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SAVE THE DATE!

 

THE 2010 SMALL BUSINESS AWARDS LUNCHEON

WILL TAKE PLACE ON

 

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010

 at the Jefferson Hotel in Richmond

 

HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2009 AWARDS LUNCHEON 

 

May 2, 2008
 The Jefferson Hotel
Richmond, Virginia


 

Business and Community Leaders at 2009 Virginia Small Business Awards Luncheon

 

The historic five-star Jefferson Hotel in Richmond was the setting for the 2009 Small Business Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 8th.  A crowd of over 300 business and community leaders celebrated Virginia Small Business Week and honored this year's small business and lender award winners.  Pictured below are:  (left photo) Douglas Call, President of Virginia Prosthetics, the 2009 Virginia Small Business Person of the Year, and (right photo) Tinh Phan, Chairman, Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia and Region III Minority Small Business Champion of the Year, both receiving their awards from Congressman Bobby Scott and Ron Bew, SBA District Director.

 

Douglas Call, President of Virginia Prosthetics, receives the 2009 Virginia Small Business Person of the Year award from Congressman Bobby Scott and Ron Bew, SBA District Director     Tinh Phan, Chairman, Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce, receives the Virginia and Region III Minority Small Business Champion of the Year award from Congressman Bobby Scott and Ron Bew, SBA District Director

 

 

2009 VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS

 

VIRGINIA SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

J. Douglas Call, President
Virginia Prosthetics
4338 Williamson Road
Roanoke, VA 24012



FINANCIAL SERVICES CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Sheila S. Guillette-Moore, Business Analyst
Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center
400 Volvo Parkway
Chesapeake, VA 23432

 

VIRGINIA AND REGION III MINORITY SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Tinh Phan, Chairman
Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce
14214 Washington Hwy
Ashland, VA 23005

 

VETERAN SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR

Duncan N. Ingraham
George T. Armbruster
Partners
Fleet Imports
4016 Seaboard Ct.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
 
WOMEN-IN-BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Doris Doretha Chism, Owner
Pathways Youth Services, LLC
1099 Bagwell Drive
Scottsburg, VA 24589

 

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER SERVICE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION CENTER AWARD

Longwood University SBDC
515 Main Street
Farmville, VA 23909

 

COMMONWEALTH AWARD

Linda D. Decker, CEO
The Flory Small Business Center, Inc.
10311 Sudley Manor Drive
Manassas, VA 20109

 

 

FY 2008 VIRGINIA LENDER AWARDS

 

TOP MAJOR BANK

Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T)

 

TOP INTERMEDIATE BANK

Bank of the Commonwealth

 

TOP COMMUNITY BANK

Sonabank

 

TOP NON-BANK LENDER

Superior Financial Group, LLC

 

TOP CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (CDC)

Tidewater Business Financing Corp.

 

TOP 504 FIRST TRUST LENDER

Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T)

 

DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S AWARD

United Central Bank