Empower Solano Hosts Small Business Month Celebration Honoring Local Businesses

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FAIRFIELD — Empower Solano will host a ceremony on May 31 to honor small businesses that have performed successfully and continued to safely serve the community during the pandemic.

Five businesses will be highlighted and their owners will receive certificates or recognition from the offices of US Congressman John Garamendi, State Senator Bill Dodd and State Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson.

Director of the California Office of Small Business Advocates, Tara Lynn Gray, will be the keynote speaker.

The event will take place at 10 am at the Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center, 500 Chadbourne Road, Fairfield.

The public is invited and business owners, entrepreneurs, or anyone trying to start a business are encouraged to attend.

Admission is free.

Companies to be honored at the ceremony are Journey Coffee of Fairfield and Vacaville and company owners Morne and Nicole Van Staden; Hauling Bahía de Vallejo and its owner Juan Vallejos; Two60 Kitchen and Bar of Fairfield and owner Molly Tau; Suisun City Marina Lounge and owner Elease Cheek; and Tomorrow House Supportive Living, located in Fairfield and owned by Duke and Gabrielle Phillippe-Auguste.

The event marks National Small Business Month, which takes place every year in May to commemorate the contributions that small businesses make to their communities.

Tim Murrill, executive director of the Solano-Napa Small Business Development Center, will also speak during the festivities. He has invited city officials from across the county and representatives from local chambers of commerce.

Refreshments will be served. Anyone planning to attend must RSVP for her by Sunday at https://empowersolano.org/celebratesmallbusiness.

Empower Solano is a community initiative of BrandGOV, a local public outreach company.

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