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The Community Lifestyle/Business Profile Journal of CenLA
Posted November 2011
The Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce is a nearly 100 year old organization that promotes economic growth for the citizens of our area. The Chamber fosters a business climate that supports business and industry through a wide variety of services and programs delivered through six divisions of the organization. The Chamber Divisions are Economic [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2011
The LaPine Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) celebrated Bosses’ Day on October 19th with the announcement of Larry Spottsville as the winner of the 2011 Executive of the Year award. Spottsville serves as the Director of Juvenile Services with the 9th Judicial District Court and has held this job since 1995. [...]
Continue ReadingPosted April 2011
During its recent annual meeting, La Capitol Federal Credit Union recognized many of the people who were responsible for the growth and development of the organization over its first 50 years. Many of the credit union’s current and former directors and officials took a few moments to share stories of the founding of the credit [...]
Continue ReadingPosted March 2011
Red River Bank, based in Alexandria, has purchased its headquarters known as One Centre Court from Robert B. Tudor, Jr. LLC and the Tudor families. The bank opened in January of 1999 at 1412 Centre Court Drive and has gradually expanded its presence in the building. “We are excited to make this investment in our [...]
Continue ReadingPosted February 2011
Walker Automotive is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of its new 34,000 square foot BMW and Mercedes-Benz showroom and service center at 6655 Coliseum Boulevard. The new facility will be located directly adjacent to Walker Honda. The current BMW / Mercedes facility is located just off of Macarthur Drive on a common campus with some [...]
Continue ReadingPosted November 2010
Capital One has been nominated for the Better Business Bureau Torch Award. This Award will be presented at the Better Business Luncheon on November 12th at Tunk’s. The mission of the Better Business Bureau is to “promote and foster the highest ethical relationship between business and the public through voluntary self regulation, consumer and business [...]
Continue ReadingPosted October 2010
How often have you heard a story like this? The owner of a home-based jewelry business loses the computer that contains her 500-customer mailing list, and can only reconstruct 150 names from memory. It takes five years of hard work, a costly ad campaign, and a new website for the jeweler to bring the database [...]
Continue ReadingPosted September 2010
The LaPine Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals (“IAAP”) came away from the 2010 IAAP International Education Forum and Annual Meeting in Boston with seven awards in two categories: Chapter of Excellence and Member of Excellence. To receive the Chapter of Excellence, a chapter must meet 14 of 19 criteria set by IAAP [...]
Continue ReadingPosted September 2010
Have you been thinking about your future job security? Thinking of starting your own business in this economy? What does it take to become a business owner? Are you cut out for it? Or are you a business owner struggling to keep from laying off employees, concerned about cash flow, marketing expenses, profits/losses? Whether you [...]
Continue ReadingPosted July 2010
On Thursday, June 17th, Kia became the newest member of the Walker Automotive dealership group. The acquisition from All Star Motors, Inc. officially closed, bringing the total number of franchises for Walker to eight. All Star will become the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep franchise in Alexandria and will open their franchise in the former Kia location [...]
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