Welcome to the Arlington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. This year has been a great year of renewed optimism and commitment to our Hispanic business community. Our city continues to grow and continues to receive the type of attention and visibility that it deserves as a result of continued development in the area of entertainment, retail, and commercial growth. The following are activities that the chamber has undertaken to contribute to the growth and development of our city, our business community and to our families and children:

1. Currently working on a deliverable to host a public forum with key and diverse stakeholders to discuss and develop recommendations for the best strategies and means to implement the Champion Arlington Development Strategic Plan. This deliverable will be completed in June.

2. Met with the Texas Rangers to discuss enhancing communications between both parties and to develop future partnering and procurement opportunities for members.

3. Continue to achieve a great level of success in the current membership drive. We are seeing new members from both small business owners and the corporate world. I encourage those that are interested in joining a growing and vibrant organization to become a member. The membership drive will end in June.

4. I want to welcome our new members and thank you for joining us:

1. Holiday Inn Arlington
2. PRWest
3. Paula Pierson – State Representative
4. Travel Services Inc.
5. Carleton Development, LTD
6. FM Credit Union Bank
7. North Texas Tollway Authority
8. Green Scape Capital
9. Bank-Card Services
10. MomPreneurs Online
11. Capstone Alliance Group
12. Merchant Solutions with CoCard
13. IAEA 2018

5. We added another executive board member and three board members:

1. Executive Board:

i. Mary Rivera

2. Board of Directors:

i. Eddie Reyes

ii. Robert Rivera

iii. Stacey Lerma

6. Met with some of the leadership of Tarrant County College SE Campus (TCCC) in a good faith effort to introduce both boards and find ways to educate our community regarding the types of programs available at TCCC

7. Scholarship awards were given to two students from Sam Houston High School. Congratulations to our recipients and may they further their education to a successful future for themselves and their families.