
“The HVAC system for Artisans Bank
was first installed in 1974, it was replaced
in 1995 and we recently replaced it for the
third time in March 2012,” says Carl Wolf.
“It has been great forming and maintaining
relationships with the various building
owners as it has changed hands throughout
the years.”
Helping you understand the
effectiveness of digital
advertising. That’s my specialty.
Let’s have a digital conversation.
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Continued from page 5
Mr. Araten of
K'NEX pointed out
that there is a
strategic purpose of keeping jobs in
the United States, or bringing them
back here. Getting all employees on
the same page is not a trivial undertaking - and that sense of shared mission is crucial for success. Terri Kelly
agreed, saying that Gore "can't allow
cost to be the primary driver" of their
decisions. She also noted that it's been
very important to co-locate different
departments - sales, manufacturing,
and research and development - in
order to let them find efficiencies
through their day to day interactions.
Steven Christini
cited opportunities
to connect with a
thriving venture
capital and investor community as a
key benefit to locating in the Greater
Philadelphia region.
The New Castle County Economic
Development Council is the New
Castle County signatory to the
11-county economic development
compact known as Select Greater
Philadelphia. The Regional Spotlight
Program is put on by Select Greater
Philadelphia several times each year,
focusing on different areas throughout
the Greater Philadelphia region.
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
R E S TAU R A N T P R O F I L E
Delaware's Newest Dining Destination Bahama Breeze
FORE! Hit the links
this summer...
A
rnold Palmer once said, “Golf is deceptively
simple and endlessly complicated.” But that
doesn’t keep us from trying. With an entire
summer ahead, make plans for a day on the
links. Chesapeake Bay Golf Club has their
original course in North East Maryland and
another course, the former Chantilly Manor in
Rising Sun, Maryland. Maryland Life Magazine
named the Chesapeake Bay courses one of the
“Free State’s Finest” golf courses in the state for
Deerfield
2011. At the North East Course, the Knickers
Pub has some of the best crabcakes in the region.
This September, Chesapeake Bay North East
will host the Special Olympics Maryland
Golf Championship.
Newark’s Deerfield Golf Club has established
itself as a golf and dining destination. This year,
the club has an all new Nike Golf Pro Shop.
Deerfield boasts more than great golf in a picturesque setting, it also has Chef Paul O’Toole. Chef
Paul has collected numerous awards for his cuisine
and has created the award winning Sunday Brunch,
a two-time “Best of Delaware” winner by Delaware
Today magazine. Chef Paul has been named
Chef of the Year, Culinarian of the Year by the
American Culinary Federation, Philadelphia
Chapter, and has been a two-time winner of
the Presidential Medal, also by the American
Culinary Federation.
Delcastle Golf Club opened in 1971 and has
been a consistent winner. The News Journal
Reader’s Choice Awards named Delcastle the
best public course in the state from 2002-2005.
The Delcastle Restaurant is a relaxing diversion
and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
(in season) 7 -9 pm.
Continued on page 9.
“
The trade winds are the
prevailing pattern of easterly
surface winds found in the tropics”
so says any encyclopedia, but add
in some flavorful, colorful
ingredients, and a splash of coconut
and spicy rum and you get more
than a prevailing pattern of
surface winds, you get Bahama
Breeze--New Castle County’s
newest restaurant.
is the Tropical Curry sautéed shrimp,
served in a West Indian curry sauce
with “naan” bread and a sweet roasted pineapple chutney.
Another new entrée is the woodgrilled chicken breast served with a
refreshing cilantro-crema, mashed
potatoes and roasted corn topped
with a blend of three melted cheeses.
Bahama Breeze
opened at the
former Houlihan’s location at
the Christiana
Mall in early 2012.
Part of the Darden
family of restaurants, it is the first
Bahama Breeze in
Delaware. “We have fresh approachable Caribbean-inspired food, with
handcrafted tropical drinks served
in a warm, vibrant Caribbean
atmosphere,” says general manager
Mike Links.
“The bar is beautiful and it offers
the best in the frozen drinks people
expect of the islands. Our pina coladas
and our mojitos are very popular,”
says Links. Bahama Breeze also
offers the island staples of Red Stripe
and Carib Beer.
