Compared to other incidents involving vehicles, violence and various other accidents, oil spills are not at the top of anyone’s list. Of course, they are horrendous, and most people “feel bad” for all the cute little animals displayed in ad campaigns such as Dawn’s dish soap. However, aside from active environmentalists, most people fail to see the impact these spills have on the planet. That is, of course, until a spill finally affects us directly.

Last week the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce won second place in an annual contest that judges Chamber of Commerce websites. WACE, the Western Association of Chamber Executives, ranked the SLO Chamber based on the interconnectivity of three websites, Slochamber.org, Visitslo.com, and Slo-business.com. Things brings great pride to our hearts, not only because our local chamber is winning awards, but of course because we built Slo-business.com!