Business is good for the community and for libraries, and libraries are good for communities and for business, so we were delighted to take part in last Thursday evening’s Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards banquet. The Library was just one of the many local organizations and businesses that signed up to decorate a banquet table. The Library’s table theme was "Books and Reading" and featured a centerpiece of spiraling books. The décor also included colorful bookmarks, sparkling confetti, and gift bags that contained reading-related goodies, little bundles of library pamphlets, and a library card application! We congratulate this year’s Business Excellence Awards winners and wish all our friends in the business community "happy reading!"