Chamber Names Pinnacle Finalists
Today the Knoxville Chamber named finalists for the 2008 Pinnacle Business Awards presented by Regions Bank. The Awards gala is the business community’s marquee event and includes a celebration of business accomplishments and the honoring of the 2008 winners. The Pinnacle Business Awards event will be April 25th at the Knoxville Convention Center and will begin with a reception and silent auction at 6:30 p.m. The dinner and awards presentation will begin at 8:00 p.m.
More than 650 businesspeople are expected to attend the gala. Corporate tables and individual tickets are available and can be purchased online at www.knoxvillechamber.com or by contacting the Chamber at 865-637-4550.
Awards are presented in eight categories – six business and two individual categories. Finalists are named in four of those categories – Innovator Award, Small Business Excellence Award, Impact Award, and Minority Business Excellence Award. Winners will be announced in all categories at the Pinnacle Business Awards gala event.
Finalists and award categories are:
Innovator Award – presented by Image Matters, Inc.
This award is given to a business that has developed a new technology, innovative product or service or applied a business system or service in an innovative way.
Finalists:
Advanced Polymer Recycling Inc.
Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc.
Sunlight Direct, LLC
Small Business Excellence Award – presented by Bank of America
This award is presented to a business with 50 or fewer employees that has consistently grown its workforce and revenue and overcome obstacles including access to capital, operational efficiency, control of expenses, customer loyalty and distribution.
Finalists
AC Entertainment
Junk Bee Gone
Professional Drivers Medical Depots
Studio Four Design
Impact Award – presented by Sperry Van Ness R.M. Moore
This award honors a business that displays a commitment to making East Tennessee a better place to live and work through the development and support of a community project or program.
Finalists
Goody’s Family Clothing, Inc.
Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center
Shoney’s of Knoxville, Inc.
Minority Business Excellence Award – presented by Covenant Health
This award is presented to a minority business that has produced outstanding business results and growth and overcome the obstacles of race or sex.
Finalists
ES&H, Inc.
GEM Technologies, Inc.
Visionary Solutions LLC
Business Excellence Awards – Mid-Sized Award presented by the Conference Center at Water’s Edge
This award is given to a company headquartered in East Tennessee or a company with a significant presence in East Tennessee that has shown remarkable profitability, growth and stability and is recognized regionally, nationally and/or internationally in their its respective business sector. Both a mid-sized and a large business are selected in this category.
Young Entrepreneur Award – presented by Cariten Healthcare
Presented to a young professional under forty that lives and works in East Tennessee and has achieved success while overcoming obstacles, to become one of tomorrow’s top business leaders. The winner will have started or is at risk in ownership of his/her business.
James A. Haslam, II Leadership Award – presented by Lexus of Knoxville
This award is given to a longtime business leader that exhibits strength in character, resolve and a commitment to the community and exemplary success in the regional business community.
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