Last week’s Chamber Gala served as a nice reminder that Fountain Hills is only as strong as the volunteers, businesspeople and organizations that get involved throughout the community and, as the gala demonstrated, our town is not short on supplies in that department.

Strong businesses dedicated to their customers, developers working to help a town expand and organizations/individuals donating their time to countless causes goes a long, long way. The Chamber Gala is an annual celebration of many of those hard workers, specifically those working to make Fountain Hills a brighter blip on the radar. When businesses succeed, school's excel and charities flourish, visitors tend to take notice.

The Times wishes to congratulate all of this year’s nominees and winners; you’re all helping make Fountain Hills a great place to call home.