The Chamber believes in our industrial partners and truly appreciates their contributions to our economy and way of life. It is hard to imagine life in Bay County without the economic and civic contributions companies like our award recipients make on a daily basis.
Sporting Clay Tournament Winners: 1ST PLACE TEAM // System Services and Engineering – Kyle Shoots, Jonathon Shoots 2ND PLACE TEAM // Advance Fire Protection Services – Michael Sudheimer, Carl Ellis, Johnny Riley, Trent Susi 3RD PLACE TEAM // Smart Bank – Jeremy Bennett, Chuck Fuller, Connor Shaw, Hunter Shaw
THANKS TO OUR Sponsors: PRESENTING // Gulf Power SPORTING CLAY // Tournament: Hancock Whitney; Lunch: Trustmark Bank; Prize: Brock Lawn and Pest Control; Refreshment Cart: Berg Pipe INDUSTRY APPRECIATION CELEBRATION AWARDS BREAKFAST // Presenting: Gulf Power; Award: Gulf Coast State College TABLE SPONSORS // Aaron Rich Marketing, Berg Pipe, By The Sea Resorts, City of Panama City, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Holiday Beach Mechanical, Port Panama City, USA, RSAE Labs Inc., and Trustmark Bank
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Business Expansion By The Sea Resorts
Newcomer Fat & Weird Cookie
By The Sea Resorts has invested $10 million dollars to expand the business, solidifying their commitment for new jobs, event space and tourism for the community. In the past year, they have added Candlewood Suites to their family. The Legacy Hotel underwent a total renovation and reopened as a Radisson. The Shalimar Retreat has been rebranded to the Travelodge by Wyndham. With the name recognition and reach of Wyndham and Radisson, this move will bring added exposure to Panama City Beach. Also, recently rebranded Baymont by Wyndham and Ramada by Wyndham properties have been updated. By investing and upgrading the properties, it elevates the offerings to the Panama City and Panama City Beach area to clients looking for an upgraded experience.
Our newcomer award winner, Fat and Weird Cookie, was born in August of 2018 after they received a little help from followers on Instagram. Over 1,000 cookies were sent from different people all over the world to the door of the owner, who was born and raised in Panama City. He and his wife sampled every cookie that came to them in an effort to create new ideas and put their own twist on their products. As a result, Fat and Weird Cookie has opened up a store-front location in Panama City and manufactures and distributes massive gourmet cookies with weird names, cookie dough and ice cream locally and all over the world.
BAY BIZ / FALL 2021
