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Nominate Your Favorite Southport-Oak Island Area Business For A Golden Pineapple Award

December 11, 2012 - Southport, NC - Is there a business in the Southport-Oak Island area that has provided you with exceptional customer service? A clerk, waiter/waitress, a plumber, electrician, realtor, lawyer, accountant.... that has gone that extra mile to make sure you have been served. Now is the time to recognize them.

The Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes the importance of our small business community providing exceptional customer service to our residents and visitors. Consistent and exceptional customer service is the foundation of a thriving small business and is critical to the health and vitality of our business community.

In colonial America the pineapple symbolized the warmest welcome a hostess could extend to their guests. We want our residents and visitors to feel that warm welcome and exceptional customer service as you spend time in the local business community. The Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce will reward those businesses who recognize exceptional customer service as a standard and will award each quarter a Golden Pineapple to all member business who have been nominated in each of the below categories.

To nominate a small business who has provided you exceptional customer service contact the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce at (910) 457-6964 for a nomination form. Nomination deadline for this quarter is January 31st. The Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce will award a Golden Pineapple to every business nominated in that quarter. The only requirement is they must be a member of the Southport-Oak Island Area Chamber of Commerce. The individual nominating a business is not required to know who is a member.