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    jchadminBy jchadminJuly 20, 2017Updated:August 20, 20192 Mins Read3 Views
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    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.

     

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