Posted: September 1, 2010: 8:43 am
Join us on Tuesday evening, September 28 as we celebrate the Centennial Annual Meeting of the Greater Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce. It will be a special evening of entertainment, awards, reflection, recognition, installation of officers and a look to the our second century!
Tuesday, September 28, 2010 – Nora Mayo Hall
6:30 p.m. Reception – 7:15 p.m. Dinner
Black-tie optional
$75 per person / $650 reserved corporate or group table of eight
Watch your mail for formal invitation or make your reservations with MasterCard/Visa here.
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Posted: March 18, 2010: 1:36 pm
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, June 15 as the Chamber presents a special breakfast program with new insights as to how and why Disney chose Central Florida.
45 years ago this June, Walt Disney made the landmark decision to build his new Disney World project in Central Florida. A recently published book gives the fullest account yet of this momentous event that forever changed the Central Florida landscape. Entitled, “Project Future: The Inside Story Behind the Creation of Disney World,” the book unearths the fascinating process Walt and his leadership team followed to identify the perfect location for this “Disneyland East” and the clandestine methods they used to secure tens of thousands of acreage on which to build the vacation kingdom.
This multimedia presentation will provide attendees with a unique look at the following:
1. How and why Walt Disney selected Central Florida for his Disneyland East project–code named “Project Future”
2. How Disney and his team used clever and novel strategies to obtain roughly 27,000 acres without the secret getting out
3. How Disney and his team worked with the Florida state legislature to create the unique Reedy Creek Improvement District to govern Project Future
Chad Emerson, a law professor at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala. and theme park industry journalist, is the author of Project Future and he’ll present his first Central Florida Chamber of Commerce presentation right here in Winter Haven.
In his two years of research, Chad has been able to weave intriguing details that include involvement in the
project by former OSS (the precursory of the CIA) leaders, the tense negotiations Walt and team encountered with the Busch family in St. Louis and John D. MacArthur the eccentric billionaire in Palm Beach, Fla. along with with details about the business, regulatory, and legal strategies–often novel and always creative–that allowed Disney’s vision to become a reality.
This special “Centennial Spotlight” program will take place in addition to our traditional monthly best business practices series. The author will have the book available for purchase and signing.
Sure to sell out, RSVP now to reserve your seat. Doors open at 7:30 to a full breakfast buffet from Fred’s Southern Kitchen. The one hour program begins at 8 a.m. and is followed by Q&A.
$25 for Chamber members, $35 for non-members. RSVP required and you may do so here.
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Posted: February 3, 2010: 1:06 pm
M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m! In just little more than a week you can enjoy an exquisite “Taste of Winter Haven” at the Banker’s Cup Awards banquet Thursday, February 11 beginning at 6:30 p.m. The black-tie optional affair is anevening of wonderful food and our highest civic award presentations.
Join us at Nora Mayo Hall for an evening to savor and celebrate. Here are menus from some of our fine participating restaurants … come ready to sample!
Arabella’s
Bistecca di Manzo – Sliced NY strip in a mushroom brandy sauce.
Penne alla Genovese – Penne pasta sautéed with pesto and shrimp sauce.
Chalet Suzanne
Chalet Suzanne’s Curry Chicken & Basmati Rice
Artichoke Dip with Pita chips
IHOP
Nutella Crepes
Outback Steakhouse
Blue Cheese Salad
Ahi Tuna
Steak & Chicken from the Barbie
Pengeo, Inc
Fiery Wings Grilled
Grilled Chicken Martini
Brownie Bites
Sundown and Fred’s Southern Kitchen
Shrimp and grits,
Sundown Bread Pudding w/ Whiskey Sauce.
Skillets of corn casserole
Tanners
Blackened Mahi Mahi w/Creole Butter Sauce
Seared Flank Steak w/grilled mushrooms, onions and peppers
Garlic Bread
and more menus are on the way…
Tickets are still available but the event is expected to sell out.
Get your tickets today here.
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Posted: January 7, 2010: 1:53 pm
Join the Chamber family as we mark a century of service to the the Winter Haven area business community. The Chamber had its beginnings as a Board of Trade founded in 1910!
All the fun begins Thursday, January 28 at 5:30 p.m. at the Chamber. There will be live entertainment, building tours, great food, prizes, $25 business card drawing and you may win $500 if your name is called in the Name Droppers Prize – but you must be listed on the RSVP list from this Web site to win—no exceptions.
All the festivities will take place at your beautiful downtown Chamber building – 401 Avenue B, NW—also celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its opening in January.
Free to members with their RSVP. $25 for non-members.
RSVP Here!
This most special Centennial Celebration Showcase is sponsored
by these fine Chamber members:
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