If you like your restaurants to
have the gimmicks and flair of old
license plates nailed to the wall, then
Bahama Breeze is not the place for
you. “We have no gimmicks,” says
Links, “we have the feeling of the
Caribbean. The dining room is modern and vibrant.” The inside also features dark hardwoods and live tropical
plants. The outdoor patio seats 50-60
The food is island-inspired with
a mélange of flavors combining tropical fruit and seasonings like garlic,
thyme, allspice, and much more.
“We have seafood, chicken and
steak. Our barbeque offerings are
popular and our coconut shrimp
appetizer is our most popular dish.
People also love the Jerk Chicken
Pasta,” says Links. Something new
comfortably
and in warm
weather offers live music featuring
steel drums,
island music and of
course, Jimmy Buffet tunes.
Bahama Breeze has chef’s specials
and the fish menu changes frequently.
“We always have salmon and tilapia
but we also mix in swordfish, mahi
mahi and other line-caught fish
as specials.”
Bahama Breeze has a Happy
Hour Monday through Friday from
4 to 6 pm. with specials on appetizers
and signature drinks.
“We are family friendly with a nice
kid’s menu,” says Links. “We are in
a mall parking lot but you wouldn’t
know it once you are inside. We give
our guests a feeling of a caribbean
escape with the food, drink
and atmosphere that you find in
the islands.”
Log onto bahamabreeze.com and
sign up to be an “Island Insider” and
receive special coupons, recipes, menu
updates, event invitations and more.
Next time you venture to the
Christiana Mall, go hungry and enjoy
a taste of the islands. Bahama Breeze
is open for lunch and dinner seven
days a week.
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CHAMBER HISTORY 1950s
The Chamber in the 1950s - The Suburbs, the Bomb, and Big Business
A
merican makers of plowshares could,
with time and as required, make
swords as well. But now we can no longer
risk emergency improvisation of national
defense; we have been compelled to create
a permanent armaments industry of
vast proportions.
Read about
the Chamber in the
70s and 80s in the
July/August edition.
switched production to automobiles
in 1957. A housing boom, stimulated in
part by easily affordable mortgages for
returning members of the military, added
to the expansion. The idea of the suburbs
created by the Levitt brothers came to
Delaware in the form of Fairfax, a planned
suburban community of over 800 homes.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
The first phases of construction began in
Sir Winston Churchill’s famous quote earnest in 1951.
of “an Iron Curtain has descended across
the continent” brought rise to the “Military
Industrial Complex,” a quote that would
be part of a speech delivered in the last
year of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
presidency. It was this drive to
create a “permanent armaments
industry” in response to the
Soviet threat that partly defined
the 1950s.
Many Americans feared
that the end of World War II
and the subsequent drop in
military spending might bring back
Patton Tank at Chrysler Plant
the hard times of the Great Depression. Photo courtesy of Delaware Public Archives
But instead, pent-up consumer demand
fueled exceptionally strong economic
Delawareans and Americans alike
growth in the post-war period.
were doing well. The nation's gross national
The automobile industry successfully product rose from about $200,000 million
converted back to producing cars, and in 1940 to $300,000 million in 1950, and to
new industries such as aviation and elec- more than $500,000 million by the end of
tronics grew by leaps and bounds. In New the decade. At the same time, the jump in
Castle County, the auto plants in Newark postwar births, the "baby boom," increased
and Newport increased production. In the number of consumers. More and more
Newark, the Chrysler Plant continued to Americans joined the rapidly growing
produce the Patton tank and eventually middle-class, purchasing the latest products
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help rebuild war-ravaged Europe,
helped to establish markets for
numerous U.S. goods. Government itself
recognized its central role in economic
affairs. The Employment Act of 1946 stated
as government policy "to promote
maximum employment, production, and
purchasing power."
Business, meanwhile, entered a period
marked by consolidation. Firms merged
to create huge, diversified conglomerates.
International Telephone and Telegraph,
of workers providing services grew until it
equaled and then surpassed the number
who produced goods. And by 1956,
a majority of U.S. workers held
white-collar, rather than blue-collar jobs.
