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3/1/10 Please note Event has been POSTPONED - New Date will be Announced. THANK YOU
Local Merchants and consumers meet spring kick off event at St Mary's Parish Center Route 9 in Manahawkin from 10:30-2:30
There is no cost for the public to spend the day browsing, meeting and sampling the best local merchants have to offer. From winter clearance sales to pre season trends, the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce assures that there will be something to please everyone attending their Marketplace on Saturday March 20 while experiencing the value of shopping locally.
With many new vendors exhibiting as well as familiar favorites; there is a perfect opportunity to find what you are looking for in home improvements, décor, personal style, finance and family fun. Each attendee will have a chance to win one of the many door prizes offered. In addition to great products to buy, shoppers will have their choice of plenty to eat with the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce serving up lunch specials.
The Marketplace will be open from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm at St Mary's Parish Center on Route 9, one block south of Rt 72 in Manahawkin. There is no entrance fee or cost to enter any of the drawings. Any business interested in participating in this year's Marketplace, please contact Linda Morris at the chamber office 265 West Ninth Street Ship Bottom 609 494 7211.
Long Beach Island was voted best family beach and top 10 of NJ Beaches. Vote for us again at http://www.njtoptenbeaches.org/ This contest promotes the region and introduce new famiiles to our area. Voting begins on 2/22 and runs through April 30. Vote early and often to get us top honors.
The New Jersey Top Ten Beaches project, created three years ago by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium/New Jersey Sea Grant, (NJMSC/NJSG) and the Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center (CRC) has become a friendly but still competitive annual voting event among New Jersey beachgoers
Having sweet thoughts of summer or would just like a winter escape? Chocolate Week provides many activities, open houses, dining and lodging deals.
Check out our Chocolate Week Issue of LBI Region's Visitor Newsletter here!
Special deals and events running Feb 7-15 throughout the Long Beach Island Region sweeten the ordinary
Add something sweet to your Valentine's Day and mid winter plans with a series of special promotions, offers and classes are being planned through local businesses and organizations to create sweet deals throughout the Long Beach Island Region of the Jersey Shore from Barnegat, Long Beach Island, Stafford and Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbor.
The Long Beach Island Region becomes even more inviting over the winter, with fabulous lodging deals, including bringing your furry valentine down for a local inn's pet stays free offer, chocolate wine pairing dinner at a trendy hotel and chocolate cooking classes for every level of expertise. Mid February has traditionally been a popular summer home rental scouting time, which has been considerably sweetened by real estate agents offering hot chocolate, chocolate houses and decadent deserts while browsing through available listings. Please go to visitLBIregion.com to view all the available programs and discounts. Special events have been planned such as a chocolate intermission treats at Broadway Revue from Our Gang on Feb 7, OceanFirst Bank's Chocolate Vault event in Little Egg Harbor on Feb 11 to chocolate making classe for every level at Tuckerton Seaport and Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. Enjoy specialty chocolate drinks with a fabulous dinner at Engleside Inn, Buckalews and Daddy Os or end your meal on a high note at Antoinetta's with Italian Chocolate Tasting. Round out the week at Surflight Theatre's Sweet Soiree on Feb 14 featuring a Romantic Songs and Duets Concerts, with hors d' oeuvres and delectable desserts. Go online to find complete list of offers and enter our Chocolate Week Sweetstakes for Unshredded Nostalgia of Barnegat Sweethearts and Heartthrobs Gift Basket valued at $500. The most unique store at the Jersey Shore has packed a basket full of movie mementos and vintage valentines.
Chocolate Week has been created to positively promote the region, expand off season business and attract new summer vacationers. By partnering with local businesses, and the NJ Division of Travel and Tourism; The Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce hopes that Chocolate Week will not only retain local consumers to stay close to home during this holiday break and but will invite family and friends to take part as well.
How about spending it in LBI or in beautiful Pinelands? From parties to overnight hotel packages, plan to welcome New Year's with us. Visit our New Year's Package and Party Picks and reserve before space is gone!
The Taste Committee announces a competition for original artwork that will represent the 2010 Taste of Southern Ocean "A Night Abroard the Orient Express" Dinner with prize of $500.00
For fifteen years, the Taste of Southern Ocean Hunger Relief and the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce has raised thousands of dollars to directly benefit food banks located within the Southern Ocean County community. This labor of love has teamed chefs, businesses and volunteers together with one mission; raise funds during the spring dinner and auction to help put food in the pantries that serve local individuals and families. In 2009 with generous donations from Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce members and Atlantic City Electric $52,000 was collected and distributed to Tuckerton, Long Beach Island, Manahawkin, Barnegat, Waretown and Lacey.Each year this volunteer group selects a dynamic theme that ties in a multi course meal with décor, invitations, posters, ad journal, activities and auction items. The 2010 Committee has chosen: "A Night Aboard the Orient Express" and is asking help from the local art community to create original artwork to be considered as the design for this year's event with a $500 prize going to the winning artist
Contest Rules are as follows:
Theme: "A Night Aboard the Orient Express"
Criteria: Open to all artists living in Southern Ocean County.
- This original painting must include
- The name of the event. "Taste of Southern Ocean Hunger Relief Project - A Night Aboard the Orient Express"
- Min size of artwork 18"x18"
- Created in Oil or Water Media
- Digital File to be sent to rreynolds@sochamber before January 20, 2010
Please note that artwork selected will become property of Southern Ocean Hunger Relief Project and will used on all collateral to promote the April 27, 2010 event. The original piece will be auctioned off at Sea Oaks during the taste dinner with all proceeds going to hunger relief.
For more information please contact the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce 265 West Ninth Street, Ship Bottom NJ 609 494 7211
The Causeway Marine Family will hitch a ride with Santa during December 5 Parade!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and for chamber member Causeway Marine they are kicking it off in style. Ted Terzian, co owner of the Manahawkin boat sales and service dealership was one of several area businesses who entered to the contest through the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce website visitLBIRegion.com.
In celebration of the parade's 30th Anniversary and the chamber's participation in sponsoring the Santa float for the past thirty years; the online contest began November 1 offering members a chance to win this festive opportunity. The winner was chosen by a random drawing that took place in the chamber office on November 24; providing plenty of time for Causeway Marine to plan to be center stage during the December 5 parade.
Causeway Marine, who has been a chamber member since 2006, is a family owned and operated business located on Bay Avenue in Manahawkin. In addition to their many awards, they were named a Top 10 Dealer for Outstanding Customer Service and Sales Results of Hydra Sports Boats and one of New Jersey's highest ranked dealers listed in Boating Industries Magazine's America Top 100.
Want to join the fun? Ship Bottom is still looking for parade sponsors and participants. Download Parade registration here!
After the success of the 2009 Wedding Road Show, the Southern Ocean County Chamber has set the date for April 18, 2010. If you are a wedding business and would like an opporunity to be a part of the most unique wedding event in the state, please click here for registration information as well as event links and details.
This event has been planned to promote local wedding industry and the region as a wedding destination. It will be promoted to brides throughout the country with a heavy focus on NJ, NY, and PA. We are proud to have NJ Bride, NJWedding.com, Wed Alert, Brides.com and NJ Office of Travel and Tourism as media sponsors for 2010.
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