ESP Event Services Professionals

Take a night off and join your peers in the event industry at Hospitality Night—a fun social hosted at Railroad Square Craft House, Tuesday, July 26th, from 7 to 9 pm. Catch up with vendor friends and meet new ones!

ESP Event Services Professionals updated their website address.

Pop-Up Wedding Show Sunday, December 12th from 11am - 2pm, at the brand new Holiday Inn Ballroom on Apalachee Parkway. Get tickets now!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pop-up-wedding-show-tickets-205076969737

Get your tickets now!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pop-up-wedding-show-tickets-205076969737

Pop-Up Wedding Show Pop-Up Wedding Show Sunday, December 12th from 11am - 2pm, at the brand new Holiday Inn Ballroom on Apalachee Parkway. Get tickets now!

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Fun evening with vendor friends! Networking and scavenger hunt as we toured this beautiful new hotel! Thanks Holiday Inn Tallahassee E Capitol - Univ for hosting!

All event industry professionals are invited! Cash Bar! Come tour a new space and network with local small business owners! It's a great time to get to know one another and learn something new!
Monday 10/18/21 at 7pm. Bring a friend and share this post! See you there!

Event professionals and local business owners! Join us for a fun get together! Stop by, introduce yourself, meet new people! Bring a friend! 🏝 Monday at 7pm

Calling all small business owners in Tally and Thomasville! If you are an event professional in the big bend area, providing services of any kind, join us now! It’s a great time to get to know each other and grow together!
☀️ Socials and Networking
☀️ Referrals from Vendor Members
☀️ Guest speakers / learning
☀️ Growing website referral hub
☀️ Wedding & Event Shows
☀️ We serve events of all kinds!
Email [email protected] for more info!

Fun stuff happening at Charlie Park!

We have some exciting news! We’ve partnered with Missy Gunnels Flowers to bring you Rooftop Brunch & Blooms. On Saturday, July 31st from 9am-11am enjoy brunch, bottomless bloodies & bubbles bar, and an instructed floral arrangement class. We will only allow up to 40 participants so don’t miss your chance to sign up! Send us a message if you have any questions. 💐🥂

Tickets and more information available at ReserveCharliePark.com

Giving your guest beverage options makes you an awesome host!! ❤️ Here are some great Tallahassee vendors to choose from.

Vendor sighting! Bouquets by Bender at the 'But First Brunch' with Tallahassee Bloggers providing beautiful flowers for brunch at Andrews Downtown!

Vendor Spotlight!
Need a bartender? Top Shelf Events offers a flair of bartending that will suit any style of event! Call Kristina today to book!

Such a great night at Casagrandemidtown! Shout out to our guest speaker D’Shannon from Tallahassee Bloggers ! We learned so much!

This event is open to ALL EVENT PROFESSIONALS in the big bend area. If you are a business owner or service provider for events of any kind, let's meet and help each other grow! Feel free to BRING A FRIEND!

Guest speaker: D'Shannon Glover of Tallahassee Bloggers
Topic: Leveling up your business with Social Media Tips

Nana's Sweet Treats is a favorite for cookies, cakes, and mini-desserts! Call them today!

Looking for a caterer? Catering Capers makes entertaining and planning corporate events, weddings, or private parties in Tallahassee easy for you! Catering Capers

Need a DJ? Abernathy Entertainment is an innovative breakthrough DJ company in the Tallahassee area. Woman-owned and featuring all lady DJs, they are a professional, licensed and insured, company offering DJ services for weddings, parties, and school events. Abernathy Entertainment

"What a great event! Thank you for doing this!" We heard from so many of you that you've found your vendor for your wedding day. We're so happy you attended! AND a big congratulations to all the winners of great prizes and discounts in our giveaway! Thank you to all the amazing vendors that participated. You are awesome!
Nana's Sweet Treats
A Bite of Delight
Top Shelf Events
Runnin' Buzz Bartending
Fizz & Foam Mobile Bar
OysterMom
Divine Elegance Catering
Catering Capers
Abernathy Entertainment
DJ Fire/116
Aairius DJ Entertainment
White Weddings Tallahassee
At Last Florals
Mankind
Cristina Carter Officiant
Courtney Wahl Photography LLC
Trickey Photography
Captured by Colson
Ashley Kennell Photography
Dulce Events
Wildflower Event Design
Frankie Leland Events
Lovetimesinfinityweddings&events
Terri Smith Details
Magic Moments Photo Booth
Smile in Style Events
Epic Print Concepts
Poppie Studios
The Dogwood House
Woodberry Havana, FL
Fletcher Film and Photo
Sweet Blue
Social Catering and Events
Cay Co. Rentals
Christina Munoz The Nova Group Realty
Over Under Bar
Overly Creative Designs
Royal Nail Spa

REGISTER for the Tallahassee Virtual Wedding Expo, held February 28, 2021 from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. This event is free for engaged couples. Registration link: https://bit.ly/3rxoRMY
Couples and vendors will meet in virtual booths using Zoom. Couples can enter/leave virtual booths, just as they would at an in-person show, all from the comfort of their home. Prize giveaways will be drawn at the end of the event. Attendees must be logged in by 3 pm to be eligible for prizes.
Hosted by Event Services Professionals.

Check out the news story and "Go Fund Me" for ESP member Mike Goldstein, Tallahassee PediCab.
https://www.wctv.tv/2020/11/29/go-fund-me-created-to-help-tallahassees-pedicab-mike/

Go Fund Me created to help Tallahassee’s “PediCab Mike” For the past 8 years, Mike Goldstein, better known in Tallahassee as “Pedi Cab Mike” has been the owner of Capital City Pedi Cabs.

