The return of a profitable event for the second year in a row is coming back to Clearwater “new and improved”, to make it bigger, faster and louder than the year before thanks to a new partnership.
When the Clearwater Super Boat National Championships return to Clearwater for the second year in a row, it is expected to return bigger, faster, and louder than the year before thanks to the addition of another key organization to the event.
John Carbonell and Super Boat International have teamed up with Offshore Super Series for this year’s event. What does this mean for Super Boat fans? More boats, more speed, more “thunder”, and more entertainment.
October is traditionally a slow season for tourism, despite the area’s mild and pleasant weather. But when added to the decline in tourism from false perceptions caused by the oil spill, it makes the Super Boat races especially important to Clearwater’s number one industry. The plan of adding OSS to the event is to help attract even more people to Clearwater.
“We are grateful for OSS joining John Carbonell and SBI for this National Championship Festival, “said Frank Chivas, the race co-chairman and Founder of BayStar Restaurant Group. “This means more super boats than last year which will add even more to the outstanding experience our visitors enjoyed last year”.
Added Brian Aungst, the race co-chairman and Former Mayor or Clearwater, “SBI getting OSS to join forces for the National Championship Festival in Clearwater proves that after only one year Clearwater has become known as ‘the premiere race site’ for offshore power boat racing”.
The sporting event, which is the longest running offshore power boat racing in the United States, again hopes to bring in tourists and pump up a local economy during a crucial time for the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Last year, Super Boat picked up the dry season by attracting over 60,000 people to the event without spending a penny of tax payer money. This year, the races are expected to do the same, and will hopefully surpass last year.
“It’s a great time of year to support the tourism industry,” says Aungst.
The race will take please at Downtown Clearwater’s Coachman Park and Clearwater Beach October 1st – 3rd.
About Super Boat:
When Super Boat International (SBI) founder and 30-year veteran, John Carbonell, wanted to produce Clearwater’s 2nd Annual Super Boat National Championship Festival two local area businessmen made it happen: Restaurateur Frank Chivas and Former Mayor of Clearwater Brian Aungst Sr.
Carbonell has been producing the World Championship Races in Key West every year for 3 decades as well as the races in Sarasota held every 4th of July. Now Clearwater, the next “new great location” will have something Key West doesn’t have…the absence of cruise ships obstructing the race sight lines. “It’s a great time of year to support the tourism industry,” says Aungst. “[SBI] needed another spot and Clearwater Beach is one of the prettiest beaches in the world.”
Clearwater’s 2nd Annual Super Boat National Championship Festival will be produced by Super Boat International and presented by Brighthouse Networks. To see the full list of sponsors, partners and sponsor hotels, visit www.clearwatersuperboat.com
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FORT MYERS, October 11, 2010¾ The Franklin Shops on First Street will be opening December 2010 in the River District of Downtown Fort Myers. The concept was created by owner, Allison Campbell of Fort Myers Florida, a recent Baylor University graduate who identified the business model and location. This business offers retailers the solution to the escalating overhead cost of operating a retail business. The Franklin Shops on First Street’s “Shop Concept” is the answer for retailers, designers, artist, and manufacturers to survive and once again compete in the mass merchandising retail arena.
The Franklin Shops on First Street will be located on First Street and Broadway in Downtown Fort Myers. The building was originally known as The Franklin Hardware store. This 10,000 square foot building offers the opportunity for up to seventy businesses to call the River District their home.
The Franklin Shops on First Street will function as an all-inclusive Shop Space management firm. Leasing Shop Space within the Franklin Shops on First Street offers entrepreneurs services that include: facility management; personnel management; customer service management; and daily operation services.
By leasing space to different entrepreneurs with unique visions and ideas, The Franklin Shops on First Street has the ability to offer a wide variety of merchandise to customers and a unique shopping experience. The Franklin Shops on First Street will provide entrepreneurs with the opportunity to: start small; identify and modify merchandise being sold; and grow their passion into a real business in the Southwest Florida area.
The Franklin Shops on First Street operates on a unique floor plan that provides three different spaces-sizes: Shop Space, Square Space and Pop Up Shop Space. Shop Space ranges in size from 100 to 500 square feet; Square Space is available on the first and second floor; and Pop Up Shop Space starts at 80 square feet.
The Franklin Shops on First Street has identified a strategy that will provide boutique-level retail store to recapture their customer base and once again compete in the mass-merchandising retail arena. By joining together, the start up costs and the daily operating costs is part of the investment The Franklin Shops on First Street provides to its Shop Owners. The City of Fort Myers recently approved a $100,000 retail incubator grant for The Franklin Shops on First Street.
The Franklin Shops on First Street’s vision is to provide an upscale facility and daily operation services for Shop Owners. Thus, allowing Shop Owners to devote time and attention to identifying and maintaining stock of merchandise that will provide their customers with unique shopping experience, making The Franklin Shops on First Street a Southwest Florida destination store.
The Franklin Shops on First Street is currently interviewing prospective Shop Owners. The opening date will be December 2010.
For more information contact Allison Campbell, Owner of The Franklin Shops on First Street at (239) 595-6256.
