ARCC Receives 45 Nominees for Annual Business Awards
Nominees to be recognized, and winners announced at a breakfast ceremony on October 3rd
Pictured left: Michele Morehouse (Communications Coordinator), Nicole Casey (Director of HR), ARCC President Tricia Rogers, and Andrea Deepe (CEO) of ASCEND Mental Wellness – winners of the 2023 Large Nonprofit of the Year award Pictured right: Cullen Fuller, ARCC President Tricia Rogers, and Ethan Hall of Rucinski Hall Architecture – winners of the 2023 Professional Business of the Year award. All Photos courtesy of the ARCC.
It was in 1991 when the Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce (ARCC) first introduced its annual business awards.
That first year saw one business being honored as the “Small Business of the Year”, and the business was Leland Paper Company, Inc. The following year saw the awards grow to two categories, adding on a “Rookie Business” category.
Then in 2005, the “Steven M. Sutton Small Business Award” was created to honor Mr. Sutton, who co-founded Sutton’s Marketplace, which stood at 1066 US Route 9 in Queensbury and has since been home to many businesses. To those who knew him, he was a man of vision, an entrepreneur, and everything that embodied a small business owner and valued community member.
To this day, the ARCC still holds onto his legacy, keeping the “Steven M. Sutton Small Business Award” as a part of this annual event.
Throughout the years and decades, the event grew to add on more categories, and celebrate the amazing businesses that make up the Adirondack region of upstate New York. Aside from taking a break from the event in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards ceremony has been growing year after year. Which brings us to present day, and the ARCC receiving a record 45 nominations in 7 categories.
For a three-week period in the month of May, the ARCC asked for nominations and the community delivered.
“The ARCC Business Awards is one of my favorite events of the year. Watching businesses come together and celebrate each other’s success is something truly incredible,” said ARCC President & CEO Tricia Rogers.
“This year we have a record number of nominees with 45 businesses, within 7 categories, which is a great testament to how special our business community is.”
The ARCC is thrilled to announce the nominees, in their respective categories:
Large Business of the Year Nominees: Arnoff Moving & Storage, GTM Payroll & HR, Upstate Transit of Saratoga, The VMJR Companies, Six Flags Great Escape, and Warren County Sheriff’s Office.
Professional Business of the Year Nominees: Irongate Family Practice, Capital CFO+, Fenimore Asset Management, Southern Adirondack REALTORS®, CEFO Advisors, Etched in Valor, and Bartlett, Pontiff, Stewart & Rhodes, P.C
Steven M. Sutton Small Business of the Year Nominees: Erbessd Instruments, Queensbury Billiards & Café, Career Jam, Elite 9 Talent Solutions, LayerEight, OrbitalFire Cybersecurity, Hogwash Cleaning Solutions, Hunt Companies, Inc., White Glove Janitorial Services.
Rookie Business of the Year Nominees: Elevation Medical Aesthetics, Kopf Property Management, and Madrina Molly LLC.
Large Nonprofit Organization Nominees: High Peaks Hospice, Moreau Emergency Squad Inc., Family YMCA of Glens Falls Area, and BHSN.
Small Nonprofit Organization Nominees: Alliance180, Tri-County United Way, Wiawaka Center for Women, The Hyde Collection, Lake George Land Conservancy, the Council for Prevention, North Shore Animal League Adirondack Region Cat Adoption Center, Dake Foundation for Children, Zonta Club of Glens Falls, Glens Falls Area Youth Center, Common Roots Foundation, Soroptimist of the Adirondacks, Adirondack Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and the World Awareness Children’s Museum.
Community Champion Nominees: Hannaford Supermarket and The Sagamore Resort.
The nominees will be recognized, and winners announced, at an awards breakfast, on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls, NY. Registration is open for the event. Learn more by visiting www.adirondackchamber.org/events/details/annual-arcc-business-awards-2024-4497