Garland welcomes Future Foam

Garland has approved a deal with Future Foam, Inc. to renovate and begin operations at 3000 W. Kingsley. With this project, Future Foam will renovate the 341,840 square feet facility and reactivate rail service to the facility. Future Foam’s newest operation involves...

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Grant applications due Aug. 10-21

As of Aug. 10, the Garland Chamber of Commerce will begin accepting round 2 grant applications for small businesses of 50 employees or less and have received previous federal assistance like EIDL, PPP or others. The rest of the eligibility and documents are still...

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Robert A. Smith receives GCAC arts award

The Garland Cultural Arts Commission, Inc. presented the Business for the Arts Award to Robert Alan Smith at the Garland Chamber of Commerce Banquet Friday, Jan. 24.   In 2019, Smith invested and promoted public art in Garland by commissioning numerous murals and...

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Chamber of Commerce to host BOLD series

During April and May, the Chamber of Commerce hosted its first BOLD Series. Starting Sept.4, the second BOLD Series will begin   These are the courses being offered from September and October:   4 - Human Resources for Small Businesses 11 - Real Estate for...

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Patty Granville receives Tall Texan Award

Each year the Garland Chamber of Commerce honors an outstanding member of the Garland community with its prestigious Tall Texan Award. During its annual banquet in early February, the organization named Granville Arts Center Director Patty Granville Holcomb as the...

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New leadership for Garland Chamber of Commerce

Scott McMurdie, CFP, QPFC and Partner at Shea & McMurdie Retirement, was recently appointed Chairman of the Board for the Garland Chamber of Commerce at its 86th banquet.   McMurdie’s association with the Chamber began some 15 years ago when he joined father...

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Small-business owners receive grants

The Garland Chamber of Commerce, as part of its role in the development of the local economy, awarded total of $50,000 in grant funding to nine Garland small-business owners at a luncheon Nov. 13.   After a strenuous application and interview process, the nine...

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Chamber of Commerce offers FREE workshops

The Garland Chamber of Commerce has assembled a Small Business Council to share their knowledge in key areas of small business ownership and management.   The Chamber of Commerce has found that, in many instances, small business owners do not know where to find...

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Hikers hit the Downtown Business Trail

The Garland Chamber of Commerce found a unique way to kick off Small Business Week by partnering with downtown Garland’s Intrinsic Smokehouse & Brewery to help visitors learn more about our downtown businesses. Those who visit downtown often know about these...

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