Loudoun Chamber Announces 27 Finalists for 24th Annual Small Business Awards
For Immediate Release:
Friday, September 7, 2018
People’s Choice Award Voting Begins Monday, September 10th
Lansdowne, VA– The Loudoun Chamber today announced the names of the 27 finalists selected to compete in sevenindustry categories in the 24thAnnual Loudoun Small Business Awards. Finalists for the Small Business Awards top honors, the Loudoun Entrepreneur and The Small Business of the Year, will be announced after September 21st.
The 24thAnnual Loudoun Small Business Awards ceremony, where the winners in the nine total categories will be announced, will be held on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at The National Conference Center.
“We are especially proud of these outstanding businesses, each of whom faced tremendous competition to be selected a finalist for Loudoun’s premier business award. We congratulate them on this honor and wish them luck on November 1st, when we will learn which ones have earned a Loudoun County Small Business Award,” said Chamber President Tony Howard.
A blue-ribbon committee of Loudoun County’s top business leaders and industry experts carefully examined a record number of applications to select the 27 award finalists.
On Monday, September 10th, the People’s Choice Award will be open for public voting. This online ballot allows the public to vote for their favorite finalists in each industry category. Not only do these votes help determine which finalist earns top honors in their category, the top overall vote winner will be named the People’s Choice Award winner at the Small Business Awards. Voting ends on Friday, September 14th. To vote, visit www.LoudounChamber.org/SBA.
Finalists for Loudoun Destination Business of the Year:
EatLoco, LLC
EXIT Plan, an Escape Room Adventure
The Conche
Tarara Winery
Finalists for Main Street Business of the Year:
Dominion Tea
King Street Oyster Bar
Watermark Woods – Native Plants
Finalists for Superior Service Business of the Year:
37 Media & Marketing Group
Comfenergy
FreshEye Innovative Solutions
The Leesburg Junction
Finalists for Virtual Business of the Year:
Blue Lion Multimedia
Clark Virtual Business Solutions, LLC
KeyLyme
Mr. Appliance of Leesburg & Martinsburg
Finalists for Technology Innovator of the Year:
integrateIT
Let’s Stay Together
ParkMyCloud
Simba Enterprises (SimbaCom)
Finalists for Health and Wellness Business of the Year:
Allegiance Home Care
Insight Into Action Therapy
Loudoun Sports Therapy Center
Northern Virginia Orthodontics
Finalists for Nonprofit Organization of the Year:
A Place to Be
Loudoun Habitat for Humanity
Mobile Hope
The Catoctin Foundation DBA Loudoun Free Clinic
The 2018 Small Business Awards sponsors include Middleburg Bank, a division of Access National Bank, Backflow Technology LLC, Bank of Clarke County, Bank of Charles Town, Brickyard, Cropp Metcalfe Services, Inova Loudoun Hospital, Main Street Bank, One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning, Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties, Copy General, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Bank of America, National Sports Medicine Institute, Saul Centers, and The National Conference Center.
Tickets are on sale now and key sponsorship packages are available. For more information contact the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce at 703.777.2176 or visit www.LoudounChamber.org.
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