August - Carteret County Chamber of Commerce

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Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Monthly Newsletter • August 2016
The love for the beautiful Crystal Coast can be seen on the face of Ellis Sheaves, age 2. Her appreciation for this stretch of coastline was
passed on from her mother, Janet, who played in the same Atlantic Beach waters as a girl. Photo by Janet Sheaves.
Why Should You Join?
• Networking
• Visibility • Credibility
• Advertising Opportunities
• Community Advocacy
• Community Involvement
• and much more!
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Message
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President
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‘Super Heroes for a Super Night’
Reverse Drawing is August 20:
Hurry, Tickets Selling Fast!
The Carteret County Chamber of Commerce
presents the 2016 Reverse Drawing on Saturday
evening, August 20, at the Crystal Coast Civic
Center in Morehead City.
Reverse Drawing tickets are now on sale
at Chamber headquarters, 801 Arendell St.,
Morehead City. Open to the public. You do not
have to be present to win the Grand Prize of
$10,000.
Each ticket is $100. Only 325 will be sold.
Your ticket admits two adults to the best party
of the summer season. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Buffet dinner, open bar, silent auction, entertainment and fun. Free cab ride home to any loca-
tion within Carteret County from Carteret Cab.
This year’s theme is: “Super Heroes for a
Super Night.”
Dress is beach casual, but come dressed as
your favorite Super Hero from any era to compete in the costume contest to win prizes.
Businesses and organizations are welcome
to contribute items for the silent auction. Gain
instant exposure, as more than 500 people typically attend this function.
For more information or to purchase a ticket,
visit the chamber at www.nccoastchamber.com
or call 252-726-6350. You can also email Lana
Collmann at [email protected].
Who Is the Best at Customer Service?
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The Carteret County of Chamber of Commerce
and partners are leading the way to discover
who is tops in Carteret County when it comes to
customer service.
“One of the best marketing tools a company
can have is an employee who shines at customer service,” said Chamber President Tom Kies.
“We’re looking for those high achieving individuals for our 2016 ‘Outrageous Customer Service
Awards.’”
The nomination process is simple. Just
send in a detailed note about someone you
work with or someone who has served you
well. Direct your correspondence to Tom Kies
at [email protected].
The deadline is September 16.
The awards ceremony will be in
mid-October. The awards program
is also co-sponsored by Carteret
Community College, the Emerald
Isle Beach & Pool Club, and
NCCOAST. Reception sponsorship
opportunities are available.
Layne Helwig of First Citizens Bank was
one of our 2015 Customer Service award
winners. Her husband, Ron Helwig, is on
the right and Christina Fulcher, Chamber
Board member, is on the left.
Plan Early to Participate in
Leadership Carteret 2017
It’s not too early to call ahead and reserve
your place in the Leadership Carteret 2017
program, starting in January and going through
March. The Leadership Class meets for 10 consecutive Wednesdays.
“This will be our 29th season to offer
Leadership Carteret and our slogan is:
‘Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders Today,’” said
Lana Collmann of the Chamber.
“The goal is a comprehensive orientation
about contemporary issues and challenges that
are unique to Carteret County. We introduce
the class members to the county’s top business
leaders and decision makers,” she said. “We
visit places off the beaten path and behind the
scenes in order to give the participants an experience they will never forget. We guarantee it.”
The Leadership Carteret Steering Committee
(consisting of past graduates of the program)
will be formed in September and applications
will be available after Labor Day.
Tuition is $415 for Chamber members and
$525 for others. The class is limited to 35 participants. Address inquiries to Lana Collmann at
[email protected].
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Members of the Military Affairs Committee
attended a Change of Command Ceremony at
Fort Macon on Friday, July 8th, when the 110foot patrol boat, USCGC CUSHING welcomed
Lt. Mario Gil as its new commander. The command was turned over by Lt. Russell Newkirk,
who had commanded the cutter for the last two
years. Lt. Newkirk is leaving the Coast Guard in
order to go to medical school. The Change of
Command ceremony took place at Coast Guard
Sector Field Office Fort Macon and was presided
over by Captain Patricia Hill, Commander, Sector
North Carolina.
In addition to thanking the numerous dignitaries and family members in attendance, the
Chamber of Commerce and the Military Affairs
Committee were acknowledge numerous times
by multiple speakers for all the support given to
the military and in particular the Coast Guard.
