AUGUST 21, 2018
The Spotlight on Business Awards, presented by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, honors businesses who have set the standard for exemplary business pra ctices in seven distinct categories.

Please join us at each award presentation to celebrate business excellence in the South Sound!

Congratulations to this year's award recipients:

  • Tool Gauge, Large Business
  • TREE, Medium Business
  • Express Employment Professionals, Small Business
  • Blue Shift Media, Veteran-Owned Business
  • Charme Nails and Skin Studio, Minority-Owned Business
  • America's Credit Union, Business Supporter of the Military
  • Tacoma Kiwanis, Non-profit Organization
Meet Kathi Serna

Executive Assistant
SUE'S TECH KITCHEN IS HERE!
This tech-fueled wonderland is the brain child of Randi Zuckerberg, serial entrepreneur, STEM enthusiast, and the visionary responsible for launching Facebook Live. Randi is passionate about increasing access to science, math, and technology for our youth, especially young girls.

Sue’s Tech Kitchen will feature STEM-related interactive displays including drone candy drops, 3-D s'mores, coding stations and much, MUCH more.

For only $7, this experience aimed at engaging youth with STEM is a can't miss for families!
 
SAVE THE DATE
Make sure you add these dates to your calendar:

2018 Public Officials Holiday Reception : December 10th at Tacoma Art Museum

2019 Horizons Economic Forecast: January 23rd at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center
LINKS TO OPPORTUNITY
Ten creative Tacomans are developing innovative ways to collect feedback about the proposed street redesign known as Links To Opportunity . The project proposes improvements to sidewalks, lighting, street furniture, wayfinding signage, trees, and landscaping along Martin Luther King Jr Way, Division Avenue, and North 1 st Street.

Spaceworks Tacoma , working with the City of Tacoma, has contracted community engagement specialists to engage Hilltop neighbors through pop-up outreach events. Selected through referrals and a public call for applications. MORE INFORMATION HERE
INCENTIVIZE YOUR EMPLOYEES WITH " LIVE CLOSE TO WORK"
Downtown On the Go’s Live Close to Work program provides financial incentives for downtown employees to live close to work, shortening commutes, and saving employers and employees money!

To learn more about this exciting new opportunity, contact Beka Burton.

And make sure you check out the promo video featuring the Chamber's own Director of Strategic Engagement , Jennifer Chernut.
SPACEWORKS WANTS YOU!
Spaceworks is once again hosting an informational booth at the award winning Hilltop Street Fair  to show how Spaceworks supports Tacoma creative entrepreneurs and artists. Could you help distribute brochures, stickers, and fliers for upcoming cultural events? What shifts work for you?.
 
INVESTORS IN THE NEWS
OBEE CREDIT UNION
Chamber Investor Obee Credit Union is one of many businesses opening at Point Ruston . Obee hopes the pub-themed motif of the new credit union will provide customization and a sense of community and belonging.

HOLIDAY INN
Chamber Investor Holiday Inn is making quite the impression. If you have driven down I-5, it's apparent that the $5 million renovation is sure to impress!

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