By Gilbert Hoffman, Publisher
NORTHEAST Fifteen local firms have been nominated as Small Business of the Year, and five of them will receive the honor at an Awards Banquet to be held next Thursday, Nov. 8th at the Crowne Plaza Greenspoint hotel.
The award is presented by the Small Business Development Center of North Harris Montgomery Community College District each year, to one business in each of their college districts that has demonstrated contributions to the economy and the community.
This year, the finalists and their district include:
Cy-Fair College District: Boullion Graphics, Perry Pools & Spa, and Schubot Law Firm;
Kingwood College District: Frost Construction Company, Lets Mechanical, and The Filter Man Ltd.;
Montgomery College District: Biogime International, Daniel Office Products, Homewatch CareGivers;
North Harris College District: Magoos Printshop, Northeast News, and Vest Rea & Assoc. LLC;
Tomball College District: Chaparral Management Company, Schulte Building Systems, LP, and Servpro of Spring-Tomball.
The title sponsor of the awards banquet is Capital One Bank, the Silver sponsors are Amegy Bank and UHY Advisors.
The finalists met last week at a luncheon, where they were ackowledged and given an insight into the awards program.
Speaking were Vice Chancellor Ray Laughter, on the History of the Small Business Award, and Sal Mira, the Director of the Small Business Development Center. Also speaking for Capital One was Jack Legendre.
The awards banquet will be hosted by the new chancellor, Dr. Richard Carpenter, and may include an announcement of the new name for the district.