The USCGC CUSHING is the twenty-first
Photo taken by Lana Collmann
MAC Luncheon Planned
Please join us in honoring a service member from the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry
Point, Coast Guard and the Army Reserve. The
Carteret County Chamber of Commerce MAC
Committee is hosting the John C. Beitz Service
Person of the Quarter Luncheon Friday, August
12 at noon. The luncheon will take place at the
Morehead City - Beaufort Elks Lodge # 1710 at
400 Miller Farm Road, Morehead City. The cost
is $10 a person and the menu includes: roast
beef, mashed potatoes, broccoli & cheese, roll
and dessert. To purchase tickets please visit
www.nccoastchamber.com or call Lana Collmann
at 252-726-6350. This is a great opportunity
for the community to support our armed forces
and show appreciation for the dedication and
sacrifice these individuals make.
“Island Class” patrol boat and is named after
a privately owned island in Casco Bay, Maine.
Although built primarily as a law enforcement
platform, CUSHING, like most Coast Guard
units, is considered a multi-mission resource.
CUSHING recently completed a homeport shift
from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Atlantic Beach in
March of 2015.
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Change of Command Aboard
Coast Guard Cutter
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Select Bank and Trust
Business After Hours
Norwood Jackson of Realty World First Coast Realty with
Lisa Rueh of Downtown Morehead City Revitalization
Association
Mayor of Morehead City Jerry Jones with Al Nichols of Select
Bank & Trust
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Tony Holloway of Aladdin Travel with Al Nichols of Select Bank & Trust
Gus Tulloss of Gus H. Tulloss Insurance with Norwood Jackson Realty World First
Coast Realty and Ken Hunt of Coastal Community Action
Dawn Hoffmann of döTERRA International with husband
Allen Hoffmann of World Class Flooring
Melissa Gossage of Aladdin Travel and Bob Upchurch, Bob
Upchurch Appraisals, LLC
Linda Touhey of Select Bank & Trust with Tony Holloway and Ricky Shore both of Aladdin Travel
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Lee Dixon of Coastal Architecture, PLLC with Andy Chused and Kim
Patterson of Chused & Associates, CPAs PA
Bucky Oliver of The Boathouse at Front Street Village with Marlene
Anderson and Chamber President Tom Kies
Co-sponsor Executive Chef Patrick Hogan of Caribsea Fish • Prime • Raw with Travis Burt of Transportation
Impact
Bob Linder of SCORE with wife Gigi Linder
Ambassadors Bridget Stubblefield of NC Works Career Center of
Carteret County with Debbie Fisher of Office Fusion Solutions
Hosts Keith Byrd, Ginger Lambeth, Cassie and Travis Burt of Transportation Impact
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Transportation Impact
Business After Hours
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Membership Renewals
The following Chamber members renewed their membership 6/16/16 to 7/19/16:
AdvenTech, LLC.
Albemarle Bank and Trust
American Red Cross Coastal Carolina
Atlantic Beach Realty Inc.
BizBroker Group
BMIL Technologies, LLC
Business Communication Systems of NC
Capt. Jim’s Seafood
Carolina East Internal Medicine
Churchwell’s Jewelers
Class Act Catering, Inc.
Coastal Community Market
Don J. Helsabeck
Family Promise Carteret County, Inc.
Friendly Caregivers, LLC
Gus H. Tulloss Insurance
Hampton Inn & Suites of Atlantic Beach
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
James M. Wells, D.D.S., P.A.
Kathryn’s Bistro
King Appraisal & Auction Group
Kites Unlimited & Bird Stuff etc.
Morehead Builders Supply Company
Professional Business Center
R.A. Jeffreys Distributing of New Bern, LLC
Rid A Pest
Royal Coat, Inc.
Rusty Hook Marketing
Sam’s Club 6573
Sanborn Orthodontics
Silver Creek Golf Club
Subway of Beaufort
Summer Winds Condominiums
The Cabinet Lady, Inc.
The Islander Suites
Timco Insulation & Fireplaces
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Watson Matthews Real Estate
Wells Fargo Bank
WTKF FM 107.1 The Talk Station
Look who’s
joined the Chamber
Please welcome and patronize these new Chamber members who have recently joined the
Chamber (through 07/19/16).
