Your Local SBA

2008 Winners
Small Business Person of the Year
Ford S. Reiche, President
 Safe Handling, Inc.
123 Rodman Road
   Auburn, ME   04210

District & Regional Award Winner
Small Business Exporter of the Year

Kent Peterson
Chief Executive Officer
Fluid Imaging Technologies
65 Forest Falls Drive
Yarmouth, ME  04096

District, Regional & National Winner
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
John and Brendan Ready
Ready Seafood/Catch a Piece of Maine
390 Commercial Street
Portland, ME  04112

District Award Winner
Jeffrey H. Butland SBA Family-Owned
Business of the Year

Peter Richardson
President
Crobb Box company
PO Box 247
Ellsworth, ME   04605

District & Regional Award Winner
Women in Business Champion
Gilda Nardone
Executive Director
Maine Centers for Women, Work & Community
46 Unniversity Drive
Augusta, ME  04330

District, Regional and National Winner
Entrepreneurial Success Award
Robert L. Johnston
Chairman & Founder
Johnny's Selected Seeds
955 Benton Avenue
Winslow, ME  04901

District & Regional Award Winner
Home- Based Business Champion
James Macomber
Penquis CAP
50 North Street
Dover-Foxcroft, ME  04426

District & Regional Award Winner
Small Business Journalist
Kate Arno
Director of Training & Communications
Maine Small Business Development Center
PO Box 9300
Portland, ME  04104

District Award Winner
Minority Small Business Champion
Jennifer Sporzynski and John Scribner
Start Smart - Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
2 Portland Fish Pier
Portland, ME  04101

District Award Winner
Veteran Small Business Champion
(Co-Winners)
John Gardner
U.S. Small Business Administration
68 Sewall St.
Augusta, ME  04330

                    (and)
Ed Dahl
Maine Procurement Technical
     Assistance Center
40 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME  04401