May 30, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

GBCC REAL ESTATE UPDATE

Become a sponsor for the 2023 Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce

Real Estate Update!

This informative event offers the opportunity to learn from guest speakers and panelists about what's new in residential and commercial Real Estate and how developments will affect businesses and the community. Members have the option of sponsoring and are able to exhibit their business during the networking and breakfast portion of the event.

JUNE OFF THE CLOCK NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR!

Join is June 13 for our "Off the Clock" Networking Happy Hour, this month hosted by Sullivan & Company CPAs at Tommy Joe's Bethesda.

7940 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814

Lite bites provide by our host

~Cash bar~

Register Early for your ON-LINE REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE:

Member-Registration: $15 online / $20 at the door

Non-Member Registration: $25 online / $30 at the door

On-line registration closes 4:30 on June 13.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Please register to attend

this month's upcoming committee meetings

Healthcare & Wellness Thought Leadership Council

Date: June 8

Time: 9:00 - 10:00am

Register

Senior Market Group Meeting

AT CHARLES E. SMITH LIFE COMMUNITIES

Date: June 13

Time: 9:00am - 10:00 am

Register

Membership Networking Committee Meeting

NEW TIME AND DATE

Date: June 20

Time: 9:00-10:00

Register

NextExecs Meeting

Sponsored by McKay Mortgage

Date: June 27

Time: 4:00 - 5:00

Register

Economic Development Committee

Date: May 28

Time:8:00am - 9:00 am

Register

MEMBER SURVEY

Please take the 2023 GBCC Member Survey! Participants who complete this anonymous survey by June 30th will receive a special, complimentary promo code to attend an “Off the Clock” Networking Happy Hour in July or August. Your Promo Code will be provided once you complete and submit the survey; Please make a note.

NEW MEMBERSHIP NETWORKING COMITTEE

NEXT EXECS' SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE

As we approach the end of the 2022 school year, we here at the NextExecs are already planning for 2023. Join us in our 2^nd Annual Backpack & School Supply Drive to benefit MCPS students, grade K-12. From now through August 11^th, we are calling on all our GBCC members and community partners to help ensure our students are prepared for a successful school term when they return in the Fall. Some of our members last year held their own internal school supply drive and had the items delivered to our GBCC office in downtown Bethesda. Others supported the drive financially by donating money via our Chamber’s Venmo account or by sending a check payable to Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce. Please enter #mcpsbackpackdrive23 in the memo line. All levels of support are greatly appreciated, and we will also be calling on volunteers to fill the backpacks and make the drop offs to area schools. Last year we filled over 300 backpacks and this year our goal is to fill at least 500, can we count you to help us reach that goal? 

Click the button or contact the GBCC staff at

staff@greaterbethesdachamber.org for the full school supply list.  

Minimum suggested donation amount of $20.00 is requested. Click here to donate via Venmo | Greater Bethesda Chamber

CROSS CHAMBER YP HAPPY HOUR

THIS WEEK AT THE CHAMBER

COUNTY COUNCIL

GBCC staff attended the County Council session on May 25 to observe the FY24 Operating Budget vote. We appreciate the work of all our Council members, particularly those whose jurisdictions are within our footprint, Council Vice President Andrew Friedson, District 1 and Councilmember Kate Stewart, District 4.

MEMBERSHIP WALK-AROUND

The GBCC Membership Networking Committee led a productive Membership Walk-Around in Park Potomac on May 24th. We said hello to our members in the area, met lots of future members, and thanked all for choosing to do business in our community.

NEXT EXECS

Thank you to Nesfield Performance for hosting a fantastic GBCC NextExecs meeting and happy hour! We all enjoyed socializing and learning more about how to move mindfully.

GBCC MEMBER MINUTE

This member minute highlights Coby Smith,

Realtor with Coldwell Banker Realty based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Coby has nearly three years of experience in the real estate industry and has represented clients all over the Central/Capital Region of Maryland. He has also recently decided to expand his business into the DC market. As a Maryland and Washington, DC licensed agent, Coby has built a solid foundation of clients in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area through his social media, professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to always put his client’s needs first.

The GBCC Member Minute will appear in

ChamberWatch and on our socials the last Tuesday of each month.

If you are interested in being featured, please contact charris@greaterbethesdachamber.org

• Share a fun fact about your industry, company, locations (Did you know….?)
• Introduce yourself and company, why you love what you do
• Talk about when you opened, why, and the services you provide
• If you have a story about how the Chamber has helped you, please share it!

SPONSORED CONTENT

We're updating and streamlining our

sponsored content offerings!

Beginning in June, all sponsored content will be published in a once-monthly GBCC MemberWatch email.

We love sharing all the exciting things our members do, and as part of your membership, each of you has the opportunity to submit one free add per year to

GBCC MemberWatch.

Please submit content for July to charris@greaterbethesdachamber.org

by JUNE 28

GBCC MemberWatch will be published the first Thursday of each month. We will continue to offer paid opportunities to appear in our weekly ChamberWatch newsletter - find details here.

The Pew Research Center reports that workers ages 65 and older are more positive about their jobs than younger workers. Two-thirds say they are extremely or very satisfied overall “compared with 55% of those 50 to 64, 51% of those 30 to 49, and 44% of those 18 to 29.” Older workers are also the most likely to say they are extremely or very satisfied with their relationship with their manager or supervisor, day-to-day tasks, and opportunities for promotion.

Read more in the article by Juliana Menasce Horowitz and Kim Parker at https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2023/03/30/how-americans-view-their-jobs.

Thank You to Our 2023 Corporate Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

PEPCO an Exelon Company

Silver Sponsors

Advantage Industries * The Chevy Chase Land Company * Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C.  * Suburban Hospital 

Bronze Sponsors

Atlantech Online * Buchbinder Tunick & Co. * Chesapeake Public Strategies * Dembo Jones * EagleBank * Electric Advisors, Inc. * Grossberg Company LLP * IdeaFire™ * The Jane Fairweather Team * Lerch, Early & Brewer * Maier & Warner PR * M&T Bank * Marriott International * Mon Ami Gabi * Rodgers Consulting * Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C. * TDG/SILVEROCK Realty * Washington Workplace * WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Partner Sponsors

AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown * Bethesda Magazine * Decision Making Research * Griswold Home Care BCC * Hyatt Regency Bethesda * Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center * Nothing Bundt Cakes-Bethesda * Print1 * Sandglass Systems * sasse agency

ChamberConnect Sponsor - Sandy Spring Bank

NextExec Committee Sponsor - McKay Mortgage Company