Date: 11-2-99
PROCESS BEGINS FOR GREATER KC’S PREMIER SMALL BUSINESS RECOGNITION PROGRAM
Nominations are now open for The Chamber’s Top 10 Small Businesses of the Year. This annual awards celebration honors the true "engine" of the Greater Kansas City economy: small business.
To be nominated, a business must be for-profit and headquartered in the Greater Kansas City area, with no more than 250 full-time employees and a minimum of three years in business.
Success in business is just one of the criteria used to select the Top 10 Small Businesses. In addition, those businesses must exhibit a commitment to good business practices, and a history of both good employee relations and service to the community.
One of the Top 10 will receive the top honor – the "Mr. K. Award," named after famed entrepreneur Ewing Kauffman. Each spring, The Chamber’s Metropolitan Entrepreneurs Council (MEC) hosts a series of events honoring small business. This year, activities begin March 23rd, 2000, with the Top 10 Candidates Showcase, and culminate May 12, 2000, with the 14th Annual Small Business Celebration Awards Luncheon.
The deadline for nominations is December 17, 1999. More information and nomination forms are available by calling Dianne Bollman at The Chamber, (816) 374-5426.
The 1999 Top 10 Small Business Winners were:
- Best Computer Consultants Inc.,Overland Park;
- Blades & Associates, Overland Park;
- Hereford House, Kansas City, Missouri;
- LaserCycle Inc.;
- Missouri Bank & Trust Company of Kansas City;
- Old World Spices & Seasonings Inc., Overland Park;
- Peripheral Vision InfoSystems Inc; Overland Park;
- Waller Truck Company Inc., Richmond;
- Western Blue Print Company, L.L.C., Kansas City, Missouri;
and - A. Zahner Company, Kansas City, Missouri.
The Mr. K. Award Winner was Missouri Bank & Trust Company.