IT TAKES A VILLAGE… Fort Bend Star and Fort Bend Business Journal employees gathered to wish all of Fort Bend a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. (front, l-r) General Manager Michael Fredrickson, Publisher Bev Carter, Receptionist Millie Houser, (second row, l-r) reporter Elsa Malakoff-Maxey, Fort Bend Business Journal advertising director Mary Dotterl, Marketing Consultant Ann Sturrock, Real Estate Specialist Becky Hall, Art Director/Production Manager Joey Belleza. (third row, l-r) Graphic Designer/Web Developer Carlo Arcillas, Bookkeeper Lisa Long, Marketing Consultant Patty Tristan, Marketing Consultant Diane Strehl, and Star Editor Jean Sandlin. Absent from picture taking: Contributors Wayne Chandler and Allison Lorenzo, Reporter LeaAnne Klentzman, Marketing Consultant Jennifer Pappas-Blancas, and Fort Bend Business Journal Editor Sharon Wallingford.