The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce hosted its December luncheon at the newly remodeled Sanctuary Golf Club and members packed the room for a three-course meal created by Executive Chef Joe Albertelli. Bobby Logue, BIG ARTS theater artistic director, provided holiday tunes from “A Christmas Carol,” playing through Dec 23. Special guest Congressman [...]
Author and businessman George E. L. Barbee spoke to members of The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce during the monthly luncheon hosted by Shell Point Retirement Community. Barbee has been teaching innovation for the past 15 years and presented a small portion of his latest book “63 Innovation Nuggets (For Aspiring Innovators).” “I [...]
SCORE Volunteer Mentor C. Robert Leadbetter was guest speaker of the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce business luncheon Tuesday, Oct. 11 at the Captiva Island Yacht Club. Leadbetter discussed services offered by SCORE, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering vibrant small businesses through mentoring and education. “We have more than 11,000 volunteer mentors nationwide [...]
The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce welcomed Everglades Trust Executive Director Kimberly Mitchell as guest speaker of the business luncheon Sept. 13 at Sundial Beach Resort & Spa. Mitchell spoke about how to save the Everglades by uniting to fight a giant. “We the people must have the same message, be on the [...]
February 9, 2016 Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce business members heard from Vice Mayor Mick Denham and City Manager Judie Zimomra during the Tuesday, Feb. 9 luncheon at Sanibel Recreation Center. The pair talked traffic and water quality issues, two points of conversation among island business owners. “We partnered with several island organizations, [...]
(Nov 2nd, 2015) – Sanibel, FL – The Sanibel Captiva Community Bank presented The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce with a check for $1000 on Monday, Oct. 26th. The Chamber welcomes them as a gold sponsor for this year’s Luminary Festival Weekend. The 31st annual 2015 Luminary celebrations will take place Friday, December [...]
(Nov. 2, 2015) Sanibel, FL – Sanibel Captiva Beach Resorts has taken a gold sponsorship for this year’s Luminary Festival Weekend. The 31st annual 2015 Luminary celebrations will take place Friday, December 4th on Sanibel and Saturday, December 5th on Captiva. “We are pleased to be able to support the Luminary festival again this year,” [...]
(Nov. 5, 2015) Sanibel, FL – The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce announced that the Island Inn has taken a Gold Sponsorship for this year’s Luminary Festival. The 31st annual 2015 Luminary celebrations will take place Friday, December 4th on Sanibel and Saturday, December 5th on Captiva. “Luminary Weekend is an important event [...]
Sanibel, FL (Oct. 21, 2015) – The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce held a Ribbon Cutting to welcome Technical Edge Inc., Electrical Contractors as a new member. The event was hosted at The Blue Giraffe in Periwinkle Place on October 21st. The owners of Technical Edge, Electrical Contractors, have worked on Sanibel for [...]
Sanibel, FL (Aug. 25, 2015) - The Francis P. Bailey, Jr. Visitor Center on Sanibel has been named one of only thirteen official Florida Certified Tourism Information Centers in association with a new VISIT FLORIDA program. The VISIT FLORIDA Certified Tourism Information Centers (CTICs) Program brings VISIT FLORIDA recognition to Visitor Services facilities around the [...]