Nassau Business Today

The Chamber is always striving to provide meaningful educational opportunities to our members that will help them grow their business. Most top CEOs believe improving customer service is one of the most effective growth strategies for any business. That’s why the Chamber, in association with the...read more

The Chamber will kick off a week-long celebration of Small Business Week May 21-25 with a special Monday night edition of Business After Hours from 5-7 p.m. Monday, May 21. The beautiful Amelia Island Club located on the Amelia Island Plantation is our sponsor and we'll be networking poolside. In...read more

The Chamber’s Small Business Week celebration May 21-25 will wrap up on Friday, May 25, with free one-on-one business counseling with Cathy Hagan from the Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida. Business owners have the opportunity during these hour-long sessions to...read more

Today, May 15, is the last day to register for “A Passion for Service: How to Win Customers and Reduce Lost Sales” on Tuesday, May 22, at the Residence Inn Amelia Island. This outstanding workshop with nationally acclaimed customer communication expert Bill Drury is being brought to you by the...read more

The heart of Small Business Week is visits to our hundreds of small business members to thank them for their support of the Chamber and for their contributions to our community. Chamber Ambassadors and other volunteers will be delivering thank-you gift bags to our small business members during...read more

The City of Fernandina Beach and Nassau County will both proclaim May 21-25 as Small Business Week, and the Chamber encourages everyone to join us as the proclamations are issued this week. Representatives from The Hurst Company, the Chamber’s 2011 Small Business of the Year, will accept the...read more

The McArthur Family YMCA is leading an effort, with community partners, to improve the health of residents in Nassau County through the ACHIEVE program -- Action Communities for Health Innovation and Environmental Change. The program is funded by a National Centers for Disease Control Prevention...read more

Young Eco Explorers: Participate in fun, educational activities, games and crafts around the resort such as fishing, crabbing, bird detectives and beach bounties. Two local off-property trips to Fort Clinch and Huguenot State Park. Ages 6-9; July 9-13 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; $250/week. Junior...read more

The day has finally arrived. Sun Gallery Sunglasses & Optical is now a licensed optical store able to fulfill all of your prescription eyewear needs. Board certified licensed optician Jan McClane Nabors is now on our staff. In cooperation with Dr. Jim Chamberlain, Sun Gallery now offers...read more

Good afternoon. The Fernandina Beach City Commission on Saturday selected former commissioner Joe Gerrity as the city’s next city manager. Commissioners voted to enter into contract negotiations with Gerrity after a day of interviews with five candidates. The agenda for tomorrow's Fernandina...read more

The Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida is conducting a survey to reach residents who might consider visiting the Nassau Community Health Center once it is established. Potential center clients include persons and families who are living near or below 200% of the Federal Poverty Level...read more

Good afternoon. The Florida Times-Union reports that Jacksonville's manufacturing sector trails other metropolitan areas and has not grown like other parts of the country, according to a national report released this week. Manufacturing accounts for 4.5 percent of all jobs in the Jacksonville...read more

Lynn Harrell, hailed as “the dean of American cellists,” will make two appearances at the 2012 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, the largest musical event of its kind in the Southeast. The 11th season of the Festival, which will run from May 13 through June 8, was recently named...read more

Billy Casper Golf has launched a “Golf Fore Women” program at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. Designed for beginner golfers, “Golf Fore Women” is an opportunity to learn basics of the game and move comfortably to the course in five 90-minute lessons. The well-rounded, small group instruction...read more

The Florida Times-Union reports that Fernandina Beach High School was ranked 39th statewide and 614th nationwide by the U.S. News and World Report in its annual analysis of the country’s best high schools released Tuesday. The magazine evaluated about 22,000 public high schools in 49 states and...read more

Don’t miss the Amelia Island Jazz Festival scholarship benefit concert May 24 featuring this year’s scholarship winner Boyce Griffith, an 18-year-old saxophone sensation from Tallahassee and a four-year member of the Florida All State Jazz Band. Griffith will perform in concert with The Dynamic...read more

Join hundreds of corporate social responsibility professionals virtually for the next “Conversations with Stephen” webcast and tweetchat, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber’s Business Civic Leadership Center. Katherine Pickus, vice president of the Abbott Fund and vice president, Global Citizenship...read more

The Jacksonville Jaguars have announced the 2012 Team Teal rally schedule, part of the community initiative to revive support and pride in the team and increase ticket sales. To generate excitement and recruit fans for the Jaguars, Team Teal will host four pep rallies across Northeast Florida. ...read more

Good afternoon. The Fernandina Beach City Commission and the Nassau County Ocean Highway and Port Authority will conduct a joint workshop at Fernandina Beach City Hall at 6 p.m. tomorrow, May 10. Topics will include current port operations and projects, warehouse and sprinkler systems, rail...read more

The Friends groups of Nassau County -- Friends of the Fernandina Beach Library, Friends of the Callahan Library, Friends of the Hilliard Branch Library and Friends of the Bryceville Branch Library -- each paid an equal share to renew wireless Internet access at the Nassau Public Library System for...read more

One out of every four women experiences domestic violence in her lifetime. As domestic violence does not recognize race, economic status, age or ethnicity, no one is safe from this terrible crime. This means your mother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, your employee, or co-worker. It is the number...read more

The Florida State College Betty P. Cook Nassau Center will offer a Food Safety Manager’s Class and related Food Safety Manager Certification test on Tuesday, May 22. The course fee is $79 and includes the class and test. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. in Building 29, Room A-102. The class and test will...read more

Rayonier, through its Rayonier Foundation, provided more than $121,000 (not including scholarships) in direct and designated United Way matching grants to 15 public schools and 35 non-profit organizations during its Annual Grant Breakfast April 25 at the Fernandina Beach Golf Club. The grants...read more

Chamber member First Coast Signs is one of three finalists in the Jacksonville Small Business Super Makeover contest! Small business owners were invited to participate in this on-line contest that can help them makeover their business through the advice and participation of other key small...read more

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival-goers will be treated to an evening of French cabaret songs, past and present, at a special performance on May 27. The 11th season of the festival, May 13 through June 8, is the largest musical event of its kind in the Southeast and was recently named one of...read more