April 2016 E-Newsletter - Greater Ocean City, Maryland Chamber of

Ocean City’s
Greater Ocean City, MD
Chamber of Commerce
12320 Ocean Gateway
Ocean City, MD 21842
www.oceancity.org
[email protected]
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Office
Fax
410 . 213 . 0144
410 . 213 . 7521
Business
April 2016
Executive Director’s Message
Spring is finally here and everyone is gearing up for a great season. Lots of preparation, hiring seasonal employees,
training staff and making final renovations and upgrades to area businesses abound.
If you hire J-1 International students seasonally, you do not want to miss the J-1 Student Workforce Conference for employers and community members planned for April 14th at 8am at the Carousel Resort Hotel. We are planning to have
all sponsor organizations represented as well as the Department of State, Social Security Administration, DLLR, Ocean
City Emergency Services as well as housing inspectors, to review critical information for the upcoming season. There is
no fee to attend and registration includes breakfast.
Also, please mark your calendars for the Legislative EDC meeting, sponsored by the chamber, which will be Wednesday
May 11th at the Carousel- we will have our Eastern Shore delegation on hand as well as our lobbyist, Dennis Rasmussen
to review the 2016 legislative session and its resulting implications for regional businesses.
As you may have heard the Pool Regulations in the Maryland Register submitted on January 22, 2016 Volume 43, Issue
2, have been put on hold at this time in an effort to give operators, owners and those impacted more time to review and
provide input as well as understand the implications of some of these changes. The chamber would like to get input and
comments by members affected. The chambers legislative consultant will be able to deliver a summary of the concerns
on your behalf, but it is also important that they hear from you as an individual business or organization.
There are also 2 public Meetings where you will be able to provide input and ask questions- I have included the links-If you operate a pool or aquatic
facility, I highly recommend attending:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-meeting-on-comar-101701-aquatic-venues-morning-tickets-20577782702?aff=ebrowse
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/public-meeting-on-comar-101701-aquatic-venues-morning-tickets-20577929140?aff=ebrowse
Please contact me directly as we have been working with Operators as well as the HMRA and Delmarva Condo Managers Association on this effort.
I would like to say, on behalf of Marylanders for a Longer Summer, thank you all for your continued support of this critical initiative- a Statewide Post
Labor Day School Start. Although we are not quite there yet, we have made some significant strides in getting closer to our goal.
On Thursday, March 10, the Senate Education, Health & Environmental Affairs Committee voted 5-5 on SB 767 resulting in an unfavorable report for
the bill. However, we believe that had the full committee been present we would have been working towards a passage of the bill by the Senate. Although that is not the case, we still deem it a victory none-the-less, as the profile of the bill has been elevated and leadership is taking notice of the
positive impact that this could have on Maryland. This proves the initiative continues to gain momentum. The evidence of our case for schools starting after Labor Day is indisputable and now supporters are speaking out in droves. Support levels are higher than ever, including those in prominent
positions.
On a very positive note, we had 44 regional managers and supervisors attend the Hospitality SUPER Visor Training in March. Everyone thoroughly
enjoyed the course and truly gained some insight. A huge thank you to all of the guest speakers as well as Caitlin Evans our lead trainer; their dynamic presentations truly kept the attendees engaged. If you happened to miss out on this past training, we also have “Hospitality Boot Camp for
Front Line Employees” . This course will help you:
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Understand the “new” customer and how to meet their needs
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Manage your stress
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Understand how the hospitality industry works and how to position yourself for advancement
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Learn do’s and don’ts of social media
Please see the flyer included in the newsletter for registration information.
Finally, please join us for our April Business After Hours at Guido’s Burritos on 33 rd St AND our monthly Business Breakfast at Touch of Italy in the
Holiday Inn Oceanfront 66th St.- both will be on April 7th and sponsored by Comcast Spotlight. You may register for the Business Breakfast by clicking
http://chamber.oceancity.org/events/details/april-2016-business-breakfast-10338 The topic will be “Multi screen video advertising solutions- Grow
your business with targeted TV and digital advertising, locally and regionally”.
We look forward to seeing you out and about!
