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Naples Daily News, Fla., It's Your Business column [Naples Daily News, Fla. :: ](Naples Daily News (FL) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) April 18--Coconut Point Mall Manager Jamie Grofik and Director of Marketing and Business Development Tara Beauchesne are slated to kick off the upcoming Bonita Springs Area Chamber Summer Lunch Networking Series. Their presentation is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30. The luncheon is open to the public and will take place at Carrabba's Italian Grill in Bonita Springs. The chamber arranges seating at the networking series to facilitate making new professional connections, while learning about emerging business trends and educational topics. Grofik and Beauchesne are set to give guests an overview on how to get a business, specifically a retail store, up and running from leasing requirements and financing, to today's marketing tools. They will share Coconut Point's successes in using social media and various advertising components, including digital, to reach customers. Grofik, a certified shopping manager with Simon Property Group, has 30 years of experience in mall management and communications. Beginning her mall management experience as assistant manager of Melbourne Square in 1983, and then moving to mall manager in 1988, Grofik was promoted to manager at Coconut Point in 2007. Beauchesne is responsible for revenue generation at Coconut Point and media assets, as well as the creation, development and implementation of the overall strategic marketing direction of the shopping center. Prior to joining Coconut Point in 2012, she worked as director of marketing for AccuData Integrated Marketing and Marketing Manager for Source Interlink. The Bonita Springs Chamber hosts six separate luncheons on the last Tuesday of each month from April to September Space is limited and advanced registration is required. Tickets are $30 for Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce members and $45 for future members. To register, call (239) 992-2943 or go to www.BontiaSpringsChamber.com Community interest high in Bonita National project Construction hasn't started yet at Bonita National Golf and Country Club in Bonita Springs, but developer Lennar already projects it may become its most popular golf course community ever. The new luxury community, east of Interstate 75 at the end of Bonita Beach Road East in Bonita Springs, announced recently that pre-construction sales would begin in late April. A week later, prospective buyers already began showing up at the development site with inquiries, said David Meyers, Lennar's director of sales and marketing in Southwest Florida. Meyers said Lennar will host a pre-construction grand opening at the site from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 26. Renderings of model homes that will start construction later this year are being finished now. "People in Bonita Springs have been waiting for this and they have told their friends about it," Meyers said in a statement. "The location is spectacular, and we're seeing a great deal of demand this early in the development process." Lennar plans to build single-story executive homes, one- and two-story manor homes, and one- and two-story estate homes to start at Bonita National. Each sale entitles the buyer to free membership at the 18-hole championship golf course designed by Gordon Lewis. Hodges Center for Nonprofit Excellence offering conflict resolution workshop The Center for Nonprofit Excellence at Hodges University will offer a workshop on dealing with confrontation and conflict on Thursday, April 24. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Hodges Naples campus, 2655 Northbrooke Drive. The session will be based on the assumption that conflicts are a normal and healthy part of life. It will be conducted by Robin Larkin with Performance Management Associates. For more information visit www.hodges.edu/cne or call (239) 598-6284. People on the move -- -- Patty Petrick has been named Bank of America's consumer market manager in Fort Myers. -- The Anthony Soulia Team, Realtors was recognized by Berkshire Hathaway Florida Realty with the Chairman's Circle Gold Award for 2013. ___ (c)2014 the Naples Daily News (Naples, Fla.) Visit the Naples Daily News (Naples, Fla.) at www.naplesnews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services |