Honors leading business people who have contributed to:

Economic Development

management ability, contribution to the community and region by working toward continued growth and viability of the region, efforts made to build good, strong relationships with business.

Small Business

business' management ability, continued growth, innovation of their product or service and contribution to the community or others.

Creative Arts

ability to offer top-caliber talent to the community, the use of local talent representing the diversity of the communities it serves, demonstration of continued growth and success as an organization and its willingness to engage in collaborative efforts with other creative arts organizations.

Training Excellence

recognizes a person or a business that is striving to provide innovative programs or to maintain and upgrade employees' or students' skills, contribution to the community or others, value added from the training process and recognition of enhancing the readiness of the participants for new or changing technologies or processes.

Young Entrepreneur

innovation and hard work of high school juniors and seniors; their contribution to the community or others; raises awareness in the communities and among the youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the building of America.