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Fort Myers Pest Control Celebrates 50 Years with Sanibel Captiva Chamber Ribbon Cutting

Fort Myers Pest Control celebrated its 50th anniversary with the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce in a ribbon cutting Dec. 14 at Blue Giraffe. Fort Myers Pest Control is a family-run business serving more than 17,000 customers in Southwest Florida. “We believe in treating people right and doing our very best, which has [...]

2018-05-17T17:23:28-04:00December 20th, 2016|Home, Uncategorized|

Author Barbee Talks Innovation with Sanibel Captiva Chamber Members

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 [...]

2018-05-17T17:18:49-04:00November 11th, 2016|Home, Sanibel Island Events, Things to Do, Uncategorized|

Sanibel Captiva Chamber Members Hears of SCORE Business Services at Luncheon

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 [...]

2018-06-04T16:13:52-04:00October 25th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Sanibel Captiva Chamber Dedicates Visitor’s Guide Cover to McCarthy

The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce dedicated its 2017 Visitor’s Guide cover to the memory of Paul McCarthy, owner of Captiva Cruises and longtime Chamber member. The cover photo of Lady Chadwick, the Captiva Cruises flagship vessel, was unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 11 during the monthly business luncheon at the Captiva Island Yacht Club, [...]

2023-02-16T13:13:43-05:00September 19th, 2016|Uncategorized|

Everglades Restoration is Topic at Sanibel Captiva Chamber Business Lunch

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 [...]

Sanibel & Captiva Chamber Members Learn Importance of Customer Service at Monthly Luncheon

The Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce held its monthly business lunch Tuesday, Aug. 9th at The Captiva Island Yacht Club. Members heard from guest speaker Christine Davlin from the Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau. Davlin educated members on the VCB's Guests First Customer Service Training Program. It consists of seven sessions, each [...]

2018-06-04T16:23:28-04:00August 10th, 2016|Home, Uncategorized|

Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber Unites Supporters for Signing of Now or Neverglades Declaration

A crowd of more than 100 supporters gathered in front of the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce Thursday, Aug. 4, to sign the Now or Neverglades Declaration. The waters of Southwest Florida are a national treasure that power the economy and shape our way of life. “This is a very important issue to [...]

2018-06-04T16:24:03-04:00August 8th, 2016|Home, Things to Do, Uncategorized|

Florida Native Mark Blust Joins Board of Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce

Mark Blust is a Florida native who loves to cook, bike and run. He oversees three Sanibel Island restaurants in the Prawnbroker Restaurant Group portfolio as Vice President of Marketing and Operations. Recently, he was welcomed as a member of the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. “Mark brings valuable skills [...]

2018-05-17T17:23:23-04:00July 28th, 2016|Home, Uncategorized|

Adventures in Paradise Evelyn Stewart Joins Sanibel & Captiva Chamber Board

After a long, prosperous relationship with the Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce, Evelyn Stewart has joined its Board of Directors. She, and her husband Craig Stewart, have owned and operated the popular Adventures in Paradise for the past three decades. “We are delighted to welcome Evelyn to the Chamber Board of Directors,” said [...]

2018-01-04T17:21:55-05:00July 25th, 2016|Home, Uncategorized|
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