Please join the Greater Akron Chamber's Small Business Council on Thursday, May 30, 2013, as they honor the accomplishments of local businesses with the 2013 Excellence in Business Awards. This award recognizes a business that demonstrates outstanding performance, growth, staying power, innovation, and provides leadership in the community. The 2013 recipients are:
Christy Creative - Emerging Business Award
Gavin Scott Salon & Spa
ProSource Solutions, LLC
Segmint, Inc.
In addition to honoring local businesses, the 2013 Excellence in Business Awards will include keynote speaker, Harvey Nelson, Main Street Muffins (now known as Main Street Gourmet). Nelson and his partner, Steve Marks, founded Main Street Gourmet, a manufacturer of gourmet frozen bakery products with sales throughout the United States. With the leadership of Nelson and Marks, Main Street Gourmet has won numerous accolades including:
Named to “Inc. 500,” a listing of the fastest growing companies in the United States in 1992 and 1993
“Best of America” Small Business Award in 1994
Number One Fastest Growing Company in the Weatherhead 100 in 2000
Pillar Award from SBN Magazine for commitment to Community Service in 2000, 2004 and 2009
“Healthy Worksite” Gold Award from the Ohio Department of Health in 2012
Nelson has also won recognition for the “Muffins for Mammograms Program,”designed to raise funds for free mammograms and to promote Breast Cancer Awareness, which he co-founded as well as the recipient of
the National Breast Cancer Board’s “Bronze Award” in 1994. In 2007, Harvey was awarded the “Outstanding Alumni Entrepreneur” from The University of Akron. Together, Nelson and Marks have won: “1993 Entrepreneurs of the Year Award for Northeastern Ohio” (Inc. Magazine and Ernst & Young), “1994 and 2011 Small Business Person(s) of the Year” (U.S. Small Business Administration), 2004 “Entrepreneurial Achievement Award” (Sales & Marketing Executives International), 2006 “Entrepreneur(s) of the Year” Award (Greater Akron Chamber).
Individual tickets for Greater Akron Chamber Members are $30, non-members are $40 and corporate tables of eight (8) are available for $250. Corporate tables include table signage, recognition in the event program and PowerPoint presentation. If you wish to use a VIP Pass, please mail the pass to Sarah Vojtek, Greater Akron Chamber, 1 Casade Plaza, 17th Floor, Akron 44308. RSVP deadline is Friday, May 24, 2013.