Ocean Springs Chamber – Main Street announces date for March Business After Hours


Ocean Springs, MS – March 5, 2025 – The Ocean Springs Chamber-Main Street is excited to announce the March Business After Hours networking event, hosted in collaboration with The Pink Rooster/Gallery Garbo. The event will take place on Thursday, March27 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Pink Rooster/Gallery Garbo located at 622 Washington Avenue The event will offer local business professionals an evening of networking, connection, and community engagement.

Business After Hours is a signature event designed to bring together entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals in a relaxed atmosphere to build relationships and new opportunities. This month’s gathering will provide attendees with an inviting space to meet and connect while learning more about the benefits of mindful movement and wellness in the workplace.

Guests will enjoy complimentary refreshments and light hors d’oeuvres, along with the
chance to tour the business and win door prizes. Whether you’re a long-time Chamber-Main Street member or new to the community, this event is a perfect way to build connections and strengthen local businesses.

Bring your $5 donations and business cards.

For more information, contact the Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main StreetTourism Bureau.


Mission: To promote tourism, provide progressive leadership for economic and community vitality for the greater Ocean
Springs, Jackson County area and gulf coast and to enhance local culture and preserve quality of life through planned
growth, diversification, and beautification.
About the Peter Anderson Festival
Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival is an annual festival that began in 1978 in downtown Ocean Springs,
Mississippi. It is an open-air, outdoor festival filling the streets in the heart of downtown with tented vendors.
400 artists, crafters and food vendors from all around the United States partake in the event. The annual event
is held each year in honor of master potter, Peter Anderson, founder of Shearwater Pottery in Ocean Springs,
Mississippi. The presenting sponsor of the festival is Blue Moon of which, their sponsorship has inspired the
Blue Moon Art Project contest held each year in conjunction with the Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival.
The festival is a juried show consisting of booths filled with pottery, paintings, jewelry, woodwork, glassware,
food, musical entertainment and much more. Attendance consists of more than 100,000 visitors from all over

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ABOUT OCEAN SPRINGS MAIN STREET

Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce-Main Street-Tourism Bureau is a three-tier, non-profit organization created in 1947 that promotes tourism, preservation, community vitality and local culture. In 1989, Ocean Springs became a national main street community. Today, the Ocean Springs Chamber– Main Street – Tourism Bureau located in the heart of downtown not only serves to promote and preserve, but also informs as the official town visitors center. Ocean Springs Main Street is a recipient of the 2013 Great American Main Street Award and voted as “One of America’s Most Charming Main Streets” for 2024.

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