Art Walk to Benefit ArtiGras Art Education Fund!

On Wednesday, February 4, the three galleries at PGA Commons - Onessimo Fine Art, Studio E Gallery and RosettaStone Fine Art - invite everyone to come stroll the Art Walk to benefit the ArtiGras Art Education Fund. Each gallery is paring up with one of the local restaurants to have their chef present an interpretation of one of the gallery's featured artists.

RosettaStone will be pairing up with two restaurants -- Metronome and Sushi Jo. Metronome will be interpreting RosettaStone's upcoming French Posters show while Sushi Jo will be emulating the style of artist Barry Seidman. Studio E Gallery will be working with Oakwood Grill to present a tasty work of beauty while Vic & Angelos will be joined with Onessimo Fine Art to interpret the works of artist Jamali.

The event is free and 10% of the outside bar sales will go to benefit the ArtiGras Art Education Fund, which distribute money to local Palm Beach County schools to assist them in buying the supplies needed to run a successful art program. In addition, each restaurant will also be offering a special dinner menu featuring a variation of their interpretive art work.

PGA Commons is located on the south side of PGA Boulevard between I-95 and the Turnpike. 

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 Unemployment in Palm Beach County

The unemployment rate for Palm Beach County rose slightly in November 2008 to 7.6 percent, compared to the previous month's rate of 7.5 percent.  The rate is three percentage points higher than the County's unemployment rate of 4.6 percent in November 2007.

Our County's rate for November is 0.3 percent higher than the State of Florida's rate of 7.3 percent, and 1.1 percent higher than the national unemployment rate of 6.5 percent.

During the past twelve months, Palm Beach County's greatest numbers of job losses were in the construction industry, retail trade, leisure and hospitality, financial activities, manufacturing and professional and business services.

At the same time, the County experienced job growth in education and health services, the government sector and in personal services over the past year.

For additional local labor market information, please explore the Workforce Alliance website at www.pbcalliance.com.

Member News and Announcements

Michele Jacobs, Corporate Director of Marketing for the company's properties in Florida -has been promoted to Corporate Director of Marketing and Operations over all of The Forbes Company shopping centers.

Jupiter Medical Center's patient care staff named Robert Anderson, M.D., Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon, "Physician of the Year" for 2008.  Lee A. Fox, M.D. was named Chief of the Department of Radiology at Jupiter Medical Center (JMC) effective Jan. 1. For more information about the services available at Jupiter Medical Center, please call (561) 747-2234 or visit www.jupitermed.com.

Gardens East Apartments is offering a special JUST for Chamber members! 2 Months free on a pro-rated 13 month lease! Additional savings include $200 off 1st Month for Northern Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce Members. Call at 561-775-0600 for more information.

Living Room Live Music Series presents The Nines - Power Pop Group from Canada. Show is Saturday January 24th at 8pm. Tickets are $15.00. The Theater proudly presents Vincent by Leonard Nimoy January 30-31st with shows at 8:00 pm.  Tickets are $20.00 if purchased in advance and $18 for students. Call the Box Office at 561-575-4942 or Visit us at www.theatlantictheater.com for more information.

The Gardens Mall, Palm Beach County's premier shopping and dining destination, and The City of Palm Beach Gardens are hosting a book signing by the artists for The Highwaymen Exhibit on display from January 12 through February 17 in Grand Court at The Gardens Mall. The Gardens Mall is located one mile east of I-95 on PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens.

Reception benefiting the 2009 Providencia Tourism Scholarships to be issued by the Palm Beach County Tourism Promotion Institute, Inc. Established by the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau. Reception is Wed, Jan. 28th at Clematis Social from 6-8pm. $20 cover charge at the door. For additional information contact Dale Carlson at 561.233.3030 or dcarlson@palmbeachfl.com

Join Enterprise Bank for its 2nd Annual Ingalls Memorial Prostate Seminar Saturday March 7, 2009 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center. The cost is $20 per person or $30 per couple which includes lunch.  Several doctors & scientists from major research organizations have accepted invitations to present lectures on the current topics in prostate cancer research.
For more information please call David Most at Enterprise Bank at 561-776-6666.

Chase those winter blues away at the 6th annual January "Beat the Recession" blues party at Mangrove Bay Thursday, January 29, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. Join us for cool Blues and A Hot NightDance to Music by "network" Drink "blue" cocktails And enjoy lots of great food. Wear something Black or Blue... Rsvp by January 26 to 561-575-3123.

With the new year comes New Year Resolutions and the #1 resolution is to get in shape.  Tossed, the made-to-order salad restaurant in Legacy Place is making it very easy to keep your resolutions this year. The Tossed Winter Rewards Card offers a FREE entrée (Salad, Crepe Wrap or Sandwich) to customers after they earn just 4 punches on the card. Tossed will distribute the Rewards Cards until February 28th.  All redemptions must be completed by April 30th.

ServiceMaster Clean announced that it has signed a unique partnership agreement to be the first-ever official sponsor of the caution period during races at International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and Speedway Motorsports Incorporated (SMI) race tracks across the nation. When there is a problem on the track, the ServiceMaster Clean Yellow Flag will wave, and the company's familiar yellow trucks will be dispatched to clean the track. For more information, contact Danny Watkins, franchise owner at 561.622.1262

JoAnne and Brian McCormack, agents with United First Financial advise that the company has had a busy past several months. UFF and its Money Merge Account System are featured in  the February issue of "Success From Home Magazine" educating people how to get out of debt and obtain financial freedom. In addition, the co-founders of the company received The Ernst & Young," Entrepreneur Of the Year Award," Utah Region and Editors Choice Award from Personal Real Estate Magazine. Mark Victor Hansen (co author of Chicken Soup for The Soul Series) has joined with UFF as an agent and spokesman.