At the same time, labor unions won
long-term employment contracts and other
benefits for their members.
In New Castle County, the Delaware
Memorial Bridge opened in 1951, improving
the state’s travel and commerce. Later,
construction would begin on Interstate 95
and would end with its completion in 1963.
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is the leading
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in the area.
Visit www.ncccc.com
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and saying goodbye to radio
in favor of brand new televisions. The era was also
the dawn of the shopping
centers. Building of such
centers multiplied in the
1950s, rising from eight
nationwide at the end of
World War II to nearly 4,000
in 1960. In Delaware, shoppers flocked to Wilmington’s
Merchandise Mart,
Newark Shopping
Center,
Fairfax
Shopping Center and
the decade also Workers raise a truss 160 feet above the water during the
saw growth along construction of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in 1951.
Kirkwood Highway.
Originally constructed in 1938, for instance, bought Sheraton Hotels,
Route 2 saw a series of widening Continental Banking, Hartford Fire Insurance,
and
improvement
projects Avis Rent-a-Car, and other companies.
as the gap between Newark and
The American work force also changed
Wilmington closed.
significantly. During the 1950s, the number
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CHAMBER HISTORY 1960s
Chamber History -- the 1960s. The Chamber to the Moon
O
n September 12, 1962, in an address
at Rice University, President John F.
Kennedy said, “We choose to go to the
moon this decade.” He further challenged,
“…because that goal will serve to organize
and measure the best of our energies and
skills, because that challenge is one that we
are willing to accept…” And so was born
the “Space Race” to see who could put a
man on the moon and when. On the 21st
of July, 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped foot
on the moon as 500 million people worldwide watched on television.
President Kennedy’s speech in Texas
created a global fascination with space. It
wasn’t lost on local chambers of commerce.
In 1962, the Greater Seattle Chamber of
Commerce stepped forward to help lead
the World’s Fair, known as Century 21. It
was held in downtown Seattle, and through
the Chamber’s leadership, over 300
businesses contributed $3 million dollars
to the exposition’s success. It is to this day,
the only World’s Fair to turn a profit. The
lasting image remaining from Century 21 of Commerce, located on
Newark’s Main Street, conis Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
Century 21 had as its core theme-- tinued to be a voice for local
modern science--with such featured exhibits and regional business. It supas climate controlled buildings, monorails, ported the stalwart businesses
air travel, suburban living, computer tech- and large employers like the
venerable Curtis Paper Mill,
nology and of course, space exploration.
the Continental Diamond
In the midst of the turbulent 1960s with Fibre Company and the
war and civil rights at the forefront, the Chrysler Assembly Plant,
decade also provided the Beatles; the Ed which during the 1960s
Sullivan Show; the first heart transplant; produced thousands of
the Ford Mustang; the Counter Culture; Chrysler Valiants. The ChamWoodstock; the Great Society; and the “I ber also embraced the local
Have a Dream” speech. The 1960s also businesses: Bing’s Bakery; Diamond Ice
saw the rise of industrial construction with and Coal; Trivit’s Appliance; Abbott’s Shoe
new glimmering factories producing Repair; Val Nardo’s Barber Shop; Deluxe
computer technology, space age equipment, Luncheonette; Richards Dairy; Woodies
and cutting edge tools and equipment.
Machine Shop; Fader Motors and more.
Local chambers understood this new
The County Chamber was on the cutting
economy and set about promoting the build- edge and celebrated the arrival of a new
ing of schools and endorsing their hometowns way to eat and drink in Newark. It was
as the best option for a corporate head- called McDonald’s and the new restaurant
quarters. The New Castle County Chamber on Main Street was the first of its kind in
Delaware. It opened in 1960 and was led
by owner Len Dukart whose family still
owns a number of McDonald’s franchises
throughout the region.
The 1960s, at the same time turbulent
and troubled, was also focused on the future.
The 1960s left a legacy unlike decades prior.
The personal, professional, and political
changes born in the 1960s still exist in
America today.
FORE! Hit the links this summer...
