Page 9 - Martin Downs Bulletin - May '22

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president’s Message

Happy Spring from your Banker Realty/Aanya’s Boutique/
Palm City Chamber! April Design Construction Management
has been a busy month!! Group, LLC. We are thrilled for
On April 8, our Palm you to join our Palm City Chamber
City Chamber Board of of Commerce and look forward to
Directors, Ambassadors meeting you all.
and President’s Council The Palm City chamber of Commerce
members were invited is #YourCommunityChamber so
to “ride the rails” with please reach out to us for any of your
Brightline. We had the business needs.
opportunity to board the train in West Palm Beach and ride
Brightline down to Miami. Once we arrived in Miami, we christina l. franco
were given a tour of their corporate office and watched a President, Palm City Chamber
presentation about the future of Brightline. We had a nice of Commerce
lunch and then headed back to Palm Beach and Palm City. Hampton by Hilton
The ride on the train was smooth, quiet, and very clean. Brightline
Palm City Chamber of Commerce was invited to
patriciate in Elevate Hope’s Lip Sync Battle on April 30th Bradford with Edward Jones and Tyson Waters, with Fox
at Lyric Theatre. The seats were sold out and this President McCluskey Bush Robison are ready to roll! We were happy
is scared! We have a wonderful lineup of songs and our to support this great local community organization.
dancers Missi, Nikki Leserra with Sky is the Limit, Megan Welcome to our new members - Wiz Home Services/
Shirey from Ocean Republic Brewing and our guys David Treasure Coast Auto Spa/Birgit Ager with Coldwell
New Office Space

The Palm City Chamber Commissioner Ciampi and the Martin County Board of public-private partnership between the county and a
of Commerce is grateful to County Commissioners have a lot of exciting renovations not-for-profit. We thank Martin County Board of County
District 5 Commissioner proposed for Charlie Leighton Park, in addition to the Commissioners for this opportunity and, though we are
Ed Ciampi and Martin renovated building, and the Palm City Chamber of only leasing a small office in a much larger facility, our
County for providing us the Commerce will be there, in the building, every day to efforts and involvement will in large part promote the
opportunity to rent office show the space to interested parties as well as hold our county and this wonderful facility you have at Charlie
space in the Palm City Center smaller events which will showcase the beautiful rental Leighton Park.
at Charlie Leighton Park. facility as well as the improvements coming to the park. Missi campbell
We believe that this lease We believe this is a great opportunity for both the Executive Director
will benefit the residents of Martin County, especially in county and the Chamber and a great example of a Palm City Chamber of Commerce
Palm City, with the ability that we will have to feature this
wonderful rental facility.
The space the Palm City Chamber is leasing is only 2022 palm city
a very small portion of the facility, approximately 325
square feet of the 3,500-square-foot building. The office chamber of
being leased has been designed so that we will be tucked
into a small corner that does not detract from the large commerce
rectangular shape of the room. It is an office that would
likely otherwise go unused all or most of the time and, by
allowing us to use this small portion of the building, our board of directors
goal and intention is to promote the facility and property
so that the citizens of Martin County know that it is President Christina Franco Hampton Inn and Suites
available and lovely. Our lease will not detract from the
ability of others to use the facility and in fact part of our President Elect Don Pipes Atlantic Aviation
obligation under the lease is to promote and encourage Vice-President Anne-Marie Persaud iThink Financial
the increased use of the facility and property by the Treasurer David Bradford Edward Jones
public. The renovated building will be and remain open
for the public’s use and enjoyment. We hope that Charlie Past President Tyson Waters Fox McCluskey Bush & Robison
Leighton Park will act as a gateway into Palm City and Director Keith (Fletch) Fletcher Boys & Girls Club of Martin County
we are excited about the opportunity to help promote and
showcase this wonderful park. Director Gigi Suntum Caring Children Clothing Children
The Palm City Chamber of Commerce is proud to be Director Cheree Ramirez Children’s Services Council of MC
#YourCommunityChamber. We understand the importance Director Peter Sicoli Sailfish Insurance
of our local nonprofits to our community members.
Therefore, we intend to highlight the new space for them Director Robin Hall Out2News
to use for small meetings so that when it is time to have Director Tara Biek-Robison Tara Biek Creative
events, they will think of renting the Palm City Center
at Charlie Leighton Park first. We hope to work with a Director Shaun Plymale Treasure Coast Legal
variety of local agencies and nonprofits, such as the Florida Director Meghan Shirey Ocean Republic Brewing
Wildlife Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to
schedule boater and hunter safety courses. There are also Director Rob McLaughlin Access 365 Urgent Care/Back in Action
opportunities to promote and use the space in conjunction Director Patrick Gleason State Insurance
with the county and other organizations, such as the Small Ex-Officio Toby Overdorf State Representative
Business Development Center at Indian River State College.
The Martin County Parks and Recreation Department will Ex-Officio Ed Ciampi Martin County Commission
continue to operate the park and its facilities, and we will Ex-Officio Michael DiTerlizzi Martin County School Board
be there to help support its efforts.