Pat and Lora Click are Chamber’s 2014 Outstanding Business Persons of the Year

Lora and Pat  Click at the Nite of Stars in December when they first learned they were the chamber’s  2014 Business Persons of the Year.
Lora and Pat Click at the Nite of Stars in December when they first learned they were the chamber’s 2014 Business Persons of the Year.

The Greater North County Chamber of Commerce recently selected Pat and Lora Click, owners of Click Heating & Cooling in Old Town Florissant, as its 2014 Outstanding Business Person(s) of the Year.

The Clicks, who have been members of the Chamber since 1977, will be recognized at the annual Outstanding Business Person of the Year and Installation Dinner on Friday, April 11, beginning at 6 p.m. at Norwood Hills Country Club. This is the first time that the Chamber has selected a couple for this prestigious award.

“We are honored to receive this award,” Lora Click said. “We have been in business for 37 years because of our dedicated customer service, excellence in workmanship and pride in our community.”

The Clicks have supported the Chamber with many of their activities through the years, and believe that the Chamber is a business organization aimed at helping small businesses market themselves and network in the community.

The Clicks are members of Florissant Old Town Partners. They have served on the Fall Festival Committee and have hosted the Chili Cook-off for the past 16 years. They have been active with the Valley of Flowers Festival sponsored  Queen candidates and were selected “Lord and Lady” in 2002.

Pat Click, a veteran of the United States Navy, served as a chamber director in 1981-1984 and received a certificate for his continued support in 1994 as a Chamber Champion. He has been a member of the Florissant Rotary Club for 38 years and has served many times on its Board of Directors.  He attended Lincoln University and received a Vocational Teaching Certificate.

Lora Click is vice president of the Florissant Fine Arts Council and an active member of the Soroptimist International of Greater St. Louis.

The couple has two children, Mary and Patrick Jr., and six grandchildren, ages 6-18.

The cost of the event is $50 per person, which includes dinner and one-hour cash bar. Reservation deadline is April 4.

For more information, call the Chamber office at 314-831-3500 or visit:  www.greaternorthcountychamber.com

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