Thank you, and congratulations to our entire business community. Last month we celebrated with our members at the annual ChamberChoice Awards Luncheon and were able to honor the hard work, dedication, innovation, resiliency and energy of our local businesses.
 
In this Bridge you will have the opportunity to learn more about this year's award winners, but I want to also give a shoutout to all of our nominees, candidates and finalists. Every year we are blown away by the community response to nominating so many great businesses across our region for an award, and are extremely humbled by the amount of effort put into applying for these awards. I am continually shocked at how this community shows up for one another, and how truly dedicated the people here are to being connected to and ingrained in this community. I hope you all sincerely enjoyed the afternoon celebrating together and are proud of your accomplishments in business and in our community.
 
I would also like to give a special congratulations to the recent grads of the 2021-22 Leadership Fargo Moorhead West Fargo class. We thank you for your time and dedication to this program and are thrilled to have 40 more committed individuals as LFMWF alumni that will continue to have a leading role and positive impact on our community and their organizations. I am endlessly grateful for our engaged community and look forward to all that we will continue to do and accomplish together.
 
Enjoy the weather and the beginning of what will be a great summer, and we will see you soon!