Tabor Neighbors, I very much enjoyed seeing you all at the January meeting.

Some of you stayed way beyond noon, which is great and something I encourage you to continue to do. The Tabor HUB is your place to capture opportunities and I am hoping that we are presenting people, agencies and news that will allow you to prosper in your business.

So that leads me to my request of you for 2024. While I want you to join, I also want you to participate. We just welcomed new Board member Shannon Horton as our membership Chair and if you have a talent in one area or another, let’s have a conversation. A great way to bolster your resume and meet folks you might not meet otherwise, is to volunteer. We have many committees that could use your help and we are starting our Gala committee early because this year’s Gala will celebrate 25 years of Tabor 100 – a milestone if I ever saw one! Talk to me about serving on the Gala Committee – it is one of the most rewarding activities you can engage in at Tabor 100.

Getting back to our General membership meetings. We want you to stay past our noon deadline and we want you to be a regular at the HUB, using the facilities and connecting with agencies and individuals who will help you grow your business. Unlike some others, we intend to have in-person meetings without a video feed because the nature of success in business revolves around relationships, both with your customer and the community.

This year, we want to encourage all of you to lift up someone else. Our format for the meetings is an extension of this – we have everyone introduce themselves so that you know who to talk to about your specific needs. Our technical assistance program is also geared toward ensuring we help one another. Helping others be successful is the best way for you to be successful in your own business.

So, once again, I urge you to volunteer, engage and participate in Tabor 100. We are totally committed to aiding other minority businesses. Over the 25 years of our working in the community, we have helped produce some of the most successful Black businesses in the state and intend to continue doing so.