The Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) announced the winners of its 2021 Business of the Year Awards.
This annual awards honor deserving chamber members who are nominated by their peers and interviewed by the Business Awards Nomination Committee to determine the winners.
“It was a blessing to honor and celebrate these businesses who give so much to our greater community. These past 18 months were challenging for businesses, but we came together as one people. It really is about community, and the people in it, making a difference every single day,” said Michael Bittel, ARCC president and CEO.
The winners were announced at an awards breakfast, on Oct. 7 at Dunham’s Bay Resort on Lake George. The winners, in their respective categories, are:
Large Business category winner, Ideal Dairy Farms. Nominees for this category included Morcon Tissue.
Small Business category winner, FISH307.com. Nominees for this category included Better Than New Painting, J. Reid Menswear, Lakota’s Farm Weddings & Events, Massie’s Restaurant, Putorti’s Broadway Market, Saratoga Quality Hardware, Inc./Burgoyne Quality Hardware, and Springbrook Hollow Farm Distillery
Large Nonprofit Organization category winner, Hudson Headwaters Health Network.
Small Nonprofit Organization category winner: SAIL (Southern Adirondack Independent Living). Nominees for the category included Adirondack Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern Adirondacks, Charles R. Wood Theater, Crandall Public Library, Family Service Association of Glens Falls, Greater Glens Falls Senior Center, Habitat for Humanity Northern Saratoga, Warren and Washington Counties, High Peaks Hospice, Hudson Headwaters Health Network, L.E.A.P., Salvation Army of Glens Falls, The Glen at Hiland Meadows, Warren-Washington and Albany Counties ARC, and the World Awareness Children’s Museum.
Professional Business category winner, Erbessd Instruments. Nominees included Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, PC, and SBLindsell, LLC.
Rookie Business category winner, Gazai Media. Nominees for Rookie Business included Harris-Pero & Botelho PLLC, Mullen’s Pub, National Commercial Solar Advisors, Inc., and The Pretty Hot Mess
Community Champion category winner, KEENA. Nominees included: Behan Communications and The Lotus Group of Companies.
The ARCC Business Awards is an annual celebration and recognition of member businesses for their achievements in business, economic and quality of life contributions to the region. Each year the ARCC assembles a committee of Chamber Members to evaluate, interview, and score nominees.