Continued from page 7.
Frog Hollow Golf Club in Middletown
was named the Best Public Golf Course in
Delaware by Delaware Today magazine in
2009. It continues to delight players with is
challenging links style layout. Frog Hollow
lets people play free on their birthday if
they sign up for eClub. eClub also offers
other discounts and special promotions
throughout the year.
Just over the line in Pennsylvania, a quick
drive from Hockessin is Hartefeld. A true
masterpiece, Hartefeld has hosted professional
events and the Exelon Invitational. The
course has been named one of Pennsylvania’s
top 10 courses by Golfweek Magazine.
Hartefeld is a private club but offers a variety
of membership opportunities. The Grill and
Pub is open to the public.
Re-emerging onto the scene in recent
years is the all new Rock Manor. Built in
1921,“The Rock” was redesigned and lengthened in time for the 2009 season. Rock
Manor offers banquet facilities and an all
new Outdoor Pavilion for special events.
LPGA Championship for 18 years. It also
offers the par 71 Nemours Course and the
Montchanin Course, a short par 61 course.
DuPont also offers tennis, fitness and a sports
academy program. The Club offers some of
the best wedding reception options and fine
food at the Legends Bar and Grille.
The Pavilion overlooks the beautiful 9th
green and is open May through September.
The 1921 Clubhouse was also remodeled
and the Rock Manor Pub is a full service
facility, serving breakfast and lunch to golfers
and non-golfers alike.
DuPont County Club continues to bring
the best of everything to golfers in the region.
Founded in 1920, the club was for the exclusive
use of DuPont Company employees. Today,
memberships are available to the general
public and the club offers a wide array of
membership levels. DuPont Country Club
has golf in the form of its signature course,
the DuPont, the host of the McDonald’s
Cavaliers Country Club opened in 1959
and offers a wooded and bunkered layout
of 18 holes and par 71. Cavaliers is a private
club with memberships available for 2012.
The club offers a full size pool, stocked pro
shop, and the Clubhouse for cocktails, dining,
banquets, weddings and much more. The
deck and patio overlook the course offering
spectacular views. Cavaliers will host the
B Street Band, a Bruce Springsteen tribute
show this summer. See the information to
the right for details.
So, grab the sticks and remember, “Golf is
the closest game to the game we call life.
You get bad breaks from good shots; you get
good breaks from bad shots - but you have
to play the ball where it lies.”- Bobby Jones
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CHAMBER EVENTS RECAP
Spring Tabletop & Networking Expo
Raises $1,000 for Autism Delaware
T
N
he second annual Administrative
Professionals Day drew a sold-out
crowd to Newark’s Embassy Suites
hotel. Hosted by the New Castle County
Chamber of Commerce and the International Association of Administrative
Professionals, the morning event
celebrated, educated and motivated the
region’s administrative professionals
and their colleagues.
early 200 Chamber members
and guests celebrated the first
day of spring, March 20th, participating
in our Annual Spring Tabletop Expo
and Silent Auction at the Bella Vita
Ballroom at Cavalier Country Club.
The event included 35 tabletop displays, 25 silent auction items, Woodside
Members Matter
to the Chamber. Call
(302) 737-4343 to join.
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Second Annual
Administrative Professionals Breakfast
Ice Cream and FruitFlowers samples
and Bella Vita’s delicious hors d’oeuvres
and carving station! It was the perfect
atmosphere for top notch networking,
and the Chamber was able to raise
over $1000 for Autism Delaware! This
3rd annual event has blossomed into a
great spring gathering for New Castle
County Businesses.
Following breakfast, a series of fabulous door prizes were handed out by
Brooke Grubb of Unique Impresssions,
and Angie Hersher of Excel Business
Systems, Inc. Later, the Administrative
Professional of the Year Award was
presented to the 2012 winner, Kelly
Kershaw of the Delaware Breast Cancer
Coalition. Ms. Kershaw spoke of her
important work at DBCC and how she
could work at many other places but
she has always been drawn to the idea
of helping others and thanked her mother for making her “a born volunteer.”