April 2016 Business After Hours
Thursday, April 7, 2016 5:00—7:00 pm
Melanie Pursel
Executive Director
410.213.0144 ext 102
[email protected]
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Hosted by: Guidos Burritos
Door Prizes & 50/50
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Happy Hour Prices
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Delicious Appetizers
Melanie Pursel, OC Chamber Executive Director & members of PSB Executive Advisory Board Attend the
Business Leadership Award Luncheon on March 11th
Richard Bernstein
Hosted by the Perdue School of Business, Honoring Richard Bernstein, founder of K&L Microwave
Welcome New Members
Thank You
For Choosing Us
To Promote Your Business!
WRDE NBC COAST TV
Bob Backman
Ocean City, the Delaware Beaches & Surrounding Area
(302) 227-9733
http://www.wrde.com
Eastern Shore IMBA
Tres Denk
Ocean City, MD 21842
(410) 430-4992
http://www.esimba.org
Delmarva's Own NBC Station!
We Create, Enhance and Preserve Single Track Trails. We Sponsor Bike
Safety Events and Bike Rides.
Ocean City Screams Haunted House
Dan Dionisio
14 Worcester Street
Ocean City, Maryland 21842
(888) 720-1112
http://ocscreams.com/
Embrace Home Loans
Jason Cook
8008 Coastal Highway
Suite 2
Ocean City, MD 21842
443.664.6628
https:/www.embracehomeloans.com/about/locations/Maryland/Ocean%
20City
A new breed of fear washes up on the sands of Ocean City this summer
with the opening of the two-story Ocean City Screams Haunted House horrifying, scary, intense and state-of-the art!
Primary, Second, and Investment Home financing with local, professional
team giving each customer personalized mortgage solutions.
Island Watersports
Mike Ferrari
39084 Harpoon Rd
Fenwick Island, DE 19944
(302) 537-2628
http://www.OCMDBOATS.com
Guidos Burritos
Michael Schlette
3303 Coastal Highway
Ocean City, MD 21842
410 524 3663
http://guidosburritos.com
Delmarva's watersports headquarters. Boat sales, service, and rentals.
Full service marina. Paddleboards, wakeboards, wakesurfers, kayaks,
water skis, tubes, and more.
A full service Mexican restaurant in Ocean City, MD featuring the freshest
ingredients matched with authentic recipes, intoxicating aromas, and an
upbeat atmosphere.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/Brian Shane
Brian Shane
301 143rd Street
Unit 9
Ocean City, Maryland 21842
410-726-3016
BG Island, LLC
Deyan Sertev
105 S. Baltimore Ave.
Ocean City, MD 21842
(443) 856-9009 (888) 423-5515
http://www.bgisland.net
Lcensed Realtor with Coldwell Banker at 104th Street in Ocean City.
Student Services, Transportation, Internet
Sea Rocket Adventures
Angie Bostic
#308 North 1st Street
On De Lazy Lizard Docks
Ocean City, Maryland 21842
410-289-4FUN (4386)
http://searocket.com
Tactical American Security Consulting, LLC
Evan Avnet
2021 Shipley Drive
Suite N1
Salisbury, MD 21801
888-813-4434
http://www.ustasc.com
Sea Rocket Adventures offers premier watersport activities for the
family; including the Sea Rocket Boat Ride, PARASAIL, Ka Motion
SAILING Cat, & Banana Boat Rides. Your one stop place for FUN!
USTASC provides private security officers, private detective services,
personal and asset protection, security consulting, and tactical operations
services.
April 2016 Calendar of Events
Date
Event
Location
Time
April 1
Anniversary Tea Party, Reception,
Ribbon Cutting & Happy Hour
Dunes Manor
28th St.
2:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
April 4
All Ages Fitness Grand Opening of
New Wing & Biz After Dark
Rt. 50 WOC
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
April 7
Business Breakfast
Touch of Italy
HI, 67th St.
8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
April 7
Monthly Business After Hours
Guido’s Burritos
33rd St.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
April 9
Carl M. Freeman Bayside GroundBreaking
31252 Americana
Pky. Selbyville
10:00 a.m.
April 14
International Student Workforce
Conference
Carousel Hotel
118th St.
