Nominations sought for business awards
The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce has opened nominations for the 2021 Carlsbad Business, Achievement, & Distinction Awards. The award luncheon will be held Oct. 21 at the Westin in Carlsbad. The theme is “Resilience.” The business award categories for 2021 are: Business of the Year; Innovative Business of the Year; Community Impact Award (Large & Small Companies); Best Place to Work (Large & Small Companies); Nonprofit of the Year. Nomination deadline is 5 p.m. Aug. 2. To learn more or to nominate a company, visit https://bit.ly/3qGRfNc. The event will also recognize major contributions to the community in other areas: education, public safety, and first responders. For information about event sponsorship or ticket sales, contact ceo@carlsbad.org.
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Sugar Land businesses look back at the start of the pandemic one year later KTRK
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It s been a little over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic affected our way of life. Local businesses shut down temporarily and had to creatively pivot in order to survive. Some of the local places in Sugar Land remember what that was like a year ago, and shared with us what they had to do to stay afloat.
Over at House of Blooms, owner Pat Houck says they had to rely heavily on internet sales over the past year. She credits strong community support for her family businesses survival. Since COVID, they rallied around House of Blooms and they ve really supported us, and I want to say thank you to the community for that. Houck said.