Updated at 10:46 a.m., Friday, April 6, 2007
Big Island chamber sets small-business awards luncheon
Advertiser Staff
The Hawai'i Island Chamber of Commerce will honor the winners of the 2007 U.S. Small Business Administration's Small Business Awards at a luncheon set for April 16 at the Naniloa Volcanoes Resort.The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the resort's Kilohana Room. The cost is $30 for chamber members and $35 for nonmembers.
The chamber also will honor Big Island Mayor Harry Kim for his nomination to the national Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery by a Public Official. Kim was one of two finalists for the award, which was presented to Mayor Tommy Longo of Waveland, Miss.
Gov. Linda Lingle will be the luncheon's keynote speaker. To register on the Big Island, call (808) 935-7178 or e-mail admin@hicc.biz.
