The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce’s 9th Annual ANCHOR Awards will be held on August 9th, 2017. The ANCHOR Awards was created to honor, reward and celebrate the achievements of outstanding small businesses and non-profit organizations in the community. The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber’s Small Business Issue Manager Group recognize that small businesses and non-profit organizations are the “anchors” that make the community successful. Sponsorship opportunities and tickets are still available.
This year’s nominees are the following:
Small Business Category 1
Audiowave Car Stereo
Aztecas Restaurant & Cantina
Belk of Gautier
Cable One, Inc.
Coldwell Banker Alfonso Realty, Inc. – Pascagoula “CBAR”
Compton Engineering, Inc.
Floor Trader
Gibson Electric Motor Sales & Service, Inc.
Gulf Coast Marine Supply
Island Winds Title Company, LLC
Perkins Tire & Polaris, Inc.
Southern Belles Like Big Bows
Small Business Category 2
Community Bank
Hancock Bank
Keesler Federal Credit Union
Team Waste Gulf Coast
Rookie Category
Nura Juice
QuadMed, Ingalls Family Health Center
State Farm Insurance – Brenda Thompson
Whimsy Books & Toys, LLC
Non-Profit Category
Dream Program, Inc.
Feeding the Gulf Coast
Jackson County Civic Action Committee
Jackson County Literacy Council, Inc.
Jackson-George Regional Library System
Kiwanis Club of Pascagoula
Mississippi Power Community Connection Jackson/George Chapter
Pascagoula River Audubon Center
Second Baptist Christian Academy
The ANCHOR Awards program will be held on Wednesday, August 9th, at 7:30 a.m. at Pelican Landing Conference Center in Moss Point. Tickets are $30 each, and Gold Sponsorships ($700, includes a table of eight) and Silver Sponsorships ($300, two tickets) are available. Contact Linda Johnson at [email protected] or 228-762-3391 about sponsorship.
The Chamber is here to support community and business development within Jackson County. Opportunities such as this are available exclusively to members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Small businesses make up nearly 85 percent of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce membership. The Chamber is always here to support community and small business development within Jackson County.
Anyone interested in learning more about the ANCHOR Awards and Small Business Summer (free Summer Learning Series seminars and $2,500 Small Business Grants) or joining the Chamber should contact the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at 228-762-3391 or [email protected]. More information is available on www.jcchamber.com and the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce business page on Facebook.
