Southern Indiana Business Awards finalists announced
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – (April 17, 2009) – One Southern Indiana today announced finalists in its 21st annual Southern Indiana Business Awards program.
This program recognizes outstanding business owners and professionals from Clark and Floyd Counties in Indiana. Awards will be presented on May 14 in five categories: Main Source Bank Business of the Year Award (less than 25 employees), Frost Brown Todd Business of the Year Award (25 or more employees), Sam Day, Kightlinger & Gray Professional of the Year Award, Audiacom Rising Star Award (for businesses less than five years old), and the Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Economic Impact Award.
A panel of eight independent judges selected 14 finalists from a field of 33 nominees. The finalists are:
Main Source Bank Business of the Year (Less Than 25 Employees)
Lana Aebersold Aebersold Florist
Bruce & Julie Morris Morris Images
Doug Drake Personal Counseling Service, Inc.
Frost Brown Todd Business of the Year (25 or More Employees)
James Rickard Your Community Bank
Tom Weber & Donny Weber The Weber Group, Inc.
Lisa Brooking True Colors Tanning Salon
Sam Day, Kightlinger & Gray Professional of the Year
Michael Gettelfinger Michael Gettelfinger, O.D., F.A.A.O.
John A. Hawkins Kovert Hawkins Architects
Robert Kleehamer River Valley Financial
Audiacom Rising Star (Business less than five years old)
Danielle Limeberry Periago Periago Orthodontics
David & Sylvia Amos Sign Makers Etc., LLC
Cheryl Koetter Cricket’s Café
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald Economic Impact
Amanda LaDuke Southern Indiana Asset Building Coalition
Jerry Acy River Ridge Development Authority
All nominees and finalists will be featured in a professionally produced video to be shown during the awards luncheon on May 14, 2009. The final award recipients will be announced at this time. The luncheon will take place at North Side Christian Church in New Albany beginning at 11:45 a.m. To make a lunch reservation, please contact One Southern Indiana at 812-945-0266.
The Southern Indiana Business Awards sponsors are: Platinum: Frost Brown Todd LLC, Main Source Bank, Kightlinger & Gray, Audiacom and Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC. Gold: National City, Monroe Shine & Company, Inc. CPA’s and Main Event Decorators. Silver: Business First; Your Community Bank; McCauley Nicolas & Company, LLC, CPA; Harding Shymanski & Co.; Huber Orchard & Winery, L & D Mail Masters, SK Sign & Electric and Stock Yards Bank.
About One Southern Indiana:
One Southern Indiana is a business advancement organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, existing business growth, and attracting new enterprises to the Greater Louisville/Southern Indiana region. Representing more than 1,200 businesses, One Southern Indiana provides its clients with business intelligence, advocacy, and connections solutions in support of regional business innovation. Since the organization’s founding in 2006, One Southern Indiana has helped businesses add $198 million in new capital and 4,670 new jobs worth $162 million in new payroll to the regional economy. For more information, please visit www.1si.org.
CONTACT:
Dawn Bennett
Director of Programming & Special Events
One Southern Indiana
812.945.0266
DawnB@1si.org
