Nominations Open for Deane C. Davis Award
NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 13, 2010
Contact: Jeff Morton
Director of Communications
(802) 229-2273
jmorton@vtchamber.com
Nominate Vermont’s Outstanding Businesses for the Deane C. Davis Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the 20th annual Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business of the Year Award, co-presented by the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Business Magazine. The winner will be unveiled during the May 26, 2010, Opening Ceremony of the region’s largest business-to-business trade show, the annual Vermont Chamber of Commerce Business and Industry EXPO. Three award finalists will be profiled in the May issue of Vermont Business Magazine.
Nominations may come from the business itself, another business, a government agency, or an interested individual. Named for former Governor Deane C. Davis, the award annually honors a Vermont business that shows an outstanding history of sustained growth while displaying an acute awareness of what makes Vermont unique.
The award criteria for this award are as follows:
· Growth in sales or employment
· Commitment of company resources for participation in community projects
· Encouragement of employees to be involved in community events
· Recognition of the importance of the environment to the state as a natural and economic resource
· Addressing employee concerns/needs to create a positive work environment for all employees
· Major accomplishment(s) in the past year in any or all of the criteria
· Nominated businesses must have been based in Vermont for at least 10 years
A selection committee nominates the three finalists and then secretly selects the recipient. Even the finalists themselves do not know who the winner is until it is announced by Governor James Douglas at the EXPO opening ceremonies, making this award that much more prestigious and special, given the added suspense and excitement leading up to the announcement.
Contact Antonia Opitz at the Vermont Chamber of Commerce (aopitz@vtchamber.com or (802) 223-0603) with any questions or to receive a nomination packet. The application is also available on line in PDF format on the EXPO website. The application deadline for the Deane C. Davis Award is March 12, 2010.
In business since 1912, the Vermont Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit business organization with 1,500 members, collectively employing 45,000 people, representing all sectors of the state’s economy. Our mission is to create an economic climate conducive to business growth and preservation of the Vermont quality of life.
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