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Friday Facts for January 11, 2019 PUNTA GORDA CHAMBER OF Friday Facts for January 11, 2019 PUNTA GORDA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Dear Chamber Member, Here are your Friday Facts - Enjoy reading them and have a great Friday and an even better weekend. If you have anything that you would like to put into the Friday Facts please send it to [email protected] by noon each Thursday. Your Chamber Staff, John, Pat & Stephanie Quick Links Chamber Calendar of Events Punta Gorda Chamber Please remember to RSVP to: Membership Directory reception@ puntagorda-chamber.com or 941-639-3720. Calendar & Events Online Payment Center January 12th: City Wide Garage Sale 8 am - 12 Noon Hot Deals All Registrants need to be pre-registered with Job Postings payment. Please contact Punta Gorda Chamber at 639-3720 or email [email protected] The location is in the Bal Harbor Shopping Plaza, corner of Bal Harbor and Aqui Esta. Entrance from Aqui Esta just WEST of 4-way stop. Registration 7 am Cost: $15.00 (two parking spaces) January 15th: Business After Hours - 5:30 pm - 7 pm . Come and join your Chamber for our Business After Hours at Link To Us Chelsea Place Senior Care, 3626 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte. Don't forget to bring a gift to promote and showcase your business! Please be sure to RSVP We have had a lot of requests for a [email protected] or call 941-639-3720. Facebook-sized link to our web page from member websites. Click Here to Janaury 17th: Third Thursday Wine Walk 5-8 pm find the logo below, and several other different-sized logos, so that you can In Downtown Punta Gorda. Art-Music-Live Demonstrations- link your website to ours. Shopping & Food! What better way to spend an evening out with old friends while you take the time to make new ones. Wine Walk works by donating $10 at the PG Chamber ( in Our Partners advance or on the night) to get a wristband and passport that entitles you to a walking wine tasting - a map of all In Action retail participants will accompany your wristband. Each location will have two different wine varietals to taste! 2019 Wristbands can also be purchased at Hipnotique on the day of the event. Not a wine drinker, you can still come and enjoy the atmosphere and shop, dine and stroll around. Platinum Sponsors ************* January 23rd: Networking Luncheon - 12 Noon-1:30 Platinum Media pm. Come and join your Chamber for our Networking Sponsor Lunch at The Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association, 2001 ************* Shreve Street, Punta Gorda. This will be the State of the City Message given by our Mayor Nancy Prafke. Please RSVP to 941-639-3720 or emailreception@puntagorda- chamber.com Cost is $15.00 per person pre-paid or $20.00 at the door. We take cash, check, Mastercard, Visa, Discover & Amex Gold Sponsors Chamber Calendar of Events *************** ***************** Gold In Kind Sponsors ***************** Silver Sponsors **************** *************** Silver In Kind Sponsors *************** New Members Mission Statement To Promote Commerce in Punta Gorda and all of our surrounding areas Message In A Bottle Weddings & Vows Bronze Sponsors Krystal Castillo **************** 103 W. Marion Units 206 & 207 Array of Cabinets Punta Gorda, FL 33950 Coldwell Banker 941-623-5467 Sunstar Realty [email protected] Creative Window www.messageinabottleweddingsandvows.co Treatments m Wedding Farr Law Firm Company/Planner/Officiant/Notary Sponsored by Cathy Graham Granny Nannies of Copperfish Books Koch & Company CPA's Ana's European Café, LLC Jonathan Stark McCrory Law Firm 315 Taylor Street Punta Gorda, FL 33950 Michael Saunders & 305-794-7824 Company [email protected] www.anaseurocafe.com OneSource Bistro/Cafe Accounting Sponsored by Pat Oliva & Tax Your CBD Store Punta Gorda Wotitzky Law Firm Jim Harrington 4300 Kins Highway #205B ******************** Bronze In Kind Sponsors Punta Gorda, FL 33980 ******************** 352-572-3135 Ann Street Storage [email protected] [email protected] Coffee News Health & Wellness EverythingPuntaGorda Sponsored by Pat Oliva Heaven's Best Carpet Remember to utilize the certificates in Cleaning the New Member packet. These are very valuable to your business. Port Charlotte Florist Ribbon Cuttings The Printed Page Upcoming Ribbon Cuttings, Ground Breakings, Launchings, Ceremonies & Support Sponsors Dedications. These are all 5:30 pm unless ***************** otherwise noted. Come out and welcome Amberg Insurance our newest members. Animal Welfare League January 22: Message In A Bottle Weddings & Vows, 103 W. Marion Ave. Charlotte Players Unit 206 & 207, Punta Gorda Fontana Wealth Management of Raymond James January 23: Arthur Rutenberg "Regata Hessler Floor Covering Model" Ribbon Cutting, 601 W. Henry Street, Punta Gorda Marco Office Supply Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary January 31: Calista Kitchen & Bath, 2421 Shreve St. Unit 115, Punta Gorda. Place In The Sun Profiles Nail Boutique February 6: Your CBD Store, 4300 Kings Highway, Unit 205-B, Charlotte Harbor. Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association February 7: Nix & Associates Real State Farm Agency Estate, 2421 Shreve St, Suite 111, Punta Mike Martin Gorda Webb, Lorah & McMillan, PLLC Partners in Action News Bayfront Health Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte (Platinum) For all Bayfront Health January events Click Here Bayfront Health Port Charlotte is First in the State to Benefactor Emeritus Attain Accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery Bayfront Health Port Charlotte is the first in the state of Gould Family Trust Florida to have achieved accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation (SRC). A Center of Excellence in Colorectal Surgery accreditation distinguishes Bayfront Health Port Point to Ponder Charlotte from many other facilities by providing the highest quality of care to its patients as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation. Work Kindly Status as an accredited Center of Excellence in Colorectal kind: (adj.) of an attentive, Surgery means Bayfront Health Port Charlotte along with helpful, or generous nature board-certified colon and rectal surgeon Domingo Galliano, Jr., M.D., FACS, FASCRS, have met nationally recognized How to Work Kindly... standards. Not all healthcare organizations or surgeons seek accreditation; not all that undergo the rigorous on-site inspection process are granted accreditation. "We are Remove the ego. thrilled to have achieved this accreditation and to be named the first in the state is the highest and most prestigious Let go of any honor," said Timothy Cerullo, Market CEO for Bayfront entitlement and Health Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda. "I want to thank Dr. remember our work is Galliano and our entire team of nurses, staff and administrators that played an active role in this. To seek always about making accreditation by SRC, they had to undergo an extensive things better for assessment and on-site inspection. I am so very proud of each and every one of them." "I enjoy working with this someone else. team at Bayfront Health Port Charlotte," said Domingo Galliano, Jr., M.D., FACS, FASCRS. "This achievement Give others time. demonstrates Bayfront's exemplary commitment to quality improvement and patient safety. It is an honor and privilege Give them our time to be a part of this." patiently and give them Rays/Charlotte Stone Crabs (Gold) more of their time back by having a sense of urgency for their day. Joke of the Week A Joint Account I went to a new bank in town to open a joint account. At one point in the application they ask for the second name on the account. Apparently the bank did Charlotte State Bank & Trust (Silver) Charlotte State Bank & Trust Vice President Christine not like my response. I Hause's trio of free educational seminars take place next wrote down, 'Anyone week at the Murdock office, 1100 Tamiami Trail: who has a lot of money.' 1. "Family Administering Estate Plans-Pitfalls to Avoid" on Tuesday, Jan. 15 2. "Stocks Bonds and ETFs-All You Really Need?" on Wednesday, Jan. 16 Thought for the Week 3. "Celebrity Estate Panning Mistakes" on Thursday, Jan. 17 A Smile A smile costs nothing The seminars run from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Space is limited, so reservations are required. Visit any bank office to but gives much. It takes register or contact Ashley Bruce at 941-235-5110 or but a moment, but the [email protected]. The seminars will move to the Punta Gorda office the week of Jan. 20. memory of it sometimes lasts forever. OneSource Accounting & Tax Co (Bronze) IRS Accepting Returns on January 28th Treasury also allowing IRS to issue tax refunds during Member Newsletters shutdown A late-day announcement confirms the IRS will begin accepting and processing individual tax returns for the Click Name of Business for 2019 tax return filing season on January 28. As usual, their latest news returns will be due to the IRS on April 15, according to the IRS statement. The only exception is for those filers in the District of Columbia, Maine and Massachusetts will have until April 17 due to local holidays. The IRS plans to release Animal Welfare League details on its operational plans in the coming days, but did report that a significant portion of its furloughed employees Archway Institute will be recalled. Additionally, today the Treasury Department and the Office Bradley R. Teets Investment of Management and Budget agreed the IRS can issue tax Services - refunds during a prolonged government shutdown. However, A December to Remember the IRS cannot issue refunds claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Additional Child Tax Credit Charlotte Arts & Humanities (ACTC) before mid-February, as outlined in the PATH Act. The administration is trying to make the shutdown as "painless as possible consistent with the law," Russell Charlotte Stone Crabs Vought, the acting OMB director, told reporters. Fourth Quarter Estimated Tax Payment Edison & Ford Winter Estates The January 15, 2019, fourth quarter estimated tax payment deadline is quickly approaching.
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