BC Chamber seeks nominees for honors

The Bridge City Chamber of Commerce annual dinner has been set for January 29, and the deadline is approaching for nominees as "citizen of the year" and "business of the year."

The nominating deadline is January 5 and submissions may be made by email, postage mail, or at the chamber office.

The 2024 recipients of the two honors will be announced dinner. Tickets to the annual dinner, which will be at the Bridge City Community Center at 6 p.m. January 29, are $20 for each person, or $200 for a table of eight. They are available at the chamber office, 150 West Roundbunch Road, or through email.

Each year the chamber selects from nominees a citizen of the year who is honored at the annual dinner. The person should be nominated for volunteering and activities during the past year that have helped in the city of Bridge City and Orangefield area. A narrative nomination should be submitted describing the person's erof the specific volunteer work and activities should be included.

The business of the year is selected in a similar way through a narrative about the business and its contributions to the Bridge City-Orangefield community during the past year. The recipient will be honored at the chamber dinner and also later in the year by the regional banquet for Small Business Week.

In addition to listing accomplishments the business has made through volunteering, the nominations should include the staying power of the business, the number of employees the business has, and its growth during the past year.

Nominations for the honors may be submitted through the chamber's email, [email protected].