After the success of the Mission:Forward project, which brought together Mission businesses during the Johnson Drive Rehabilitation Project, several of those business owners have collaborated to launch the Mission Business Partnership.

The mission of the Mission Business Partnership is to actively promote a prosperous Mission business community, which includes:

• Marketing // promoting the area
• Advocacy // working with residents and city government on behalf of the businesses
• Events // increasing awareness and traffic
• Business Development // helping promote area to other businesses
• Communications + Resources

The founders of officers of the partnership are:

• President — Kevin Fullerton, Springboard Creative
• Chair/Programs — Sandi Russell, Twisted Sisters Coffee Shop
• Chair/Programs — Kathy Gilbert, Taylored Hair
• Chair/Membership — Kellie Overocker, Indigo Rose
• Chair/Communications — Rob Mitchell, Yellow Lab Imaging
• Secretary/Treasurer — Cathy Casey, Casey Auto Repair

If you are a Mission business and would like to be kept up to date on things that affect the Mission business community, please send your name, business name and email address to: communications@missionbusiness.org