 While there was a celebration in Brainerd tonight as the Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce recognized excellence in the business community. Clayton Castle has that story. It was a celebratory night at Craigins Resort and Hotel on Gall Lake as the Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce held its annual celebration of excellence. We're celebrating business past, present, and future in the lakes area. And we're very, very happy to be recognizing both CTC and Arnie Johnson, their legends in our community. And we're just so happy that we're here holding them up in front of the community tonight. The Business Legacy Award was given to Arnie Johnson, the founder of Johnson Enterprises, and an active contributor to the Brainerd community. It's always nice to be recognized for people that feel that you've made a positive difference in the community. One of the biggest and proudest achievements of Arnie's business career is the number of jobs he has created in the community. For one, I provided a lot of jobs with UBI. We provided over 500 jobs here. I've been very involved with non-profit organizations like starting a BLADC and a number of different organizations from the college to the YMCA, you name it. CTC was the recipient of the Business Excellence Award for its achievements in creating a connectivity of cable and internet within the Brainerd area and into the surrounding communities. To win this award, it is very significant because it's taken so many people many years to build what we've built over this whole region as far as fiber optics and telecommunications and internet and connectivity. The celebration of excellence is part of the chamber's way of showing how great the Brainerd business community really is. Every single business treats their employees right. They give back to the community. They get involved with the chamber and lots of other organizations and they're just an essential part of the Brainerd Lakes area. And I think that's really what makes our community so special. Reporting in Brainerd, Clayton Castle, Lakeland News. Also at that event, the Purple Fern was announced as the winner of the destination downtown competition. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.