Chamber Announces Semifinalists For Small Business Awards

The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce on Oct 17 will host the 2013 Small Business of the Year Awards Gala at which time the winners in five categories from among the finalists will be named. The finalists will be selected from among the 30 semifinalists announced today, Aug. 12.

Anonymous and self-nominations were accepted for the awards program. The awards recognize and honor small businesses “that have demonstrated leadership, positive growth and development, creativity and integrity in operating a business, as well as a commitment to community services."

Below is a list of 2013 semifinalists, along with their contact names.

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2013 Greater Brandon Chamber Of Commerce Small Business Of The Year Award Semifinalists

• Magruder Agency Inc., Pat Magruder
• You Say When Yogurt, Brad Bridges
• Lambert Law Offices, P.L., Judith Lambert
• Minuteman Press, Julie Arndt
• Zipperer's Funeral Home, Tony Zipperer
  
  

• Crosstown Stor-N-More Self Storage, Daryl Brown
• Applied Sciences Consulting, Derek L. Doughty, P.E.
• Bivins & Hemenway, P.A., Robert W. Bivins
• Brandon Open MRI, David Bunting
  
  

• Livingstone Academy/Bay Life Academy, Bernadette Pello
• Sencommunication, Stacie Miller
• Delaney Creek Lodge, Sue Smith
• Pilka & Associates, P.A., Daniel Pilka
• Alvarez Plumbing Company, Alfonso Alvarez Jr.
  
  

• The Waiting Game publication, Robert Parfitt
• Take Out Butler, Erik Butler
• ION Apparel & Advertising Specialities, Sandy Cannington
• Traventours Events and Excursions, Anne Alford
• Yard Guards on Doody, Cheresee Rehart
  
  

• Teacher's Helper, Shearon Bailey
• Julie's Walk-In Closet, Julianne Pomeroy
• Level Hair Studio, Kimberly Way-Haggerty
• Law Office of Ingrid Hooglander
• Carr Pediatric Dentistry, Natalie Carr