Governor to highlight chamber banquet

Governor to highlight chamber banquet

The Annual Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet is less than one month away.

The banquet will be held in the Donald W. Reynolds Center on the campus of ASU Mid-South on Friday Sept. 16. We are so excited to welcome Governor Asa Hutchinson as the keynote speaker.

Annual Chamber Award Nominations are now being accepted for the following awards: Chamber Member of the Year, Chamber Outstanding Business of the Year, Chamber New Business of the Year; Earnest Crawford Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nominations must be made by an active Chamber member.

Nominations must be submitted by Thursday, Sept. 1.

Thank you to all of the sponsors listed below:

~ Marion A& P Commission

Premier Sponsor

~ Southland Park Gaming and Racing

Diamond Sponsors

~ Willowbend At Marion ~ First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas ~ ASU Mid-South

Signature Sponsors

~ Baptist Hospital-DeSoto ~ Stern Cardiovascular Foundation

Platinum Sponsors

~ Fidelity National Bank ~ Hino Motors ~ Esperanza Bonanza ~ Arkansas Distributing

Gold Sponsors

~ Fenter Physical Therapy ~ Entergy of AR ~ Evolve Bank ~ Cowling Title ~ Ford of West Memphis

Silver Sponsors

~ LSI Staffing ~ Senator Ingram/Razorback Concrete ~ First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas ~ The Fogleman Firm ~ Scarbrough Family Dentistry ~ Wal Mart Neighborhood Market Tickets are $50 per individual or $450 for a table of ten and may be purchased online at www.marionarchamber.org or in the Chamber office at 13 Military Rd.

First Friday Open Stage at MPAC — Starr Hardgrove with MPAC reports, 'First Friday Open Stage returns to the MPAC on September 2nd, and this year, we're making it even better. We are inviting all students who are actors, signers or instrumentalists to make this night even better than before. Mickey Littlejohn will be our headline act to close out the night. Don't miss this event from 7pm-9pm at the Marion Performing Arts Center. For more information, please call 870-739-5152.'

Congratulations — Hats off to Funkee's Café, winner of Arkansas Recycling Coalition's 2016 Community Involvement Award.

Funkee's is owned by Mary SInger, who is a strong advocate for 'recycling, generating less waste and not putting things into our landfill.' The award will be presented in Eureka Springs at the Tuesday, Sept. 20 special ARC Awards Luncheon. We are proud to have Mary and the Funkee's staff as part of our MCOC organization!

Presenting Sponsor