Through my position as a sales associate with
Gorilla Direct Marketing. I am able to get actively involved in the Venice Florida
Chamber of Commerce. This is something I greatly look forward to as the chamber is THE most important resource in the community for promoting and helping locally owned businesses, a strong passion of mine. I am glad to do my part to help further promote locally owned businesses through Gorilla Direct Marketing and this site but the Chamber is key. Without it we would simply not have the strong, vibrant local business community that we do.
Last night the Chamber held their annual Hob Nob at
Cramer Toyota. The event was packed with several hundred local business people and community leaders. Cramer Toyota did a great job as outstanding hosts with live music, and fantastic spread of food, and a great space for such a well attended event.
These business people are all our friends and neighbors, they work hard to help make Venice FL the wonderful community that it is. When you do business with a locally owned business research shows that for every $100 spent in a national or international chain business only $14 stays in the local economy. It's even worse for online shopping that is based out of the area as none of your money will stay in this community. Yet for every $100 spent in a locally owned business $45 - $68 stays here in Venice. Please support our local businesses and make them your FIRST choice as you do business.
