Recognizing Local Businesses

Editor's Note: I wanted to share this news release with our faithful blog readers before it's published in the newspaper to offer an opportunity to you to nominate a local business before other entries come flooding in. I encourage you to join in the fun of honoring and supporting local business people.

Don’t miss an opportunity to reward your favorite business. Each year the Saline Area Chamber of Commerce honors two local businesses with the coveted Business Enterprise Award. This award represents the most prestigious mark of distinction given to any business in the Saline area market. The 13th annual Business Enterprise Awards program is now under way. One award will be presented to a business with 20 or fewer employees and one to a firm with more than 20 employees. The awards recognize established, successful companies that have exhibited exemplary business practices. Service to the community as well as a commitment to the health and productivity of the Saline area are also essential attributes.

Nominations are open to the entire community. Nomination forms with selection criteria are available at the Saline Area Chamber of Commerce, Saline City Hall, Saline District Library, Saline Community Education, and The Saline Reporter. Nominations must be received at the Chamber office, 141 East Michigan Avenue, by mail, fax, or in person by Sept. 3.

The following organizations have received this honor:

2007 Bemis Farms Preschool

JAC Products, Inc.

2006 American Aqua, Inc.

Evangelical Home-Saline & Brecon Village

2005 Carol’s Hallmark

Briarwood Ford

2004 Pack & Mail Plus

Bridgewater Lumber Company

2003 Quickprint, Inc.

Bank of Washtenaw

2002 Rhoades Doehrer & Associates, PLLC

Mac’s Acadian Seafood Shack

2001 Aero Corporation

Visteon Corporation

2000 Garry M. Deo, O.D.

The Saline Reporter

K & F Electric Company

1999 Tom Mac’s Photography

Saline Community Hospital

1998 Saline Picture Frame Company

McNaughton & Gunn

1997 Benny’s Bakery

Busch’s ValuLand

1996 Saline Flowerland

R & B Machine Tool Company

The two honorees for the 2008 Business Enterprise Awards will be announced on the Saline Chamber website, www.salinechamber.com, and in local media. The entire community is invited to participate in the Gala Awards Dinner honoring this year’s awardees at Stonebridge Golf Club on Oct. 23. Call the chamber office at 429-4494 for more information.