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News
Having had a great start on the new year during January, there is an excitement to the future. Thanks must go to our 1st VP Glenn Fowler for his leadership and planning the JAXPORT tour and planning for the next tour. Glenn has brought a list of outstanding speakers with prospects for upcoming meetings that are top quality! A few things that we as a club must cooperatively work together on are vitally important to our future. One being our meeting attendance! Since we only meet once a month EVERYONE must make the effort to attend. Not only does this help the club meet the agreement with the zoo as to prepared meals, it also gives all an opportunity to fellowship and network. PLEASE BE PRESENT next VALENTINES DAY, February 14th! Bring your “sweetie” or old “salty”! Promotions are important to our meetings, PLEASE bring a DOOR PRIZE! One from your business or as I have stated in board meetings, any unwanted Christmas gifts that you don’t want! We’ll take about anything. It’s a fun time and by the look of the group everyone enjoys the 50-50 and door prizes! The club needs new blood! New members that are willing to get involved. Every organization that I am aware of is suffering due to “age-deficiency”! With no offense to our current membership, we need all the” young guns” we can get. ENCOURAGE those prospects to attend and join. Our current membership must “step-up” to the plate and ATTEND the meetings so as to encourage and bolster the entire club. We have a great group of business leaders from all areas of the north side represented and we are not satisfied! We want more. The Scholarship Committee is already at work looking at our 5 north side high schools, the fair committee is talking new strategy for November, the board is looking at ways to get involved more in the community and together, the Northside Business Leaders CAN make a difference! See YOU at the next meeting! God bless you and your families! Ray
Turner Corey-Kerlin
Funeral Homes Is Big Time!
Panamax Ship Cranes The JaxPort tour was very informative and everything is BIG! Our tour guide Joanne Kazmierski kept us busy the whole 90 minutes. She was very knowledgeable, professional, sweet and a really down to earth person. All of us on the tour were very impressed with what was going on at the port presently, but the future can put Jacksonville into a very prosperous situation.
Joanne
Kazmierski
Presently JaxPort is #2 in the nation for new automobiles moving thru a port. We have a large exporting business of large cars, suvs and trucks. We are also #2 port as a Military Readiness port. The JaxPort is considered one of the most secured ports in the Nation. We are rated 13th in the nation overall as a port. We can become #1, but we must get people on our side and show them what we can do better than other ports and how are location to railroads, airports and two major highways (I 95 & I10) connecting here in Jacksonville make us very flexible for moving goods. Additionally we have I75 & I16 1-2 hours away. First V.P. Glen Fowler & Joanne Joanne briefs
us on security and the tours content.
Thousands of imported new cars on the left. On the right to be exported large cars, suvs and pick-up trucks.
These panamax cranes are the largest cranes in the world and are made in? You guessed right "China". Walmart will have a sale on them next week. (Just kidding about the sale.)
The tour comes to an end and no pat down body searches. Visitor on the right is Abrahma Hassan, one of our newest advertisers and soon to become member. Abe is owner of Junior's Seafood & Grill, a fantastic seafood restaurant on Main St. next to another new advertiser Junior's Famous Sandwiches. Check out our classified section for there phone numbers. Great food and reasonably priced.
Bus tour is over. On the left is a new potential member John Merkert owner Accel Video. The left is Sandy & Dewitt Gibbs.
Again a "Big Thank You" to Joanne & Keith our bus driver for a great tour!
Thanks Glenn for putting together a great tour of JaxPort. What we have to do NOW is deepen the port, fix Mile Point and secure a spot for the Cruise ships permanently! No small task, but it is doable. Paul A Forte, Turbo Action Inc.
Times
Union Article takes comments from Dick Berry.
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