Joyce Dungee
Proctor, president and CEO
of The Total
You, Inc. and the
author of the
book, “Take the
Limits Off—
Nine Ways to
Stop Talking and
Start Doing” Kelly Kershaw, DBCC
Administrative
spoke of the imProfessional
of the
portance of the
Year Award winner
administrative
professional. She also provided tips and
suggestions for self-mastery and encouraged the attendees to think about goals,
dream big, and keep a wild imagination.
The IAAP is in its 60th year. It is a
not for profit professional organization
with over 28,000 members in nearly 600
chapters around the world. The Delaware
Chapter was chartered in 1949 and
currently serves over 60 members.
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NEW MEMBERS
M E M B E R S H I P M AT T E R S
Aetna Medicare
Insurance
(302) 234-7865
www.aetnamedicare.com
Idea Italia LLC
Business & Professional Services
(302) 689-3016
www.italyisgoodfor.biz
OnPoint Partners, LLC
Payroll Service
(302) 655-5606
www.efsbp.com
Affordable Computers
Computers/IT/Internet
(302) 588-2630
Innovative Schools
Non-Profit Organizations
(302) 656-4737
www.innovativeschools.org
Pace Services
Electricians
(302) 328-2600
www.pacede.com
Isaacs Garage
Automotive
(302) 652-0167
http://www.isaacsgarage.com
POS Tuning North America LLC
Business & Professional Services
(302) 482-1593
www.postuning.com
ITERATE Ventures
Business & Professional Services
(610) 864-6588
www.iterateventures.com
Prominent Cleaning
Solutions LLC
Cleaning Services & Supplies
(302) 286-7456
www.prominentcleaning
solutions.com
Aflac - Rowe
Financial Services
(302) 521-6645
B. A. Looney & Co.
Entertainment
(302) 561-0896
www.professorlooney.com
Back Creek Golf Club
Golf Courses/Country Clubs
(302) 378-6499
www.backcreekgc.com
Best Vacations
Travel
(410) 287-0193
bestvacations.agenthub.net
Best Western Plus
Accomodations
(302) 326-2500
www.bestwestern.com
Bowman Printing
Printing Services
(302) 738-7000
www.bowmanprinting.com
Delaware Kitchen Share
Food Distributors/Markets/Services
(866) 294-2046
www.dekitchenshare.com
Edris F. Goolsby Harrell, Ph.D.
Medical
(302) 764-5309
Java Puppy LLC
Food Distributors/
Markets/Services
(302) 561-1041
Joseph A. Bank
Retail/Wholesale
(302) 737-6265
www.josephabank.com
Justmar
Advertising & Marketing
(302) 322-3585
www.justmar.net
Mary Kay - Norman
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic Services
(302) 325-3855
www.marykay.com/lnorman
Master Tech, Inc., Paint &
Collision Center
Automotive
(302) 832-1660
www.mastertechcollision.com
Red Roof Inn
Accomodations
(302) 292-2870
www.redroof.com
Shake It! Fitness Studio
Health & Wellness
(302) 832-7425
www.shakeitfitness.com
Silk the Salon
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 999-7455
Smith Carey Communications
Advertising & Marketing
(302) 530-1745
www.smithcareycommunications.com
Staples - Chesnut Plaza
Printing Services, Retail/Wholesale
(302) 738-8020
www.staples.com
Middletown Baptist Church
Churches
(302) 378-2443
www.middlebaptistchurch.org
Staples - Christiana
Printing Services, Retail/Wholesale
(302) 266-8230
www.staples.com
Fresh Faced Skin Care
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic Services
(302) 689-3223
www.freshfacedskincare.com
MysticSage Productions
Entertainment,
Event Management
(302) 893-5118
www.mysticsageproductions.com
Staples - Concord Pike
Printing Services, Retail/Wholesale
(302) 477-1162
www.staples.com
Goju Training Center
Health & Wellness
(302) 762-5057
www.gojurobics.com
Newark Deli & Bagels
Restaurants
(302) 266-7150
www.newarkdeliandbagels.com
Home Instead Senior Care
Health Care
(302) 654-4003
www.homeinstead.com/492
Nowland Associates, Inc.
