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Claudia and Tony McClenny provide the Bethany-Beach.Net website, which was created to promote our town, its citizens and services.

We purchased our home in Bethany Beach in 1984 and on August 1, 2000, we became permanent residents.

Claudia was employed for 20 years by an leading electronics firm where she served as the director of both accounting and human resources.  She is currently an active member of the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Department (BBVFD), the Ladies Auxiliary, Women's Civic Club, works with the library house tour, and participates in the bi-weekly gathering of our local Scrabble players.

In October 2001 and May 2002, Claudia and Tony participated in the Bethany Beach Centennial Picnics as volunteers.

In May, 2002 the members of our homeowner association elected Claudia as a Member of our Board of Directors and Treasurer. Claudia was elected Vice President of the BBVFD Ladies Auxiliary in 2004 and currently serves in that capacity.

For 30 years, Tony was employed as a retail business executive. At the end of that first career, he was responsible for the operation of 10 retail stores with 1,400 employees and annual sales of $ 140 million dollars. During the last 14 years of that career, he developed a computer hobby that soon involved online information systems. After his first retirement, he and a friend turned their hobby into a commercial enterprise and became one of the first Internet Service Providers (ISP) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. They later purchased two competitors and the company grew successfully and profitably, while establishing a highly respected reputation. In mid 2000 they sold the business and Tony retired for a second time. 

As a charter member of the US Internet Industry Association, Tony was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors for several years. 

Having attended most Town Council and Planning Commission meetings since August, 2000, Tony became very interested in taking a more active role in our community and in September, 2001 the Town Council appointed him to serve as a member of the Charter and Ordinance Review Committee. In both 2002 & 2003, Tony was appointed to serve as a member of our Election Board. During 2002-2003, he served as a member of the Shuttle Bus committee and provided suggestions to the Town Communication Committee during the development stage of the Town Website. On September 7, 2003 our Town Council elected Tony as a member of the town's Planning Commission, where he served until he was elected to the Bethany Beach Town Council.   

Tony has been a member of the Bethany Beach Town Council since 2004.  He currently serves as Vice Mayor for the town and is chairman of the Design Review Committee. 

During the last three months of 2001, even though told it couldn't be done, Tony "negotiated" with the United States Post Office (USPS) for local home mail delivery to residents of town who live east of Route 1. In January, 2002 the USPS began delivery to homes east of Route 1.  You may have read about the event in The Delaware Wave newspaper article.

Both of us are active in the Bethany Beach Christian Church, and we are enjoying the process of establishing many business and personal relationships in the Bethany Beach area. During 2002-2003 Tony served on the conference center board of directors.

Tony served on the Board of Directors of the Bethany Beach Landowners' Association from 2002-2004 as Treasurer and Membership Chairman, when he followed BBLA's unwritten policy and resigned the position upon his election to the Bethany Beach Town Council. 

Tony served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Friends of South Coastal Library for several years. 

Since September, 2004 Tony has served on our Town Council as councilman, secretary-treasurer, and vice mayor.