2012 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

This year’s Business Excellence Award winners include: 

• Emergency Medicine Physicians
• Gregory Industries
• Miracle Plumbing
• Heating & Cooling Company
• Tower Industries
  

In addition, Biery Cheese has been named Business of the Year.

The awards recognize exceptional Stark County businesses for excellence and outstanding achievement during 2011. All four Business Excellence Award winners and the Business of the Year recipient will be honored during the gala awards dinner on Tuesday, April 24, at The University Center at Kent State University at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW, North Canton. Tickets are $48. Register Online or contact Monique Thompson Kennedy at (330) 458-2070 to register. Registrations must be made by April 18.

The Business Excellence Awards committee, chaired by Ronald Manse CPA, tax partner, Bruner-Cox LLP, selected this year’s winners. Selections were made on the basis of business and employment growth, expansion of operations/ efficiencies, consistent outstanding customer service, investments in capital improvements, innovation/expansion of product line(s), responsiveness to business and industry challenges and adversity, and consistent community involvement.

NEW this year will be the presentation of the first annual Business Excellence Scholarship Award, presented by Day Ketterer and the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce. The scholarship will be awarded to the local college student who writes the winning essay entitled: “The Impact of Business and Free Enterprise on the Historic Development and the Continuing Success of the United States as a Global Leader.” For more information, contact Jennifer Novotny at (330) 458-2034.

The Business Excellence Awards of Greater Canton are made possible by our sponsors: Bruner-Cox LLP, Day Ketterer, Attorneys at Law, Farmers National Bank, The Repository and Stark State College.