Jeff Freund, Owner, <a href="/topics/Allstate">Allstate Insurance</a> Agency 
 Previous community involvement: 
 Middle Country Children’s Soccer, board member; Middle Country Community for Smart Growth, Board Member 
 How many members are in your chamber? 
 152 
 When was your chamber founded? 
 2002 
 How would you describe the business community? 
 It is a vibrant business community with many honest, hardworking small business owners with a long history of service in the towns of <a href="/topics/Centereach%2C_NY">Centereach</a>, <a href="/topics/Selden%2C_NY">Selden</a>, <a href="/topics/Coram%2C_NY">Coram</a> and <a href="/topics/Lake_Grove%2C_NY">Lake Grove</a>. 
 Briefly, what are the main issues for the chamber? 
 Involvement. More of the local businesses need to become chamber members How has being involved in the chamber helped your business? 
 It has given my business greater visibility. 
 Ten years from now, how will things have changed? 
 We are hoping to have more of a small-town community atmosphere with downtown centers. We would like to see our small businesses utilized more by our community residents. 
 Tell us something no one knows about your community. 
 We have two high schools and two middle schools. 
 Tell us something no one knows about yourself. 
 I owned a landscaping business with a buddy right out of high school and ran it out of my ’65 <a href="/topics/Mercury_%28planet%29">Mercury</a> wagon.

Jeff Freund, Owner, Allstate Insurance Agency Previous community involvement: Middle Country Children’s Soccer, board member; Middle Country Community for Smart Growth, Board Member How many members are in your chamber? 152 When was your chamber founded? 2002 How would you describe the business community? It is a vibrant business community with many honest, hardworking small business owners with a long history of service in the towns of Centereach, Selden, Coram and Lake Grove. Briefly, what are the main issues for the chamber? Involvement. More of the local businesses need to become chamber members How has being involved in the chamber helped your business? It has given my business greater visibility. Ten years from now, how will things have changed? We are hoping to have more of a small-town community atmosphere with downtown centers. We would like to see our small businesses utilized more by our community residents. Tell us something no one knows about your community. We have two high schools and two middle schools. Tell us something no one knows about yourself. I owned a landscaping business with a buddy right out of high school and ran it out of my ’65 Mercury wagon.

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