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special feature ║ Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce<br />
We’ve Got “it”<br />
BY STEPHEN CHRISANTHUS<br />
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At the Greater Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce you’ll find an<br />
enthusiastic community eager to help you succeed. They have reinvented an<br />
all-American institution and created a modern, eclectic hub where business,<br />
education, job growth, tourism, government affairs, entrepreneurship,<br />
technology, healthcare, arts and culture intersect and thrive. There’s simply<br />
no other organization like it. So what is “it”? “it” is different for everyone.<br />
Cathy Balestriere<br />
Crane’s Beach House Boutique Hotel &<br />
Luxury Villas, General Manager<br />
The Delray Beach Chamber offers me &<br />
my business a seat at the table and connections<br />
to help grow my business. Advocacy<br />
is very important to our business<br />
community! It offers a business leader<br />
the opportunity to voice their concerns<br />
that may or may not affect their business.<br />
Connor Lynch<br />
Plastridge Insurance, COO<br />
This organization represents many<br />
voices. It has provided many opportunities<br />
to connect with other professionals<br />
enabling the creation of lifelong friendships<br />
and family.<br />
Jeff Perlman<br />
CDS International Holdings, Executive VP<br />
The city cannot succeed without a<br />
healthy economy. We need to be a city of<br />
opportunity for all. The Advocacy Committee<br />
helps us keep important issues<br />
front and center.<br />
Left to right, clockwise: Jeff Perlman, CDS International Holdings; Rick Caster, Azure Development;<br />
Scott Porten, Porten Companies; Connor Lynch, Plastridge Insurance; Chuck Halberg, Stuart & Shelby<br />
Development; Mark Denkler, Vince Canning Shoes; Christina Morrison, P.A., Carmel Commercial Real<br />
Estate &Mgmt, Inc.; Cathy Balestriere, Crane’s Beach House Hotel & Luxury Villas; Bill Branning, Bsa<br />
(<strong>2017</strong> Chair of Advocacy Committee); Kelli Freeman, Hamilton House Oceanfront Condos.<br />
Not pictured: Vincent Nolan, SBDC at Palm Beach State College; Jay Alperin DDS, Retired Dentist<br />
When it comes to business there is no<br />
bigger advocate than the Chamber. It’s an<br />
open ear for member concerns and a voice<br />
for members’ interests. It provides a venue<br />
to connect with policy makers and an entity<br />
to take action when need be. Here are some<br />
of the city’s biggest advocates, The Advocacy<br />
Committee – They get it. To learn more<br />
about the Delray Beach Chamber of Commerce<br />
and how to be part of it go to delraybeach.com<br />
or email kim@delraybeach.com.<br />
86 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2017</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong>Magazine.com
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