HELLO SANTEE!

from The Santee Magazine - V12.3 Fall 2023

MY HOMETOWN

With our summer coming to an end of new school years on the horizon, I am so happy to reflect on the passing of this season. We kicked off summer with our 13th Santee Street Fair over Memorial Day weekend and it was a perfect day - family fun at every turn, Santee sunshine giving just enough warmth for the day, and commerce abound with food concessionaires and retailers throughout the fair. Thank you so much to all our volunteers, community partners and sponsors who helped make this event so successful. I’d like to especially thank my two keystaffers who make it all happen: Jennae Gonzalez and Heather Bury-Charpentier.

Up next we will be hosting our 5th annual Veterans Appreciation Golf Tournament on November 9th (see the inside back cover for more details). This is easily another favorite workday of mine as we get some of our favorite Vets on the course (for me, this is my dad), highlight Veteran-Owned businesses and provide resources for Veteran Service Organizations. All of this makes for another perfect Santee day, boosting our local economy while celebrating our military heroes who enrich our region. Feel free to get in touch soon if you are interested in participating, as this event has traditionally sold out each year.

Jumping into this issue, you may notice we are highlighting the Beauty and Personal Care industry. There are an abundance of services available in Santee in these areas and we hope to share a few of them here. This industry was hit hard in recent years and has proven to persevere and remain relevant. We know people have many choices when choosing their service professionals, but as always, we want to encourage you to Shop Santee. It may take a village to raise a child, but it takes a community to support a business and our thriving business community easily translates to a thriving Santee.

Publisher

Santee Chamber of Commerce

Editor

Kristen Dare

Graphic Design

Nick Ossey

Contributing Editors

Melissa Dombo

Jennae Gonzalez

Committee Members

Heather Bury-Charpentier

Kristen Dare