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APRIL 2017 The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce APRIL 2017 the Ports of Mobile and Cuba Sign Agreement Shell Yeah! The Benefits of Oyster Recycling Chamber to Celebrate Members – April 11 the business view APRIL 2017 1 INSIGHT It takes insight to help you win. So we show up in person. That’s how we push our technology further and take your solution from ‘good enough’ to greatness. You’ll see our competitors walk away as soon as something works. But we stay present in a way only a local leader can. Our consultation, training, and support teams collaborate with you face to face to deliver a custom technology solution designed specifically to drive your bottom line— not the average bottom line. By being customer inspired we achieve the insight necessary to take your solution from ‘works fine’ to ‘secures victory’. Official Provider of Telecommunication Solutions to the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce We’ve got [what it takes] to help you win. cspire.com/business | 855.CSPIRE2 | [email protected] business solutions 2 the business view APRIL 2017 C SpireTM and C Spire Business SolutionsTM are trademarks owned by Cellular South, Inc. Cellular South, Inc. and its affiliates provide products and services under the C SpireTM and C Spire Business SolutionsTM brand. ©2016 C Spire. All rights reserved. Providence Hospital Citronelle Need A ALABAMA Saraland Doctor? Semmes Providence Hospital Connect with a Snow Road Cottage Dawes Hill local, compassionate Tillman’s Corner physician near you! COMING SOON MISS. Providence Medical Group - Fairhope Mobile Bay Specialties: Family Practice South Coast Providence Medical Group can connect you to a doctor – Fast – as a new patient scheduling a first appointment or a current patient returning to see your Providence physician. As the area’s largest non-profit network of primary care and specialty physicians with locations in South Alabama and Southern Mississippi, Providence Medical Group makes it easy to find a physician available when it fits your busy schedule. Choose one of our convenient locations near you. Located on Providence Hospital Campus: Located in the surrounding area: Providence Medical Group – Providence Medical Group – Cottage Hill Providence Medical Group – South Coast Mobile Diagnostic Center 5621 Cottage Hill Road 5907 Hwy. 90 6701 Airport Blvd. Suite A-101 Mobile, AL 36609 • (251) 666-2439 Moss Point, MS 39563 • (228) 769-2611 Mobile, AL 36608 • (251) 633-8880 Specialty: Internal Medicine Specialties: Family Practice, Sports Medicine Specialties: Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Lipid Disorders, Providence Medical Group – Snow Road 9971 Airport Blvd. Rheumatology Mobile, AL 36608 • (251) 660-3500 Providence Medical Group – Airport Specialties: Family Practice, Podiatry 610 Providence Park Drive Building 1, Suite 102 Providence Medical Group – Citronelle 19140 South 3rd. Street Mobile, AL 36608 • (251) 639-5070 Citronelle, AL 36522 • (251) 866-0086 Specialties: Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Specialties: Family Practice, Internal Medicine Pediatrics Providence Medical Group – Dawes Providence Medical Group – West Mobile (Cottage Hill at Dawes) 610 Providence Park Drive 8833 Cottage Hill Road Building 1, Suite 101 Mobile, AL 36695 • (251) 544-5420 Mobile, AL 36695 • (251) 378-3900 Specialties: Internal Medicine, Family Practice Specialties: Internal Medicine, Geriatrics Providence Medical Group – Saraland Providence Medical Group – 18 CM Rambo Drive Surgical Services Saraland, AL 36571 • (251) 675-7433 6701 Airport Blvd. Suite B-329 Specialty: Family Practice Mobile, AL 36608 (251) 631-3544 • (251)633-4064 Providence Medical Group – Semmes Specialty: General Surgery 8010 Moffett Road Semmes, AL 36575 • (251) 645-8946 Providence Medical Group – Specialties: Family Practice, Geriatrics Surgical Specialties 6701 Airport Blvd. Suite B-222 Providence Medical Group – Mobile, AL 36608 • (251) 633-1981 Tillmans Corner Specialty: Colorectal Surgery 5100 Rangeline Service Road Mobile, AL 36522 • (251) 661-4454 Specialty: Family Practice Go to www.providencemedical.org to schedule your doctor appointments. Click “request an appointment” at the top of the page to connect with one ofthe our business highly-skilled view APRIL physicians. 2017 3 the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce APRIL 2017 | In this issue ON THE COVER Chris Blankenship, director of Alabama Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources Marine Resources Division, stands on a mound of oyster From the Publisher - Bill Sisson shells that are part of an oyster shell recycling project. Learn more about the Alabama Coastal Foundation effort on page 12. Photo by Vivian Horizons 2025 and Beyond Stevens, Alabama Marine Resources Division. Since returning to the Chamber of Commerce 5 News You Can Use Mobile Area Chamber three Executives (ACCE) called 10 Small Business Corner: Finding Hidden years ago, it has been amazing Horizons 2025. Costs in Your Business to see sweeping changes facing Horizons was a huge research 11 Small Business of the Month: State chambers of commerce across