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Helping The Community . . .Past, Present & Future

Carrying on with celebrating our 20 year anniversary, you will see the accompanying letter, this time from Matt Marchand, President & CEO of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Marchand writes about my 2007 win as “Entrepreneur of the Year” and to date I am the only woman to have earned this award. I am quite proud of this accomplishment and it is one of the highlights of my career.

I always promote women in the workforce every chance I can. In the January issue I shared photos from my speech at the Windsor Women Accelerate (WWA) networking night. Now, in this issue, you will see highlights from our sponsorship of the Women’s Enterprise Skills Training of Windsor Inc. (WEST) “International Women’s Day Gala.”

Since the magazine began in 1998 (making this our 20th year of publishing), we have supported the local community through various sponsorships of events and organizations.

For example, here is our list of upcoming sponsorships in the next three months — April 7: The “27th Annual Gourmet Wine & Food Gala” to benefit the tourism & travel, hospitality — hotel & restaurant & culinary programs at St. Clair College Centre; April 9: The Finale “Run for Rocky” for the Windsor Pride community; May 6: “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” For The Sexual Assault Crisis Centre of Essex County; May 26: “Celebrity Men Fashion Event” For The Kidney Foundation of Canada; June 10 & 11: “3 On 3 Basketball Tournament: Mad Hoops In The Lot” to benefit the Windsor Essex Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada and Youth Embracing Today’s Youth; June 11:“ Jeep Jam Poker Run” for Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario and June 17: “We Will Rock Blue” for Roots 2 Wings.

I believe one of the reasons why we have so many loyal followers is due to our community involvement. Organizers and volunteers of these events want to help us succeed, as well, since we try to raise awareness for their cause and get as many people as possible to attend their events.

And to me, that’s the best win-win situation there could be!blank

 

 

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Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones – Publisher of Biz X Magazine Deborah Jones graduated from the University of Windsor with an Honours Degree in Communication Studies and was employed at two other local magazines shortly after for a few years learning all she could about writing, advertising, public relations and more. She made the jump in 1998 to go out on her own to publish Biz X magazine and has worked in the publishing industry since 1990. In 2007, she earned the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award from the Windsor & District Chamber of Commerce. To date, she is the ONLY woman so far to receive this award. In 2013, she received one of the first “Windsor Women of the Year” awards from the Ladies Exclusive Alliance. Her most recent achievement is the 2023 Media Award from the Windsor Essex Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Deborah is proud to live in Windsor and truly cares about each and every business and strives to make Windsor Essex the best place to live, work and play.