Construction/Contractors
(302) 731-1333
www.nowlandassociates.com
Frazzberry Frozen Yogurt
Restaurants
(302) 543-7791
www.frazzberry.com
TekSolv, Inc.
Engineering, Safety Equipment & Training
(302) 366-8120
www.teksolv.com
Terry Schmeck State Farm Agency
Insurance
(302) 737-5099
www.terryschmeck.com
The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company
Construction/Contractors
(302) 292-0676
www.whiting-turner.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop - Bear
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 838-5411
www.usmalemodern
barbershop.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop - Middletown
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 449-2630
www.usmalebarbershop.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop - Newark
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 368-7800
www.usmalebarbershop.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop - Newark
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 368-1273
www.usmalebarbershop.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop - Smyrna
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 659-3810
www.usmalebarbershop.com
US Male Modern
Barbershop- Hockessin
Beauty/Haircare/Cosmetic
Services
(302) 635-7370
www.usmalebarbershop.com
Wilmington Senior
Center, Inc.
Non-Profit Organizations
(302) 651-3400
www.wilmingtonseniocenter.org
New member list complete as
of April 12, 2012.
Societa daVinci
Non-Profit Organizations
www.societadavinci.com
Miche Bag - deBruin
Retail/Wholesale
(302) 479-5610
www.gottagetthatbag.miche.com
Food Bank of Delaware, Inc.
Non-Profit Organizations
(302) 292-1305
www.fbd.org
State of Delaware Dept.
of Labor (DVR)
Government
(302) 761-8273
delawareworks.com
Staples - Kirkwood Hwy
Printing Services, Retail/Wholesale
(302) 633-4330
www.staples.com
Staples - New Castle
Printing Services, Retail/Wholesale
(302) 395-3910
www.staples.com
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Chamber Orientation:
Get to Know Your
Chamber
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11:30 AM – 1:30 PM 1 0
Chamber Awards
Luncheon
at Sheraton
Wilmington South
8:30 - 11:30 AM
Business
Fundamentals
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Meeting 8:30 - 9:00 AM
Sheraton Wilm South
2:00 - 4:00 PM
Mid-day Mixer at
Woodside Farm Creamery
6:00 - 7:00 PM
ChinaTrip Info. Meeting
21
22
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Chamber “U”
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Hispanic Business
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Network
Mid-day
Speed Networking
27
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CHAMBER CLOSED
for Memorial Day
Chamber Awards Luncheon
Sheraton Wilmington South
365 Airport Road
New Castle, DE
Thursday, May 10
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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8:00 – 9:30 AM
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Coffee
Connections:
Hispanic Network Mixer
Joint Mixer & Tabletop
and WineTasting at
with Greater Phila
Sherm's Catering at
Chamber at
The Skyline Grill
The Crowne Plaza
Networking Series Sponored by:
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Thu
2
Mid Day Mixer
Woodside Farm Creamery
&
Eppy’s
Barbeque
1310 Little Baltimore Rd.
Hockessin, DE
Tuesday, May 15
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
29
16
Regional Business
Meeting
6:00 - 7:00 PM
Riverfront Market/Harry’s
5:30 – 7:30 PM
YPN Happy Hour at
Iron Hill - Riverfront
17
6:30 - 10:00 PM
Young Professionals
Network
End of Year Celebration
6:00 - 7:00 PM
IrelandTrip Info Meeting
23
8:30 AM – 8:30 PM
A Day on Capitol Hill
Trip to Washington D.C.
(see page 4 for details)
30
24
Noon - 2:00 PM
Network at Noon at
Brickyard Grille at
Courtyard Newark
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5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
unWINEd Wednesday
Social Club
at Brio Tuscan Grille,
Christiana Mall
Mid Day Speed Networking
A Day on Capitol Hill
NCC Chamber
Trip to Washington D.C.
12 Penns Way
New Castle, DE
Special briefings, meetings with our
Congressional delegation and a
Sponsored
reception at Union Station.
by:
See page 4 for details
Tuesday., May 22
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23
8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Network at Noon
Brickyard Grille
at Courtyard Newark
400 David Hollowell Dr.
Newark, DE
Thursday, May 24
Noon - 2:00 p.m.
