Chamber to honor small businesses
The Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development will celebrate all local small businesses and name the 2021 Small Business of the Year recipients.
Winners will be announced at a luncheon to be held at Kingwood Center Gardens on Friday. Each finalist will be featured in a short video highlighting their business, sponsored by Mechanics Bank, according to a news release from the chamber.
Presented by Medical Mutual, the awards will be given to the Small Business of the Year in two categories: with 15 and more employees and 14 and fewer employees.
Finalists in the 14 and fewer employee category are The Boot Life, The Phoenix Brewing Company, and Sluss Realty Company.
Finalists in the 15-plus employee category are ES Consulting, Schmidt Security Pro and Terra Vally Excavating.
The nonprofit winner, Visual Bucket List Foundation, has already been announced and will receive its award during the presentation.
In addition to the finalists, semifinalists include Blueberry Patch & 1285 Winery, Eberts Heating & Cooling, Global Medical Foam, Mirror Image, New Directions EAP & Counseling Center, Richland Sealcoating Company, Sentec Systems, Shaw & Ott Medical, Snow Trails Ski Resort, Spyder Signs, Weldon Huston & Keyser, Wilging Meats and Wilson Dental.
In addition to the winner, nonprofit finalists include Altrusa of Mansfield, Community Action for Capable Youth, Domestic Violence Shelter, Humane Society of Richland County, NAMI of Richland County and Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center.
This article originally appeared on Mansfield News Journal: Chamber to honor top small businesses in area