AB Bottle Co.
Mr. Jerrett Eitner
311 Atlantic Beach Causeway, Suite B
Atlantic Beach, NC 28512
(252) 499-9943
Bar - Craft Beer
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AFLAC of Carteret County - Billy Hardy
Mr. William Hardy
707 N. Gate Road
Morehead City, NC 28557
(252) 808-7245
Insurance
American Cancer Society – Relay For
Life of Carteret County
Mrs. Erin Fox
2202 Wrightsville Ave., Suite 111
Wilmington, NC 28403
(252) 559-0026
Organizations & Agencies
BC Magic & Company
Mr. Billy Collins
707 N. Gate Road
Morehead City, NC 28557
(252) 808-7245
Entertainment
Graham’s Senior Living Homes
Mr. Austin Graham
107 Graham Lane
Beaufort, NC 28516
(252) 838-9204
Assisted Living
Harlow’s Hounds
Mrs. Sara Miller
403 M and J Court
Newport, NC 28570
(252) 725-2111
Dog Training Center
Jim Jablonski
Mr. Jim Jablonski
107 Beacon St.
Harkers Island, NC 28531
(252) 725-9816
Friends of the Chamber
Kaltenbach Productions
Mr. David Kaltenbach
208 Stroud St.
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
(609) 384-6316
Video Production
Keller Williams Crystal Coast Jeff Bolduc
Mr. Jeff Bolduc
405 Arendell St.
Morehead City, NC 28557
(252) 723-6595
Real Estate
Keller Williams Crystal Coast - Kim
Reinike
Ms. Kimberly Reinike
7213 A Emerald Drive
Emerald Isle, NC 28594
(615) 974-7795
Real Estate
Chamber
Business
After Hours in
August
Wheatly, Wheatly, Weeks, Lupton & Massie, PA
will host and sponsor the Business After Hours on
Thursday, August 25, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m., located at
710 Cedar Street, Beaufort.
Admission is $5 and a business card. Pay in
advance and your name badge will be waiting for you
at the registration station. For information, call 252726-6350 or contact Julie Naegelen at [email protected].
Members can also sign up and pay online at www.
nccoastchamber.com. Adults only. Please, no children at Business After Hours
If you’re interested in joining
the Chamber, contact us:
801 Arendell Street, Suite 1
Morehead City, NC 28557
(252) 726-6350 • (800) NCCOAST
Fax (252) 726-3505
[email protected]
www.nccoastchamber.com
Southeastern Outdoor Products
Mr. Pete Osborne
714 Warsaw Road
Clinton, NC 28328
(910) 590-3513
Roofing
Surf Link Computer Solutions
Mr. Jaredd Bell
1810 Paulette Road
Morehead City, NC 28557
(910) 459-9158
Information Technology
The Law Offices of Oliver & Cheek,
PLLC
Ms. Cathi Miller
405 Middle St.
New Bern, NC 28560
(252) 633-1930
Attorneys
The place to go to buy or sell
a business
Call Sunbelt
Morehead City, NC
(252) 222-0001
Visit us on the web
www.sunbeltnc.com
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Debbie
Fisher
Honored as
Ambassador
of the Month
Carolina East
Counseling PLLC.
312 Commerce
Avenue, Suite I.
Contact Dr. Cherie
Bedford at 252503-3126. By
appointment only.
Specializing in
“Individual, couples, and family
counseling.”
U.S. Cellular. 5000
Highway 70, Suite
101, Morehead
City. Contact
William E. Eroh
Jr. at 603-3132291. Open
Monday-Friday from
10 a.m.-8 p.m.,
Saturday 10 a.m.-7
p.m., and Sunday
12 noon-5 p.m.
Specializing in
“Exceptional wireless communication services in the
mid-sized markets
we serve.”
The Ambassador of the Month for June at
the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce is
Debbie Fisher, who is a Sales Director with Mary
Kay Cosmetics as well as owner of Office Fusion
Solutions and the Professional Business Center.
“Ambassadors earn points each month for carrying
out their assorted duties,” said Julie Naegelen, who
is the Chamber’s staff liaison to the Ambassadors
Club.
