CBIA Members Among 2016 SBA Small Business Week Winners

05.03.2016
Member News
Small Business

This year’s SBA Small Business Week honorees from Connecticut include five CBIA members:Ā The Chapman Manufacturing Co.,Ā Educational Play Care, Farmington Bank,Ā Jackson Chevrolet,Ā andĀ JonalĀ Laboratories.
These and sevenĀ other Connecticut companiesĀ are being honored on May 3Ā at the Annual Small Business Week Awards Luncheon at the Infinity Theatre in Hartford.
Victoria and Peter Newman, founder and CEO of Greenwich Education Group, have been named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2016’s Connecticut Small Business Persons of the Year, SBA’s top award
ā€œWe are extremely excited to honor a truly amazing lineup of small business owners and champions this year, saysĀ Bob Nelson, SBA’s Acting Connecticut District Director.
“It is so important to recognize our small businesses in the state, as they are the job creators and innovators and the fabric of our local communities!”

2016Ā Connecticut SBA Small Business Week Honorees

Category Ā  Ā  Ā Owner Company
Woman-Owned Small Business Ā  Ā  Ā Tracy Camassar The Chapman Manufacturing Co.
Family-Owned Small Business Ā  Ā  Ā Tamera Jackson Jackson Chevrolet
Veteran-Owned Small Business Ā  Ā  Ā Walt Medina Walt Medina & Associates
Veteran Advocate Champion Ā  Ā  Ā Raymond Hayes Pay Forward Inc.,
CT Microenterprise Award Ā  Ā  Ā Alina Wegrzyniak Crystal Ballroom of New Britain
Minority-Owned Small Business Ā  Ā  Ā Dawn Reshen- Doty Benay Enterprises
Young Entrepreneur Small Business Ā  Ā  Ā Foster Charles Charles Computer Services
Financial Services Champion Ā  Ā  Ā Andreas Kapetanopoulos Farmington Bank
Entrepreneurial Success Ā  Ā  Ā Jane Porterfield Educational Play Care
Exporter of the Year Ā  Ā  Ā Marc Nemeth Jonal Laboratories
Region 1 Prime Contractor of the Year Ā  Ā  Ā  James D. Bouthillier McLaughlin Research Corporation

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