Networking at its Finest
Each year the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce coordinates a series of Business After Hours events to facilitate networking for its members. Each event is hosted by a different member business or organization in the community as a way to introduce members to there location, staff and products or services. Members look forward to these networking events and the chance to learn more about the community.

At $5 for members and $15 for non-members, this event is affordable and a guaranteed good time!

Upcoming Event

Thursday, July 17
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Orlando Orthopaedic Center, 2699 Lee Road Ste. 100, Winter Park, FL 32789

Good Morning Winter Park is the popular monthly breakfast gathering where Chamber members, residents, and community leaders converge.   Each month attracts a key speaker to provide a new perspective on an important community issue.

Attending Good Morning Winter Park is an excellent opportunity to grow your business through interacting with community leaders, gaining insight on a timely topic and networking with fellow business professionals.

Good Morning Winter Park is always free, open to the public and includes a complimentary continental breakfast.

Upcoming Program

Friday, July 11, 2014
7:45 a.m. – Networking
8:15 a.m. – Program
Speaker: Kenneth W. Bradley, City of Winter Park Mayor

Winter Park Welcome Center / Chamber of Commerce
151 W. Lyman Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789

Topic: CoffeeTalk with Mayor Kenneth W. Bradley

• Join Mayor Ken Bradley for a cup of great conversation as he shares his perspective on current city topics and opens up the floor for questions.

A complimentary continental breakfast will be served. The event is FREE and open to the public.

Shop till you drop at the July sidewalk sale featuring savings from 50-75% off at participating Park Avenue and Hannibal Square merchants. Sale runs from Thursday, July 10-Sunday, July 13.

Enjoy special savings and local treats as you shop the sidewalk sale.

Keep safe with us on Thursday, July 17 from 6-7pm at the Winter Park Police Department. “S.A.F.E.” (an acronym for Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange) is a FREE unparalleled 2-hour educational awareness, crime-victim prevention program designed by the National Self-Defense Institute. This program encompasses Strategies, Techniques, Options, and Prevention – that provides teenaged & adult women with information that may reduce their risk of exposure to violence and introduces them to the basic physical aspects of self-defense. Register for classes online today!

Registration is free, but necessary to attend this event. To register go online to the Winter Park Police Department website to enroll. Be safe and we’ll see you there!

The Winter Park Community Center will be hosting a Pool Side Picnic Party on Saturday, July 19 from 12-5pm. Enjoy family, fun, and FOOD in the community at the Winter Park Community Center Pool. There will be games, contests, and PRIZES! And DRAWINGS for a 10 admission punch pass and annual lap swim pass for the remainder of the season!

Everyone can enjoy, non residents pay $1 to join in the fun. FREE for pool pass carriers. For more information call, 407-599-3275.

Join us Friday, July 11 for another installment of Coffee Talk. Mayor Bradley’s Coffee Talk will be held in conjunction with the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce’s “Good Morning Winter Park.” If you have a latté beans to grind or you simply want to espresso your thoughts, CoffeeTalk may be the cup for you. The popular Coffee Talk series gives the community an opportunity to sit down and talk with the Mayor, City Manager and City Commissioners over a cup of coffee provided by Palmano’s Cafe, Coffee & Wine Bar. CoffeeTalk provides a more informal setting to share ideas, concerns and thoughts with members of the City Commission.

As always we will be gather from 8-9am at the Winter Park Welcome Center.

Thursdya, July 10 join u sin the park for a free feature presentation of Muscle Beach Party. This film series features classic films for the whole family. We encourage you to bring a blanket, a picnic or snacks, and some family and friends and join us! Free popcorn for everyone. Rain date will be July 24.

Here’s what you need to know about the Hunter Vision Watermelon 5k run this coming July 4th.

The 5k run starts at 7am, and the kids run starts at 8:15am. Come to Park Avenue in Winter Park, 251 Park Avenue South Winter Park, FL 32789.

Runners, walkers and fitness enthusiasts of all ages can have summertime fun by participating in the Hunter Vision Watermelon 5k, Friday, July 4 on Park Avenue in Downtown Winter Park. The 3.1-mile run/walk begins at 7:00 a.m. It’s an All-American-style celebration featuring a shady course, entertainment, free kids’ run and the crowd favorite, the Watermelon Eating Contest.  Participants can show support for local military personnel in three ways:

1) Discount entry to active and retired military personnel and their families.

2) Food Drive. Contribute a non-perishable food items for distribution through the Orlando VA

Medical Center’s Veterans in Need Program.

3) Team Challenge competition.  Runners and walkers form teams of any kind: corporate, running club, ROTC, church group, etc. All teams receive recognition and the largest team will have a $500 donation made on their behalf to a local 501© (3) organization that supports military service. All 5k registrants who are active or retired military service personnel and/or military family members will receive special recognition by a unique bib number and will be entered into a prize drawing to win a Military Appreciation Staycation!  Staycation elements include a two night stay at Rosen Centre and a $75 Darden restaurant gift card. The randomly chosen winner will be announced after the race.

Track Shack created this event in hopes of celebrating a wholesome community in order to raise funds for the Track Shack Foundation which supports local active and retired military personnel and their families. The Track Shack Foundation is a 501 ©(3) organization whose mission is to promote health and fitness with an emphasis on youth athletics.

In order to run in this race you must be a registered runner. Here’s a break down of the race fees.

Entry Fee:
$25 through June 28……$29…..June 29 – July 3
$15 Age 17 & under and age 65 & over
$15 Active, retired military personnel and military family members through July 3.
$35 Race Day at race day at race site

Register at the Track Shack website or call 407.896.1160 for more information.

On August 16 at 7:30am join us for a running and walking celebration! Track Shack’s 22nd Annual Celebration of Running 5k kicks off the 37th anniversary of the store and the Running Series. This is the first of six premier Orlando running and walking races. 
With the addition of a technical tee shirt and medal for participants, registration is limited to 2,500 entrants.
Free kids run!
Discount admission to the Orlando Science Center!

The City of Winter Park will present their annual Olde Fashioned 4th of July Celebration! Wear your red, white and blue, bring a blanket or beach chair, and gather with family and friends to enjoy this Winter Park tradition. The annual celebration will feature live patriotic music performed by the Bach Festival Brass Band and the Bach Festival Choir, horse-drawn wagon rides, and much more! Children’s activities will include the annual bicycle parade at 9 a.m. from City Hall to Central Park, and fun games and inflatables. Families and friends are also invited to stroll along Park Avenue and Hannibal Square to shop and dine at the wide selection of boutiques and eateries. FREE hot dogs, watermelon and water will be available while supplies last. Chips, snacks and sodas will be available for purchase. The Pedestrian & Bicycle Advisory Board will be providing a free bike valet service as an incentive for alternative modes of transportation in the beautiful downtown area. The bike valet is available from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and Morse Blvd. In addition, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art will present their Independence Day Open House. The museum, which is home to the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany, will provide FREE admission to its galleries from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.