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: The Chapman Manufacturing Co., Educational Play Care, Farmington Bank, Jackson Chevrolet, and Jonal Laboratories.
These and seven other Connecticut companies are being honored on May 3 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
“We are extremely excited to honor a truly amazing lineup of small business owners and champions this year, says 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!”

2016 Connecticut SBA Small Business Week Honorees

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

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