Small Business OPEN 757: Connecting For SUCCESS

2204 General Booth Boulevard,Virginia Beach VA 23456

28 April, 2022

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Small Business OPEN 757 at the Beach is a unique professional networking event gathering government, the private sectors, and entrepreneurs Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce 757 Office Presents a business professional networking event series: Small Business OPEN 757: Connecting For SUCCESS Our three goals: 1. Create and intentional community and business networking with the 757 Region as a focal point 2. Make everyone feel welcome and be part of the Pan Asian Small Business and community family of Virginia Beach when they walk through the door 3. Facilitate having our business community and community at large discover some new trends and opportunities in and about the Beach, together, by introducing new products and region business This is part of series of events are open to the Asian community, network friends, and anyone wishing to outreach to a 7547 Regions’ s multicultural network. Our Topic is: “Small Business OPEN at the Beach". The Honorable Mayor of Virginia Beach Bobby Dyer will offer remarks. Event Details: THURSDAY APRIL 28, 2022 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Location: Aqua S Ice Cream Store, 2204 General Booth Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Register at: https://smallbusinessopen.eventbrite.com FOOD AND DRINKS- ICE CREAM DESERT TO BE SERVED Honorary Speaker: The Honorable Virginia Beach “Bobby” Dyer – Confirmed On the Mayor's Office’s commitment to support small businesses pre and post pandemic. Other Invited speakers: Elected Officials Small Asian businesses Movers and Shakers on keeping their area business relevant and sustainable throughout the pandemic and its aftermath (TBA) Agenda: 5:30 pm to 6:00PM: Networking – Japanese Food Fare 6:00 pm to 6:10 pm: Greetings from Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce 757 Region 6:10 pm to 6:30 pm: Honorary Speaker program 6:30 pm to 6:45 pm: 757 Region Movers and Shakers Remarks 6:45 pm to 7:30pm: Business Cards exchanges- Networking/meeting continues 7:30 pm: Program ends Register now ! https://smallbusinessopen.eventbrite.com Confirmed Honorary Speaker: The Honorable Mayor "Bobby" Dyer Mayor Bobby Dyer was sworn in on November 20, 2018, and is the first Veteran to be directly elected as mayor in Virginia Beach history. Before being sworn in as Mayor, Dyer represented the Centerville District for 14 years. His prior positions include physical therapist, health care executive, business consultant and assistant professor in the School of Government at Regent University. Dyer served in the United States Marine Corps from 1968 to 1972. In 1976, he earned a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from Saint Louis University and in 1982, a master's in public adminis­tration from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned his Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University in 2001. He currently serves as the City Council liaison to the Atlantic Park Community Development Authority, Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance, Hampton Roads Planning District Commission, Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, Human Rights Commission, Oceana Land Use Conformity Committee and Process Improvement Steering Committee, which he initiated. Bobby and his wife, Trish, live in the Lake Christopher section of the Centerville District and have two children and four grandchildren. Event Co-Host and Sponsor: Xiawei "Hawaii" Lin Ms. Xiawei Lin, also known as Hawaiii, is a native of China. After a career in banking she spent her time as a financial advisor with Edward Jones and Aqua S Virginia Beach owner. She and her husband, CK Wei, travelled to New Zealand and experienced a unique ice cream, Aqua S Sea Salt Ice Cream. It was the best ice cream they ever had. That's how they decided to bring the wild and delicious ice cream stylings of Aqua S back home to Virginia Beach. Aqua S was born in Virginia Beach and have prospered since then. Program Partner & Event Sponsor Gold Sponsor