December 20, 2022

"OFF THE CLOCK' HOLIDAY MIXER RECAP

We wish to thank everyone who came out to celebrate a successful end to 2022. Our holiday edition of the monthly "Off the Clock" series was filled toe tapping music, great raffle prizes, delicious food & cocktails, and most importantly YOU, our members!

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EVENT SPONSORS

Malech Law

First National Bank

The Bethesdan Hotel

Buchbinder Tunick & Company LLP

Brunetto State Farm Agency

Capitol Cigar & Tobacco

Silver

BIBIBOP Asian Grill

Wine Key Experience

Nothing Bundt Cakes

THANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS WHO DONATED FOR OUR RAFFLE

The Blue House

Nothing Bundt Cakes

The Joint Chiropractic Park Potomac

LeBonday LLC

Henry's Sweet Retreat

Manoli Canoli

Frank Pepes of Bethesda

LaNina By Toche LLC

Silver

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

Duck Duck Goose Bethesda

Bacchus of Lebanon

Round House Theater

Olympia Hair Studio

Roaming Darling

HartHQ Growth Coach, LLC

Prime IV Hydration & Wellness

Salon Roi

Capitol Cigar & Tobacco

Beyond Measure Custom

The St. James Performance Club Bethesda

AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown

THANK YOU TO OUR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT & PHOTO BOOTH SERVICES

The Roy Myles Jazz Trio

GBCC Members, 321 Flash

GOODWILL DINNER COALITION

Please help us help those in need this holiday season. While the hat, glove, and scarf drive ended on December 16th, we will be collecting monetary donations through the end of December to purchase family meals, gift cards, and more.

For donation inquiries, please contact our office, staff@greaterbethesdachamber.org

THANK YOU!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Join the Chamber's Senior Market Group for this fun morning of networking, table decorating and enjoy remarks from our featured speaker, Bradley Schurman, Author of "The Super Age"

To sponsor, please contact Allie Williams at awilliams@greaterbethesdachamber.org

RIBBON CUTTINGS

On Thursday our Chamber celebrated its 20th Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of 2022 with new Bethesdan retailer, Simon Pearce. It may have been a cold and rainy day, but the beautiful and inspirational gift pieces throughout the store were enough to brighten anyone's day.

Congratulations to Jen Smith, Leah Stewart, and the Simon Pearce Bethesda team on their Grand Store Opening. We are happy to welcome you as new members and to have you as partners in our business community.

COMMUNITY NOTICE

Additional parking in Bethesda is available.

Planning on doing some holiday shopping or visiting a restaurant in Bethesda? Bethesda's Garage 11 is now open to the public from 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends. The garage is located at 7730 Woodmont Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814 with entrances on Woodmont Ave. & Old Georgetown Rd. 

“Marriott has been actively working with Montgomery County on a pilot to open Garage 11 to the general public beginning at 11 a.m. on weekdays. We will continue to work closely with the County to monitor daily usage as we strive to meet the needs of our associates and the community.”

SPONSORED CONTENT

Gen Z is driving many workplace trends because employers are so deeply concerned about that generation’s preferences and attitudes. Yet we might be smarter to listen to millennials and boomers instead. In her article for Fortune, Megan Leonhardt notes that Gen Z is “the smallest generation in the U.S. workforce” and “is never expected to surpass millennials in terms of overall size.”

“Over time, employers will need to sort through whether the issues popping up now are because of the pandemic or a generational shift.”

Read more at https://fortune.com/2022/10/05/gen-z-versus-millennials-boomers-driving-most-workplace-trends/amp/.

Gold Sponsors

Pepco  

Silver Sponsors

Advantage Industries - The Chevy Chase Land Company

Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C., Suburban Hospital

Bronze Sponsors 

Atlantech Online - Behnam and Associates, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. - The Bernstein Companies - Capacity Partners

Chesapeake Public Strategies - Dembo Jones - Electric Advisors

Grossberg Company LLP - The Jane Fairweather Team - Maier & Warner PR Marriott International - RBC Wealth Management/Melanie Folstad -Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Partner Sponsors 

 Bethesda Magazine - Decision Making Research - Hyatt Regency Bethesda - Mon Ami Gabi - Nothing Bundt Cakes Bethesda - North Bethesda Marriott & Conference Center - sasse agency          

Chamber Connect Sponsor

Sandy Spring Bank

Leadership Luncheon Series Sponsor 

M&T Bank

NextExec Sponsor 

McKay Mortgage Company