CenturyLink recently donated a lead gift to get the ball rolling for the San Marcos Education Foundation’s annual fundraising campaign.

An open house and ribbon cutting will be held Thursday for the renovated San Marcos Convention and Visitors Bureau located at the southbound Interstate-35 access road and Riverside Drive next to the City of San Marcos Nature Center.

The next “Business After Hours” mixer for the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce will be held on March 25 at Country Inn & Suites.

Ambassadors from the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce joined those who waited in line for the celebration as Chick-fil-A opened on Interstate-35 earlier this month.

The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce’s first ever Green Living Showcase will present earth-friendly alternatives for businesses and residents on March 20. And if you ever wanted to know the identity of Mr. Smartyplants, you’ll have to go to see him. Or her.

Employees at Philips/Wide Light recently had a competition that sported colorful team names and a quest for quality. The San Marcos City Council recently recognized company employees.

The United Way of Hays County gratefully received a check recently from the Central Texas Medical Center Foundation garnered from employees pledges and a corporate gift.

Frost Insurance, 102 Suttles Avenue, was recently treated to a ribbon cutting ceremony by the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors. The local staff for the agency has been in San Marcos since 1987.

Another well attended Business Advancement Social Hour (BASH) is in the books for the Kyle Area Chamber of Commerce (KACC), which held the monthly session last week at the Garlic Creek model homes.

River City Bar and Grill were the recent recipients of a ribbon cutting from the Sam Marcos Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors. The establishment is located at 4205 South Interstate-35.