8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
April 13
Season Kick-off/EDC Meeting
Carousel Hotel
8:30 a.m.
April 13
YP Monthly Meeting
OC Chamber
8:30 a.m.
April 21
Exec. Com. Mtg./Board Meeting
OC Chamber
8:30 a.m.
April 22
Chamber Open House/Shred Day
OC Chamber
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
April 26
AGH Derm, & Wm’s Health Ribbon
Cutting
38394 Dupont Hwy. 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Selbyville
April 27
YP Morning Mixer
Decatur Diner
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Welcome New Members cont’...
Sunflower Media Productions, LLC
Ian Burbage
Ocean City, MD 21842
(323) 348-0800
http://www.sunflowermedia.tv
Coastal Property Management, Inc.
Michael Cullen
12417 Ocean Gateway #28
Ocean CIty, MD 21842
443-373-8349
http://www.CoastalPropertyManagementOC.com
Video Production and Live Streaming Services
Ireland RnR Tours
Michael Healy
Ocean City, MD 21842
(877) 224-5535 (877) 224-5535
http://www.irelandrnr.com
Reunion & Recreation One Week Tours in Ireland for Groups of 20 or
More Guests at a Time.
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Renewing Members
From February 24 through March 22
Local 360 Media
http://www.local360media.com
Pam's Ocean City Golf Getaways
http://www.pamsgolfoc.com
Donaway Furniture
http://www.donaway.com
Ropewalk Fenwick Island
http://www.ropewalktavern.com
Chateau Surf
http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p3662371
28th St. Pit and Pub
http://www.pitandpub.com
OCRooms.com
http://www.ocrooms.com
OC Massage
http://www.massageoceancity.com
The Ocean Weeks
http://www.theoceanweeks.com
Coastal Maytag
http://www.coastalmaytag.com
Accurate Optical Company
http://www.accurateoptical.com
Ocean City Bikes to the Beach
http://www.ocbikestothebeach.com
We Appreciate Your
Confidence In Us!
Top Ten Reasons to Shop Local
We all know how fun it is to shop locally, but there's more to it:
1. PROTECT LOCAL CHARACTER AND PROSPERITY
By choosing to support locally owned businesses, you help maintain Delmarva’s distinctive flavor.
2. COMMUNITY WELL-BEING
Locally owned businesses build strong neighborhoods by sustaining communities, linking neighbors, and by
contributing more to local causes.
3. LOCAL DECISION MAKING
Local ownership means that important decisions are made locally by people who live in the community and
who will feel the impacts of those decisions.
4. KEEPING DOLLARS IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY
Your dollars spent in locally-owned businesses have three times the impact on your community
as dollars spent at national chains. When shopping locally, you simultaneously create jobs, fund
more city services through sales tax, invest in neighborhood improvement and promote community development.
5. JOB AND WAGES
Locally owned businesses create more jobs locally and, in some sectors, provide better wages
and benefits than chains do.
6. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Entrepreneurship fuels America's economic innovation and prosperity, and serves as a key means for families
to move out of low-wage jobs and into the middle class.
7. PUBLIC BENEFITS AND COSTS
Local stores in town centers require comparatively little infrastructure and make more efficient use of public
services.
8. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Local stores help to sustain vibrant, compact, walkable town centers-which in turn are essential to reducing
sprawl, automobile use, habitat loss, and air and water pollution.
9. COMPETITION
A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices
over the long-term.
10. PRODUCT DIVERSITY
A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based, not on a national sales plan, but on their own
interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.
In The News...
Welcome New Members
Becker Morgan Group Receives Engineering Excellence Honor Award
The American Council of Engineering Companies of Delaware (ACEC-DE) presented Becker Morgan Group with a 2016 Engineering Excellence Honor Award for their submission of William F, Cooke, Jr. Elementary School titled, "A
Lego World Record Inspires Hillside School." This award recognizes “significant achievements benefitting
the public and the engineering profession,” and “honors the highest levels of engineering ingenuity and
skill.” The award was presented at the 2016 Annual Engineers Week Banquet on February 24 th at Bella Vita
at Cavaliers Country Club in Newark, DE.
