Small Business Excellence Awards
The 2012 application is now available!
Nominations and applications are now being accepted for our 2012 Small Business Excellence Awards.
Each year, the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber’s Small Business
Excellence Awards recognizes the best of our region’s small businesses.
The Chamber receives hundreds of applications, and a volunteer committee
of examiners narrows these down to the select few who are deemed the
“best of the best.”
The 2012 Small Business Excellence Awards application deadline is March 16, 2012. Note: there are two applications, the Small Business Award application is for all categories except Community Involvement which has a separate application. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered for review by examiners. All applicants must be members of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber with fewer than 250 employees.
Download Application Forms:
Click here for more application information and guidelines.
Congratulations 2011 Winners
The 2011 Small Business Excellence Awards, presented by PNC, the Chamber's annual celebration of small business success, were presented on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at the Millennium Hotel in downtown Cincinnati with keynote speaker, Erin Schreyer, president of Sagestone Partners.
Congratulations to the following 22 companies honored this year:
Small Business of the Year
(1-50 employees)
Winner: Richardson and Associates
Runner-up: Partner Professional Staffing
Small Business of the Year
(51-250 employees)
Winner: BSI Engineering
Runner-up: Pegasus Technical Services
Minority Business of the Year
Winner: Pep
Runner-up: Deerfield Insurance Group
Emerging Business of the Year
Winner: Traction LLC
Runner-up: MN8
Nonprofit of the Year
Winner: The Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Runner-up: Greater Cincinnati Health Council
Community Involvement Award
Winner: Abstract Displays
Runner-up: ProSource
10 Under 10
(fewer than 10 employees)
Capital Logic LLC
Easley Blessed Photography
Heritage Hall & Banquet Center
J.T. Clark & Associates Inc.
Kunimura Mitchell & Company CPA
LARaterman Associates
Munoz Brandz
SALESCORE Inc.
SOHOsushi
Worldwide Graphics & Sign Company
Look for the 2012 SBEA call for applications in January.
For more information on these awards, contact Laurie Brinkman at 513.686.2945 or lbrinkman@cincinnatichamber.com.