Greetings, Event Vendors!
You are invited to join us for our next virtual ESP social, themed "A Look To The Future!"

Monday, May 18, 2020 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm
This online social is open to ALL vendors. You do NOT need to be an ESP member to attend.

PRESENTATIONS
• Page Party 2020, by Christie Woodrow, Owner of Wildflower Event Design
• What Will the Future Look Like Post COVID-19, by Richard Fetchick, Manager of Business Intelligence, Tallahassee-Leon County Office of Economic Vitality

Invitations and Zoom access information were sent out via email, but if you did not receive an invitation and would like to attend, please send us an email at [email protected].

The new aid package approved by Congress includes $60 billion to renew funding for the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) program and adds $320 billion to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Here’s what we currently know:

1. The Small Business Administration (SBA) has resumed accepting PPP loan applications.
2. The SBA is not currently accepting new EIDL applications based on available appropriations funding. However, applicants who have already submitted their applications will continue to be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Our understanding is that if you already have an application submitted and the application number begins with the #3, your application remains in the queue.

More information on the PPP and EIDL loan programs can be found at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/. For application assistance, please contact an SBA customer service representative at 800-659-2955 or by email at [email protected].

Disaster assistance The SBA provides low-interest disaster loans to help businesses and homeowners recover from declared disasters.

Order now for Mother's Day! Order at least 48 hours in advance so they can have everything PERFECT for you. These are the BEST in Tallahassee! ❤️❤️❤️

💗 Happy Super Saturday!! Look what we have going on!

Together with Catering Capers, Southern Seafood Market & Bradley's Country Store....we are bringing you FAMILY STYLE meals for 2 or 4 people ONLINE for delivery or pick up! www.jerismidtowncafe.com (look for the "family style" category)

💙All orders need a 48 hour advanced notice. Someone will be in touch with you to confirm delivery or pick up time

💛All orders are fully cooked and will come with reheating instructions. The menu will change every week!!

💚We look forward to taking GREAT CARE of YOU Tallahassee!

ATTENTION SMALL BUSINESSES! Applications will be available, starting TODAY at 3:00 pm ET, for the Save Small Business Fund which is offering $5,000 grants to small employers. This new effort is administered by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

Applications take 10 minutes and all you need is your W-9 form.

To qualify you must:
* Employ between 3 and 20 people
* Be located in an economically vulnerable community (Tallahassee zipcodes appear to qualify)
* Have been harmed financially from the COVID-19 pandemic
https://savesmallbusiness.com/

Don't miss out on this funding relief opportunity!

Save Small Business Fund Helping small employers impacted by Covid-19 with $5,000 grants

Do you know a non-profit in need? A new Local Emergency Assistance for Non-profits (LEAN) Grant is now available, (http://oevforbusiness.org/lean/). LEAN is a $1 million grant program, initiated by the Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency Board of Directors, to assist local non-profits impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eligible non-profits for the LEAN grant program are human services, cultural arts and historical organizations. The award level for each eligible non-profit application will be $2,500. The application deadline is Friday, May 15, 2020, or until all funds ($1,000,000) have been expended, whichever comes first.

Your business may not be a non-profit, but if you know one, please share this information as the funding will run out quickly. Refer to the website for more information.

https://www.facebook.com/100026989716865/posts/533045507605102/?d=n

Tallahassee bridal seamstress makes masks for healthcare workers A Tallahassee seamstress is selling handmade masks instead of taking in wedding gowns.

If your business has been adversely impacted by COVID-19 we encourage you to explore the COVID-19 Small Business Disaster Recovery Assistance website, http://floridasbdc.org/disaster/. There you can find information on Small Business Administration (SBA) loans, grant programs, debt relief, and more. You may be eligible and qualify for a short-term, potentially forgivable loan through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and/or a long-term, low-interest working capital disaster loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL). In addition, EIDL applicants may request at the time of application a loan advance of up to $10,000 ($1,000 per employee) which you do not have to pay back.

If you are considering applying, it is important to do so quickly! Fortune Magazine reports that the PPP, as of Monday morning (4/13) had approved 880,000 applications for a total of $217 billion, according to SBA figures. That equals roughly 62% of allocated dollars, up from 48% allocated on Friday. Applications for the program are continuing to flood in, with an additional 219,000 submitted since Friday.

According to TechWire, “Funding is expected to run out Wednesday, according to the current rate of approvals,” Peter Gwaltney, Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Banker’s Association told WRAL TechWire Monday evening. The program is capped at $349 billion. But that could change. “Congress is [currently] debating legislation to approve another $250 billion for the program,” Gwaltney said.

We will continue to monitor this situation and will share information as we learn more.

COVID-19 Business Disaster Recovery Assistance - Florida SBDC Network Has your business been impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)? The Florida SBDC is here to provide access to the disaster capital and resources your business needs to recover, rebuild and grow. If your business has been adversely impacted by COVID-19 you may eligible and qualify for a low-interest f...

We are pleased to announce that our April ESP Social has been scheduled and will be conducted online - Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6:00 pm. Since this is our first virtual meeting, this social will only available for ESP members. However, we do plan to open it up to all event vendors in the coming months.

ESP Members: A private email was sent to you from ESP with a link to the virtual meeting and log-in instructions. If you are an ESP Member and did not receive the email invitation, please contact us at [email protected].

We are looking forward to talking with everyone and re-engaging our ESP community!