Brooklyn's Progress
June/July 2005

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s monthly networking events are great ways to meet other Members, make new business contacts and have a great time along the way.

On May 11, more than 150 Brooklyn Chamber Members and friends gathered for a wonderful evening of networking while enjoying breathtaking views of the ocean atop one of Brooklyn’s luxury residences…Oceana Condominium and Club in Brighton Beach for the Chamber’s monthly Business After Hours (BAH).

Chamber Members had the opportunity to experience firsthand one of Muss Development’s prize projects…Oceana Condominium and Club penthouse.  Jason Muss, Vice President, welcomed everyone to Oceana and gave a heartfelt thank you to the Brooklyn Chamber for its continued support of the Brooklyn business community.  The Chamber’s Membership Director Darryl Hollon welcomed the evening’s guests, which included several new Chamber Members attending their first BAH. Darryl encouraged Chamber Members to connect with one another as well as use the Chamber’s resources to help their individual businesses.  As the evening came to a close, Jason Muss awarded the evening’s door prize sponsored by Muss – a gift certificate to Amazon.com.  Click here to view photos from the event.

About The Host and Sponsor
Muss Development Company led by Joshua L. Muss, and with fourth generation members of the family active, has expanded to become the largest ongoing development company in New York City by the measure of product built (over 10 million square feet of commercial, residential, industrial and retail) and planned (5 million square feet).

With a highly professional staff handling all aspects of development including initial planning and approvals, construction, marketing, sales, leasing, and management, Muss buildings are owned and operated for the long-term. The process enables the economies necessary to compete in New York City, while assuring an attractive, first-class quality product that will endure.

Brooklyn Brewery Serves Up Annual BAH
On April 13, more than 200 Brooklyn Chamber Members and friends ventured to the infamous Brewers Row in Williamsburg, for the Chamber’s monthly BAH. One of the most popular BAHs every year, The Brooklyn Brewery provided a wonderful atmosphere for fun, networking, great food and great beer.

As part of the festivities, Brooklyn Chamber historian Joe Stile entertained the audience with Brooklyn brewery trivia (for example, did you know the original breweries in Brooklyn were Schaefer, Rheingold, Schlitz, and Pabst-Blue Ribbon?). The evening was capped with the traditional door prize presentation.  The sponsor of the evening's event, Steven Denes, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Atlantis Health Plan, presented one of the evening’s guests with an assortment of Atlantis Health Plan goodies.  Click here for photos of the Brewery event.

About The Host
The Brooklyn Brewery is New York's first successful commercial brewery since Schaefer and Rheingold closed their doors in 1976. The Brooklyn Brewery is located in the historic neighborhood of Williamsburg, home to thousands of working artists and an exciting array of new art galleries, restaurants and pubs. Williamsburg is the largest creative community in New York, and perhaps the world. From its founding in 1987 by a former foreign correspondent and a former banker, The Brooklyn Brewery has been a leader in the introduction and marketing of good beer in metropolitan New York and a supporter of Brooklyn's new cultural renaissance.

The Brooklyn Brewery's 70,000-square-foot brewery/warehouse complex includes the Tasting Room, a 300-seat facility that hosts many community events and serves as a gallery for local artists, and The Brooklyn Brewery Company Store.

About The Sponsor
Atlantis Health Plan System, Inc., a New York corporation, incorporated in April 1995 as a holding company to be controlled by health care professionals residing in New York State and practicing in New York City. The Company has established a subsidiary, Atlantis Health Plan. The Company is organized by 12 New York physicians.

The Health Plan's central goal is to advance the cost-effective delivery of high quality health care in New York City by harnessing the skill, experience and knowledge of health care professionals at every step of the health care management and delivery process, and to recreate the health care partnership that once existed between the patient and the professional.

To find out how your business can host a Business After Hours event, please contact Maggie Beaute-Lucien, Director of Special Events, at 718-875-1000 ext. 105, or at mlucien@brooklynchamber.com.