Issue 31 July 30

Our guest speaker last week was Tad Delegal, President of the Jacksonville Bar Association.  There are approximately 2000 judges and attorneys in this professional group, which was founded in 1897. Jacksonville Bar Association members have similar goals to SBMC — they value community collaboration, charitable fundraising and business networking. One of the highlights of last […]


Issue 30 July 21

Our guest speaker last week was Bill Spann, Director of Military Affairs and Veterans Department, City of Jacksonville.  He discussed the many services his department does for veterans.  Whether you served three months or 20+ years, this department can help you with so many services you probably didn’t know about. Job searches, legal aid and […]


Issue 29 July 16

Our guest speaker last week was local historian Scott Grant.  It was very interesting to hear about the Nazi attack off of Jacksonville Beach that unfolded in front of many tourists on April 10th, 1942.  Reinhard Hardegan, the German commander, fired a torpedo at the SS Gulf America from his submarine.  The ship is still […]


Issue 28, July 9

Last week our speaker was State Representative Clay Yarborough.  We learned about the bills he worked on and that were passed.  One in particular was the Prescription Drug Price Transparency bill.  Clay worked on that with the help of Senator Aaron Bean, an SBMC member.  The website MyFloridaRX.com has the top 300 common drugs and which pharmacy […]