“Debbie is the consummate networker and she
enjoys making the one-on-one contacts with fellow
Chamber members to encourage their participation in
the various Chamber events and functions. “She was
a major contributor in this year’s ‘Operation Thank
You’ delivering the new Business Directory & Visitors
Guide to our members,” Naegelen said.
This is the 39th time that Debbie has earned the
Ambassador of the Month since 2006 and she has
been the Chamber’s Ambassador of the Year for six
of the past seven years. She is also a member of
the Chamber’s Board of Directors.
To inquire about becoming a member of the
Ambassador’s Club, contact Julie Naegelen at 7266350 or [email protected].
East Carolina
Community
Development,
Inc. – Eastport
at the Park
Apartments.
506 Campen
Road, Beaufort.
Contact Keith
Walker or Pam
Kostelich at
252-504-3996.
Open MondayFriday from 9
a.m.-5 p.m.
Specializing
in “Apartment
Living.”
Debbie Fisher
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Message from the President
Chamber 2.0
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I’d like to start my
first column in the
Chamber News by thanking Mike Wagoner for
twelve years of Chamber
of Commerce leadership. Mike’s dedication
and professionalism has
helped to make Carteret
County a premier location for business and
for leisure. He was absolutely outstanding at keeping
an eye on legislation- local, state and federal- that
had the potential to impact business here on the
coast. Mike, I know you’ll stay active in the community (he’s already joined the Chamber!) and we’ll be
seeing you out and about.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to introduce
(or reintroduce) the Chamber staff.
Our newest staff member is Lana Collmann who
is our Program Manager. She is also the staff liaison
to the Military Affairs Committee who hosts different
events throughout the year to recognize and show
appreciation to military personnel in Carteret County.
Her responsibilities also include the coordination of
the annual Reverse Drawing which brings out over
500 guests the night of the event and is one of the
Chamber’s largest fundraisers. In addition,
Lana coordinates Leadership Carteret, a ten
week program taking members of the community for an intense learning experience that
covers everything from government and education to culture and commerce. Every Tuesday,
Lana produces the Chamber’s Member Notes
that’s emailed to over 1,500 people, sharing
information from our members to other members about upcoming events and to help them
stay connected to each other.
Julie Naegelen has been the Director of
Membership Services since 2006. Her philosophy is simple: Members first and foremost. She’ll do anything that helps Chamber
members survive, thrive and grow. Julie is
the one who schedules, plans and conducts
the Ribbon Cuttings, the Business After
Hours and the Business After Hours Expo
that showcases 65 member businesses at
the Crystal Coast Civic Center. Julie is the
staff liaison for the Ambassadors Club who
go out and do ‘facetime’ with our nearly 900
Chamber members. She coordinates the
annual ‘Membership Drive’ and represents
the Chamber with Connect Carteret- A Young
Professionals Network.
Susan McNamara is the Director of
Administrative Services at the Carteret County
Chamber of Commerce. She started at the
Chamber as the Program Manager in July of 2015
and in October of the same year she moved into
From left to right, Lana Collmann, Susan McNamara, Julie Naegelen- photo credit to Mike Wagoner.
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her current position. She is the “go to” person for
all Chamber’s administrative and online needs. Her
responsibilities include updating social media and
the website, directory, online advertising and keeping the Chamber’s extensive database maintained.
Susan also makes sure you get your PULSE every
Monday.
First and foremost, this stellar staff is devoted to
giving value to the Chamber membership!
So what can we expect to see in the near future
for the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce?
• Earlier this year, we did a survey of our members and overwhelmingly, the suggestion was
that we become more digital. We agree.
We’ve started increasing our presence on
social media, made it easier to purchase tickets to events, like the Reverse Drawing, online
and we’re streamlining and condensing our
email blogs.
• We are taking a look at our print publications
to see if we can make them more user friendly.
• We are evaluating our events to see how we
can maximize networking opportunities for our
members.
• We’re exploring ways to bring more value to our
members.
• We are looking for collaboration and partnerships.
• We’re going to bring more value to our sponsorship packages.
And I want your input!
I personally invite our members- and non-membersto take time to talk to me and share your ideas on
how the Chamber of Commerce can be more valuable
to the business community.
The Chamber’s mission statement is “To improve
the economic climate of Carteret County.” I can’t
imagine a higher purpose for any Chamber of
Commerce.