Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced the nominees for the 2021 ARCC Business of the Year Awards.
The ARCC has been recognizing member businesses for their achievements in business, economic and quality of life contributions to the region for over 30 years. The businesses were nominated by their peers, and each will be interviewed and scored by a committee of ARCC members.
The nominees and winners will be recognized at an awards breakfast, on Thursday, Oct. 7, at Dunham’s Bay Resort in Lake George.
“Each year we are blessed to honor our members for their hard work and dedication to our community. Many thanks go out to those who took the time to nominate their business peers in our region. We’re excited to come together in-person on Oct. 7 to celebrate each other’s achievements,” said ARCC President Michael Bittel.
The nominees in their respective categories are:
Large Business of the Year: Ideal Dairy Farms and Morcon Tissue.
Professional Business of the Year: Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes PC, Erbessd Instruments, and SBLindsell LLC – Outsourced Business Financial Services.
Steven M. Sutton Small Business of the Year: Better than New Painting, J. Reid Menswear, Lakota’s Farm Weddings & Events, Fish307.com, Putorti’s Market, Massie’s Restaurant, Saratoga Quality Hardware/Burgoyne Quality Hardware; and Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery.
Rookie Business of the Year: Gazai Media, Harris-Pero & Botelho PLLC, Mullen’s Pub, National Commercial Solar Advisors Inc. and The Pretty Hot Mess Boutique.
Nonprofit Organization of the Year: Adirondack Employee Assistance Program (EAP); Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern Adirondacks; Crandall Public Library; Charles R. Wood Theater; Family Service Association of Glens Falls; Greater Glens Falls Senior Center; High Peaks Hospice; Hudson Headwaters Health Network (HHHN); LEAP; Southern Adirondack Independent Living (SAIL); The Salvation Army of Glens Falls; The Glen at Hiland Meadows; Warren, Washington and Albany Counties ARC; and World Awareness Children’s Museum.
Community Champion of the Year: Behan Communications; KEENA Staffing and The Lotus Group of Companies.
Each year the ARCC assembles a committee of Chamber Members to evaluate, interview, and score nominees. The nominees are honored, and winners announced, at a ceremony.