The Bee seeking nominations for ‘Excellence in Business’
The Valley is full of creative, entrepreneurial and responsible businesses and business folks – some with deep roots and a history of contribution and some with eager startups. There are so many great stories out here.
We hope you’ll help us tell some of those stories.
The Modesto Bee is launching the inaugural Excellence in Business awards, a new program to recognize our community’s most remarkable businesses and their owners by telling their stories and celebrating their contributions.
The Excellence in Business program will grant nine awards to area businesses and organizations, and one person in the community will receive the Hall of Fame award. Winners will be announced Aug. 5 in The Bee.
A special section highlighting each award recipient will be published Sept. 21, followed by an awards luncheon to honor and celebrate the honorees the same day.
Excellence in Business will shine a well-earned spotlight on many successful businesses that call our Valley home.
But we need your help. Tell us about your experience with a local business that provides great customer service or an amazing product or unique ideas that you encounter in your daily life. You can now let others know of these remarkable achievements. So, please nominate your candidates for being “Excellent in Business” at www.modbee.com/events.
Awards will be presented in the following categories: agribusiness, charitable/nonprofit, finance/banking/insurance, health care, manufacturing, professional services, real estate/development, retail/wholesale/general business and small business, defined as having fewer than 30 employees.
Nominees will be judged on the following criteria: high ethical standards in business and professional dealings, success/growth, employee/customer service, service to the community and concern for the environment.
Nominations are being accepted from The Bee’s entire readership area. Nominees will be judged by a panel of professionals.
To nominate a business or a person for the Hall of Fame award, go to www.modbee.com/events.
The deadline to submit nominations is July 14. Please support your favorites!
Ken Riddick is president and publisher of The Modesto Bee and the Merced Sun-Star.
This story was originally published June 25, 2016 at 2:35 PM with the headline "The Bee seeking nominations for ‘Excellence in Business’."