Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - Healthy Ascension (3/19/2024)

2024 Business Booster Bowling Tournament & Social (3/25/2024)

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony - PJ's Coffee (BBB Neighbors, LLC) (3/26/2024)

2024 Young Ascension Professionals April Social (4/9/2024)

2024 April Member Luncheon Sponsored by The Bug Man (4/11/2024)

Join us next Monday for our

BOWLING TOURNAMENT & SOCIAL

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2024

Premier Lanes

4:30 Social Hour thanks to our Bar Sponsor: Action Industries

5:30 Announcements & Lanes Open for Practice

6:00 Tournament presented by Atmos Energy Begins

Our bowling tournament is an evening of fun, networking, and a little friendly competition! This event is a great opportunity for teambuilding within your company as well as networking amongst others in attendance. We are also excited to kick the event off with a casual social hour for networking for all of our members (not just those bowling) before the competition begins.

Not bowling, but want to attend?

Chamber members are welcome to join us for networking and support of our teams! Please RSVP as "Non-Bowling Attendee" so that we can plan accordingly.

Register now for our

APRIL MEMBER LUNCHEON

THURSDAY, APRIL 11

11:00AM - 1:00PM

CLARION INN & CONFERENCE CENTER



Join us for our April Member Luncheon presented by The Bug Man!

Our guest speaker will be Quintin Taylor, Chancellor of River Parishes Community College. 

Please note the following Member Registration Updates:

Early Registration Deadline $30: Noon on Monday

Late Registration Deadline $35: Noon on Wednesday

Walk-up Registration: $45

*Please keep in mind that the only way to guarantee a seat is by registering early.

Presented by

Young Ascension Professionals

APRIL SOCIAL

TUESDAY, APRIL 9

5:00PM - 7:00PM



Join us for a YAP Block Party at Baton Rouge Physical Therapy - Lake!

Food, live music from Downbeat Louisiana, games, and more!

Free drink tickets for the first 40 who RSVP!

YAP is *FREE* and open to all young professionals who live and/or work in Ascension Parish. You do not have to be an Ascension Chamber member to attend.

Event Recap

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

We celebrated the successes of 2023 and honored award nominees and recipients at our Annual Awards Banquet presented by Our Lady of the Lake Ascension on Thursday, March 7 at the Price LeBlanc PACE Center. With 400 guests, the evening started with a Social Hour presented by Express Employment Professionals and concluded with an awards program recognizing Chamber and member achievements in 2023.

Thank you to all of our sponsors, vendors, and volunteers for the generous support of this event!

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Young Ascension Professionals

Emerging Leader

Katie Babin Decker

American Cancer Society

Ambassador of the Year

Kewanda Joshua

The ARC of East Ascension

Individual of the Year

Monty Buckles

Louisiana Federal Credit Union

New Member of the Year

Minutia

Small Business of the Year

Express Employment Professionals of Gonzales

Medium/Large Business of the Year

Hancock Whitney

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Event Recap

CHAMBER 101

We were energized after hosting a room full of new members, new member representatives, prospective members, and more at our largest Chamber 101 to date back in February! We would like to give a huge thank you to our presenting sponsor Express Employment Professionals Gonzales.

THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR

Thank you to Ideal Market for providing our delicious breakfast spread!

Event Recap

YOUNG ASCENSION PROFESSIONALS: MARCH SOCIAL

Our Young Ascension Professionals had a great time at our March Social at Top Notch Seafood & More! Thank you to our guest speaker Kayla Clouatre Fuselier, Owner of Minutia, for sharing some valuable tips to stay organized and productive.

Thank you to our event sponsor!

Event Recap

YAP COFFEE & CONNECTIONS

Young Ascension Professionals hosted their very first Coffee & Connections event last month, and it was a great opportunity for attendees to learn how to build their network through the YAP community and the Ascension Chamber.

We would like to give a huge thank you to our host

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Badger Infrastructure Solutions

Badger has delivered efficient, safe, reliable hydro-excavation services to a variety of industries across North America such as Commercial, Industrial, Oil & Gas, Utility, Construction & more.

PJ'S Coffee

PJ's Coffee franchise

Chateau St. James Rehab & Retirement

We are a 116 bed skilled nursing facility.

Element 25 (Louisiana) LLC

Element 25 (Louisiana) LLC proposes to build and operate an environmentally sustainable High Purity Sulphate refining facility in Burnside, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.

Feliciana Home Health South

Feliciana Home Health provides quality, cost-effective in home care for patients who are homebound requiring skilled nursing, physical, occupational, speech therapy as well as social work services.

Griffin Lawn Care

Lawn Care, Lawn Mowing, Landscaping, Pressure Washing. 17 years in business in Ascension Parish

Hartman Engineering, Inc.

Civil and Environmental Engineering Consulting firm specializing in planning, design, permitting, and construction management services for a wide range of projects.

Hispanic Heritage Festivals

Festivals with one goal: to unite the citizens of Gonzales and teach our broad culture!

Innophos

We are Innophos, and our passion is to manufacture essential ingredients, chelated minerals and innovative specialty phosphates to improve quality of life.

Picou Builders Supply Co., Inc.

Retail lumber yard - building materials and millworks

Rene's Industries, Inc.

Rene's Industries supplies fill materials such as sand, dirt, & limestone, & material transportation services to job sites of any size and scale throughout South LA with an emphasis on industrial projects.

Smalls Sliders - Gonzales

Our founder Brandon Landry has always been a big fan of cheeseburger sliders. Their size. Their flavor. Their ability to let you eat as many as you want. And while sliders had traditionally been bro bites at sports bars, Brandon knew they could be bigger. Much bigger. So he set off to bring small burgers to the big stage. And Smalls Sliders was born.

Top Notch Seafood & More

Seafood restaurant where the heart of Louisiana's culinary spirit meets a passion for excellence. Nestled in Gonzales, our restaurant is a celebration of bold flavors, warm hospitality and great food!

Ascension Chamber of Commerce

1006 W. Highway 30

Gonzales, LA 70737

(225) 647-7487