To register for events, please visit www.ncccc.com and click ‘Events Calendar’
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
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All events are held at the
New Castle County Chamber,
12 Penns Way.
Call (302) 737-4343 for details.
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8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Chamber “U”
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8:00 - 10:00 AM
8:30 – 10:30 AM
Coffee Connections &
Ribbon Cutting with Chamber Orientation:
Get to Know
Cancer Support
Your Chamber
Community
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13
5:00 - 9:00 PM
Chamber Night at the
Blue Rocks, picnic area/
1st base side
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19
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Multi Chamber
Tabletop Mixer
at Sun Center Studios,
Aston, PA
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Hispanic Business
Network
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Coffee Connections
& Ribbon Cutting
Cancer Support Community
Wednesday, June 6
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
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unWINEd Wednesday
Social Club at
Designer Consigner
Shop in Hockessin
14
8:00 - 10:30 AM
Business Issues
Roundtable #3
21
8:30 - 11:30 AM
Finding Your Next
Customer
28
5:30 - 7:30 PM
“Summer in the City”
Network at Night
at Extreme Pizza
Chamber Night at the Blue Rocks
Throwback Cap Night!
Multi Chamber Tabletop Mixer
Sun Center Studios
Network at Night
Extreme Pizza
801 Shipyard Drive
Wilmington, DE
Wednesday, June 13
5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
63 Concord Road
Aston, PA
201 N. Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware
Wednesday, June 20
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, June 28
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
To register for events, please visit www.ncccc.com and click ‘Calendar & Registration’
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MEMBER NEWS
Growing Trees Will Grow Your Business!
A
nyone who
has walked
across a parking lot
on a bright summer afternoon
knows that black
asphalt radiates
shimmering heat.
And in the search
for parking, one of
life’s small victories
is finding a spot in
the shade.
Ribbon Cuttings
are just one of the
values of membership
So plan now to
add trees to your
growing business.
New trees do best
if you plant them
before the weather gets too hot or
you can wait for
cooler weather in
the fall. Either
way, make sure
Tree planting in Banning Park
that they get a long,
in Wilmington
slow drink of water
(by
rain
or
by
hand)
twice a week
Did you know that consumers will
during
the
growing
season
of the first
spend more money and shop more
two
years.
often in business districts with
shade trees? Or that strategiTo learn more about the benefits of
cally placed trees around your trees, visit TheDCH.org.
building can decrease utility
Looking for some good green fun in
bills by as much as 50%?
June? Head on over to the Delaware
Trees and landscaping Center for Horticulture during Discover
offer a great return on invest- TheDCH Month. Their headquarters in
ment – for your business property Wilmington’s Trolley Square is an oasis
or for your home. Research even in the city. They’re offering a smorgasshows that real estate resale values are bord of garden tours, social events,
increased and rental rates for commercial workshops and family fun throughout
properties are significantly higher in areas June. Check out the full schedule at
with quality landscaping and trees.
TheDCH.org.
14 I May/June I www.ncccc.com
At bcbsde.com, members can
access many self-service options
• Check your health
coverage or claim status
• View your health
accounts (if applicable)
• Order a new ID card
• Find health and
wellness information
• Use the Hospital
Comparison Tool
• Download forms
Congratulations to the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
on 90 years of supporting our local business community.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
MEMBER RIBBON CUTTINGS
Pro Kitchen Gear
www.prokitchengear.com
Diet Center, Inc.
(302) 543-6280
Goju Training Center
www.gojurobics.com
Sherm’s Catering at the Skyline Grill
www.shermscatering.com
Eppy's Barbeque
www.eppysbbq.com
Sheraton Wilmington South
www.sheratonwilmingtonsouth.com
Forwood Manor
www.ForwoodManorDE.com
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We’re here to protect and
grow your small business.
Kerry Meluskey, Vice President
302.475.5545
Janet Dougherty, Vice President
302.633.7842
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Mark Lucey, Commerical Relationship Manager
302.633.7847