ROBERTSDALE, Alabama — The Central Baldwin Chamber of Commerce ushered in a new era for 2017, unveiling a new logo and a new slogan, “Live Life Local” at its 41st Annual Banquet held Thursday night, Jan. 19 at the Baldwin County Coliseum in Robertsdale.
More than 400 tickets were sold for this year’s annual banquet, which celebrates the year’s successes and announces the focus of the coming year.
Jonathan Kitchens, who runs Furniture City/Cloud 9 in Robertsdale with his father Joe and family, took the reins Thursday night as a third generation Board president, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather Raymond Fell, who was one of the founding members of the chamber.
Longtime Silverhill resident Barbara Sharp, was honored as the 2016 Woman of the Year, while Dr. Jason Northcutt, owner of Robertsdale Dental Care, garnered Man of the Year honors during the Thursday evening awards ceremony. Sandy Folan, executive director of Habitat for Humanity, was also honored as this year’s Volunteer of the Year.
Presenting sponsor for this year’s event is Baldwin EMC. Additional sponsors were: Diamond Sponsors: Central Baldwin Immediate Care & Family Practice and Piggly Wiggly Cost Plus; Gold Sponsors: Riviera Utilities, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Robertsdale Dental Care, Budweiser-Busch Distributing Co., Power Productions and Baldwin County Sewer Service. Silver Sponsors: Johnson, Slaughter, Driver & Northcutt, P.A., Hamm LTD, Express Employment Professionals, Gulf Coast Media and the Baldwin County Cattle & Fair Association. Bronze Sponsors: Franklin Primary Health Center, Mack Funeral Home, Gruenloh & Associates, Pen Air Federal Credit Union and United Bank.
Each of the four municipalities also presented “Business of the Year” awards during Thursday night’s event. Award winners included:
Silverhill: The Pink Anchor, owners Dustin and Ashton Cooke.
Robertsdale: Greer’s Cash Saver Cost Plus, presented to manager Donna Harper and Greer’s family representative Lucy Greer.
Loxley: El Paisita Mexican Restaurant.
Summerdale: Coastal Auto.