initiative by ACCE to provide Farm Insurance - Ken McElhaney the country. chambers with vital information 12 Oyster Recycling Project These are indeed exciting about key “influencers” in our 14 Annual Meeting at a Glance times, and multi-generational organizations and how they 16 Guest Column: How to Quickly workers are forcing membership will shape us in the next 10 Estimate the Market Value of a organizations like ours to take a years and beyond. Small Business serious look at our programs Over the next year, you will 17 Tour Tuscany and the Italian Riviera and services to make sure we are see us delve into more detail about how with the Chamber this November continuing to meet the needs and wants of these influencers are affecting us, and how 18 Chamber Hosts Military Appreciation an ever-broadening chamber membership we can take advantage of these changes to Luncheon base. build an even stronger chamber. 19 Let Us Thank You in Person at I’m proud to tell you that our Chamber is I’m excited about the possibilities the Member Appreciation Day right on track, and we have been focusing future holds for Mobile and the Mobile 20 Healthcare Careers in the Forefront our energy on enhancing our existing Area Chamber of Commerce. With your 21 CEO Profile: Chris Jett, USA Children’s programs, while developing new ones in continued help and support, I’m convinced and Women’s Hospital the small, minority and entrepreneurial that our Chamber’s best years are ahead 22 Investor Focus: Mississippi Export business realms. Guiding us has been a of us well into the future. Railroad national-level effort by the Association of How can we not get excited about that? 23 Chamber@ Work 24 Board of Advisor Profiles: Merceria L. Ludgood, Travis R. Short, George M. Simmerman Jr. 25 Ambassador of the Month: Charlie McCants, Mobile Bay Tornados 12 25 Business Spotlight: Mobile Marble Co. 26 How to Get in The Business View 28 Calendar 30 Member News 34 Anniversaries 35 New Members the business view is published monthly, except for the combined issue of December/January, 14 by the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce 451 Government St., Mobile, AL 36602 251-433-6951 www.mobilechamber.com ©2017 Publisher William B. Sisson Executive Editor Leigh Perry-Herndon Managing Editor Jennifer Jenkins Copy Editor Michelle Irvin Additional Writers and Editors Mike Herndon, Ashley Horn, Patty Howell, Susan Rak-Blanchard, Danette Richards and Carolyn Wilson Printing Services: Interstate Printing/Direct Mail Graphic Design: Wise Design Inc. Advertising Account Executive: René Eiland 17 22 251-431-8635 [email protected] 4 the business view APRIL 2017 NEWS you can use Mobile County Now an ACT Work Ready Community Mobile County recently earned the ACT Work Ready Community designation, becoming the third county in Alabama to receive this nationally recognized certification. As such, Mobile joins more than 150 counties nationwide to demonstrate that it has the certified workforce needed to fill jobs and support economic development. The designation also highlights the effective partnerships Mobile has in place between education, business and workforce development. James K. Lyons, CEO of the Alabama State Port Authority (right), and Rene Rolando Fernandez de Lara “A prepared workforce is key to Cabezas, the Republic of Cuba Ministry of Transportation’s director of inland waterway and sea transport (left), sustaining our vibrant economic signed an agreement in February to help facilitate trade growth and promote all water carrier services between development efforts,” said Mobile Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S. Gulf Coast. County Commission President Merceria Ludgood. To become certified, Mobile County had to meet goals for the number of National Career Readiness Certificates Port of Mobile and (NCRC) earned by taking the ACT WorkKeys test, and the number of employers who recognize the NCRC. Port Administration of Employers can use the NCRC to screen job applicants and assess potential employees’ job skills. More than 120 local employers are listed on the national Cuba Enter Agreement website www.workreadycommunities. org, and more than 5,000 NCRC were earned in Mobile County alone. In February, the Alabama State Port ZIM Integrated Shipping Ltd. provides “We are proud to become an official Authority (ASPA) and the National Port bookings between the port and Cuba’s Port Work Ready Community, said Mobile Administration (NPA) of Cuba signed a of Mariel. Mayor Sandy Stimpson. “This sends five-year memorandum of understanding Under the MOU, the two organizations a message to our citizens, current (MOU) between the Port of Mobile and the commit to collaborating in port and cargo employers and potential future Cuban ports, marking the first Cuban port marketing studies and strategies, engaging employees that Mobile is dedicated to agreement signed on U.S. soil since 1959. in promotion and exhibition activities, and cultivating a skilled, ready workforce.” “We are seeing increasing demand for sharing data to the mutual benefit of their This certification is a workforce normalized trade between the U.S.
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