Tag: Area Business Owners Association

A HEALTHIER SAN BENITO: ‘I’m Losing It’ Health Expo slated Aug. 16

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com In continuation of the organization’s efforts to promote wellness locally, the San Benito Area Business Owners Association will host its inaugural “I’m Losing It” Health & Fitness Expo on Saturday, Aug. 16. Scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon, the event will be held at Vega Building II, located at …

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CONSIDER THIS: The Struggle Continues

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I know there’s plenty about myself that’s unattractive – I snore in my sleep, I eat at double the speed as ordinary humans and I’m clearly overweight. To my friends, I jokingly refer to myself as “The Obeast” in a rather pathetic attempt at self-deprecating humor. I suppose my …

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ABOA to set sights on making San Benito a ‘go-to-city’ for health

By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com At a Monday meeting of the Area Business Owners Association (ABOA), the group made plans to approach local businesses and businesspeople to band together in an effort to make San Benito a ‘go-to city’ for health and wellness in the Rio Grande Valley. Some ABOA members feel such …

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Area Business Owners Association’s mission up for discussion

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The Area Business Owner’s Association – an organization created to serve in a similar capacity as the defunct San Benito Chamber of Commerce – plans to establish its mission at the next scheduled meeting. Set for 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 30 inside the Vega Professional Building, located at 216 …

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Area Business Owners await non-profit approval

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Area Business Owners Association is currently at a standstill while it waits for confirmation of its non-profit status from the Internal Revenue Service. Toni Crane, Secretary for the ABOA, confirmed on Monday that the most recent scheduled meeting for the month of April has been …

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Merchants create ‘Area Business Owners Association’

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Say goodbye to the Chamber of Commerce moniker and hello to the Area Business Owners Association… for now, sort of. The new merchant organization, which is looking to serve in a similar capacity as the now-defunct San Benito Chamber of Commerce, held its first meeting on Friday, Jan. …

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