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Longboat chamber changes
name to include St. Armands
New name. New logo. New members.
The Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday the addition of Lido Key and St. Armands Key to its formal name, forming a triumvirate for businesses in the three beachfront communities.
"We had been talking about it for about three-and-half years now," said Gail Loefgren, president of the chamber. "We are just formalizing what we already did."
The chamber, now called the Longboat Key, Lido Key, St. Armands Key Chamber of Commerce, also unveiled its new logo, in a morning press conference at its office at 6960 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Loefgren said discussion about the name change originally began after the chamber received phone calls during season asking for information about places to stay and where to go on the Circle and Lido Key.
"People call the chamber when they want to travel," Loefgren said. Currently, the chamber Web site is receiving about 350,000 hits a month, with many inquiries for Lido Key and St. Armands Circle.
Plans emerged at a board retreat in October when the group decided that it was time to start the process.
Sandy Tull, chairman of the chamber's board of directors, made a formal announcement prior to the press conference at the St. Armands Circle Association meeting. Tull said members were "very pleased" with the addition of the two areas. After the announcement, one St. Armands merchant came up to Tull, asking for a membership packet so she could join right away.
Currently, 21 St. Armands retailers are members of the chamber, but the combining of the areas has the potential for adding about 80 new businesses to the chamber, which, according to Diana Corrigan, executive director of the St. Armands Circle Association, "doubles the marketing and business potential."
Vengroff, Williams joins
with California company
Vengroff, Williams Associates Inc., a receivable management and business process outsourcing solutions company based in Sarasota, announced it has partnered with Aceva Technologies, a provider of enterprise applications for revenue and receivables management.
The partnership combines services and technology to optimize and automate revenue and receivables management. As part of the partnership, VWA and Aceva, based in San Mateo, Calif., will jointly offer a solution that allows corporations the flexibility of driving collections management regardless of whether the process is managed in-house, outsourced or a combination of both.
Venice food service consultant
expands to West Indies
Fishman & Associates Inc., a commercial food service consulting and equipment sales organization located in Venice, has been awarded the design and equipment contract for a new restaurant and convenience store for the Island of Anguilla's newest beachfront resort, Kú. The full-service restaurant and bar will be open to the public and features a 75-foot beachfront bar, the longest on the island.
ETC...
• HandyTrac, a computerized key control systems provider with a service/training center in Bradenton, reached its one million sold mark in May.
• TRS Technology recently upgraded Euphemia Haye's web site. Euphemia Haye is a restaurant on Longboat Key.
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