WMWO Chamber of Commerce honors leaders at awards ceremony
Special to The News-Star
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The West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce held its 2021 Small Business Awards May 13 at the West Monroe Convention Center to honor leaders in the business community. We are proud to recognize these outstanding businesses as true community champions, Amanda Hatten Edge, Chairman of the WMWO Chamber, said in a news release. In a year marked with hurricanes, natural disaster, and pandemic our business community has risen to the innovative challenge.
Dr. Terry King, owner of King Springs, received the 2021 Innovator of the Year Award. In 1975, King and Dr. Noel Mills invented the cardiac umbrella to close holes in the heart without surgery. The technology changed how structural defects in the hears are repaired, both in children and adults.
Event Description
The 2021 St. Paddy s Day Bicycle Parade and Festival will be held on Saturday, March 13 at Kiroli Park in West Monroe.
The event is hosted by the West Monroe-West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce and Kiroli Park Foundation. The Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event is free for the public. Following COVID-19 guidance, social distancing and masks are encouraged during the event.
The festivities will include live music and entertainment, St. Paddy s Day arts and crafts, games, and so much more! Free green lemonade and additional food items will be for sale. The Bicycle Parade is open to adults, children and pets and is a non-motorized parade that can include bicycles, scooters, wagons, strollers, etc. The parade lines up at 1 p.m. and begins shortly afterwards. Prizes will be awarded to the best-decorated adult, children and pets.