Volume 121820 | December 18, 2020
Your weekly news & updates
Join us for a virtual banquet
“We want to show that we, as a community, are greater than the situation. We want to rise above this pandemic and we need your help."
Deborah Parker,
of Citizens National Bank, Banquet Chair
Plans for the 2021 Taylor Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet are well underway with plans for an amazing on-line event to celebrate Taylor and the people and businesses that make us great.
We hope that sponsors and other businesses will gather in small groups to watch the banquet on the night of Tuesday, January 19. We will be serving meals (delivery available for sponsors) from 5-6 p.m. at the Williamson County Expo Center with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Sponsor benefits include a link on our website, opportunities for a pre-banquet teaser filmed by your business to be shared on the Chamber's Facebook page (and yours!), an opportunity for a video about your business during the event and much more!
We hope that you will participate.
CLICK HERE for information about the various levels of sponsorship.
Thanks to the following for already jumping onboard!
PLATINUM
  • Baylor Scott and White Hospital
  • Valero
  • S&D Plumbing
GOLD
  • City National Bank
  • City of Taylor
  • Taylor ISD
SILVER
  • Citizens National Bank
  • McCrory Timmerman Restoration Pjct
  • Taylor Press
Member celebrations
Chamber Ambassadors awarded Doug Moss with 2nd and Main Lofts with the November Business of the Month Award. The historic building at the corner of Main and Second streets was on the verge of being lost to the community with Moss and his partners bought it and renovated it into a combination of living and work spaces. 
Chamber Ambassadors are busy catching up on their Customer Service and Business of the Month awards. A few weeks ago, Ambassadors awarded the Taylor Compress for April's Business of the Month and the 2nd Main and Lofts for the revitalization of a down town building and the life that he has brought to the community for the November Business of the month.
Taylor Police Chief Henry Fluck gathered with Taylor Chamber Ambassadors Dec. 4 to recognize Sergeant Mike Culp as October’s Customer Service of the Month award winner. Culp (who requested not to be photographed) was honored for demonstrating what Fluck called the Taylor Police Department’s values of “Service and Compassion,” when he helped a 94-year-old Taylor resident by giving her beloved 100-pound dog a proper burial on his own private property. The Chamber accepts nominations year-round for CSOM awards at info@taylorchamber.org
Information & Education
Interested in birds?
The Chamber is looking for a few dedicated bird lovers to join us on our quest to have Taylor recognized as an official Bird City. Email us at info@taylorchamber.org, with your contact information if you are interested. To learn more about the program, https://tpwd.texas.gov/wildlife/birding/bird-city-texas
Looking for great people
Who should be named Taylor Citizen of the Year and Woman of the Year?
Taylor Area Businesswomen and the Rotary Club of Taylor are seeking nominations for Woman and Citizen of the year.
Click HERE to download the Woman of the Year nomination form and HERE for the Citizen of the Year form.
PLEASE DO THIS NOW as these nominations are needed before Christmas!
The Greater Taylor Chamber of Commerce will have its annual membership meeting at noon Monday, Dec. 21, via Zoom at this link
Meeting ID: 818 2013 5129
Passcode: 159234
The presentation will include highlights from the year and conversations with what our members would like to see in 2021 and beyond.
Pease take a moment to give us your approval or suggestions for new board members and officers. You can do that HERE.
Member announcements
Merry Christmas from our flock to yours!
Blood Drive
Baylor Scott & White will host a blood drive 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19. Photo ID, masks and pre-registration are required. To give blood, call 254-724-4376 or go online to BSWBlood.com.
Chili supper
Taylor Lions will host the 2021 Chili Supper 5-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at the Taylor SPJST Hall on FM619. Tickets are on sale now for $10 to-go only. All profits support Lions’ efforts toward local glasses & vision testing, summer camp scholarships in Kerrville for medically disadvantaged children, and other charitable needs.
Tax volunteers needed
Volunteer tax preparers, translators and greeters for their free tax preparation services offered in Williamson County are needed. No prior experience needed. For details contact www.WilcoFreeTaxPrep.org or Ale at ale@unitedwaywilco.org. 512-827-2574