Becker Morgan Group provides Architecture & Engineering services with offices in Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina.
For more information, visit www.beckermorgan.com
The Francis Scott Key Family Resort
Made TripAdvisor’s 2016 Travelers’ Choice for Top 25 family hotels in the U.S.
The Francis Scott Key Family Resort made TripAdvisor’s 2016 Travelers’ Choice for Top 25
family hotels in the U.S.
Dating back more than half a century, the Francis Scott Key Motel was built in 1953 by the
Hastings family, who operated the establishment until selling their interest to William Baker
and Larry Brasher in 1972. In 1976, Baker bought out his partner to become sole proprietor of
what was originally a 60-room roadside motel.
When Baker underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery, his daughter Annmarie, and her husband, Jim Dickerson, were brought onboard to handle daily operations of the resort.
This is actually the second time the resort has been honored by TripAdvisor, who in 2009 included the longtime Ocean City
business on its top 10 list of best family resorts in the nation. Annmarie Dickerson said repeat recognition confirms the operation is still on the right path.
Out & About with Your Chamber
Adams Radio Group Ribbon Cutting
Salisbury
New Member Reception
OC Chamber
March BAH
28th St. Pit & Pub
The OC Team in Annapolis
2016 Legislative Session
Dear Members,
Where & When:
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Carousel Oceanfront Hotel
11700 Coastal Highway
Ocean City, MD 21842
8:30 a.m.
The April E.D.C. Breakfast Meeting will be held at The Carousel Oceanfront
Hotel on Wednesday, April 13th, at 8:30 a.m.. Donna Abbott, The Director of
the Ocean City Department of Tourism will present the "Annual Season Kick
Off" along with Andy Malis, President/CEO of MGH. MGH has been Ocean
City's advertising agency for several years and has developed and implemented several successful ad campaigns during the last decade.
This years 'Kick Off" presentation will include a preview of the advertising
plan, television commercials and print media schedule. We will also allocate
time for a question and answer session. We believe this will be a very informative presentation and we look forward to seeing you.
Please R.S.V.P. to [email protected]
Sincerely,
Michael James,
President
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It’s That Time of Year!
Wed., April 13th, 8:30 a.m.
Carousel Oceanfront Hotel
Season Kick-off
Open to All Area Businesses
Hear About This Year’s Ad Campaign
From MGH, the Town’s Ad Agency
And
Donna Abbot, Director of Tourism
The Greater Ocean City, Maryland Chamber of Commerce
The mission of the Greater Ocean City Chamber of Commerce is to provide community leadership in the promotion and support of
economic development and the continued growth of tourism in Ocean City. The Chamber serves as a hub for development, education and communication within the business community to preserve the viability, quality of life and aesthetic values of our town.
Officers 2015- 2016
Brett Wolf - President
Professional Mortgage Services
John Gehrig - President Elect
D3 Corp
Stephanie Meehan - Vice President
Funcade
Toni Keiser - Treasurer
Atlantic General Hospital
Bob Thompson - Secretary
Ocean Pines Association
Chamber Staff
Melanie Pursel, Executive Director
Lisa Dennis, Events Director
Danielle Davis, Financial Officer
Nancy Schwendeman, Publications Mgr
Vera Spalt, Membership Services Mgr
Joya Mattie, Membership Srvs. Consultant
Jill Brady, E-Marketing Manager
Visitors Center Staff
Directors 2015- 2016
Justin McGinnis - LaserTone
Phillip Cheung - Gregory & Associates
Buck Mann –Polynesian Condo
Sal Fasano - LaQuinta Hotel & Suites
Joe Cavilla - Casino at Ocean Downs
Steve Pastusak - Jolly Rogers Amusements
Chris Woodley Williams, Moore, Shockley & Harrison , LLC
Ruth Waters
Harrison Group Resort Hotels
Madlyn Carder - BJ’s On the Water
Cole Taustin Embers Restaurant & Blu Crabhouse
Richard Ohanlon - Karen Lynn Marci Russell - Angie Krause
Community Representatives
Economic Development Committee
Hotel-Motel-Restaurant Association
Downtown Association
Ocean City Development Corporation
Town of Ocean City
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