Texas Border Business
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas – Alita Bagley, President/CEO and Dianna Harvill, Marketing Director, with the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce attended the annual Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE) conference held in Rockwall, TX, and walked away with two communication awards.
The Chamber won first place for its 2022 Official Guide to South Padre Island in the Print and Electronic Publications category. The Chamber also won first place last year for the 2021 Official Guide to South Padre Island. The primary goal of the “Official Guide to South Padre Island” is to bring tourism, new business and residents to the Island. The guide has been produced in-house for 22 years under the guidance of staff member Dianna L. Harvill. The 2023 Guide is currently in production. The guide is updated each year, and 100,000 copies are distributed throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, as well as being available on the Chamber’s website.
The Chamber also won first place for its weekly newsletter “In The Know – Are You In The Know?” in the Newsletter category. Staff Member Dianna L. Harvill redesigned the newsletter in June 2021 with the goal to better highlight members and what is going on in the community. The new format is a 3-D flip book packed full of information for members, residents and tourists. The newsletter is emailed to members and shared on social media for everyone to enjoy and benefit from.
“It is a huge honor to be recognized by our peers at TCCE, the professional society of Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives and professional staff, for our communications efforts,” said Dianna L. Harvill, Marketing Director at the South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce. “Both the guide and newsletter are direct representations of the work we do for our business members and another example that reiterates the nature of our work as the only business organization on South Padre Island.”
Harvill also stated, the Chamber has been honored over the years to have won a total of 5 first place honors and 1 second place for the Official Guide to South Padre Island, 1 first place and 1 second place for the website, and especially honored to have won first place this year for the new formatted newsletter.
The Texas Chamber of Commerce Executive’s (TCCE) Communication Award Program recognizes Texas Chambers for outstanding marketing and communications work each year. Judges this year were from the Texas A&M Department of Communication. They were tasked with selecting a limited number of entries as award winners after reviewing submissions from Chambers across the state.
