Find out about the 2005 Small
Business Awards Winners!
Small Business Environmental Stewardship Awards
Small Business
Assistance Program Awards
Trade
Association Environmental Leadership Awards
Small Business Assistance Program Recognition Award -- Press Release
Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award -- Press Release
Find out about the Awards
Subcommittee created by the National Steering Committee
Find out about the
2004 Small Business Awards
Read comments from
2004 awards winners!
For
questions or more information about the awards, contact
Rosemarie Wilmoth, Awards Subcommittee Chair, at 502/564-2150, x128,
rosemarie.wilmoth@ky.gov
or Linda Hayes-Gorman at 541/388-6146, x274,
hayes-gorman.linda@deq.state.or.us.
The 2005 awards nomination process is now closed.
Check back later for information about the 2006 awards nomination process.
2005 Small Business Awards Winners
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Luncheon
The 2005 Small
Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance (SBO/SBAP) National Conference held
in Biloxi, Mississippi, included the presentation of the second annual small
business awards. They were presented on June 13th by representatives
from the following organizations who sponsor the awards program:
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National SBO/SBAP Steering Committee
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National Compliance Advisory Panel
- US
Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Ombudsman’s Office.
Ken
Legler, Chair of the National Compliance Advisory Panel, presented Small
Business Environmental Stewardship Awards to two businesses.
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Washboard Laundry, Portland, ME, owned by Jason Wentworth and Sandrine
Chabert was recognized for community environmental leadership.
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Mac’s Radiator and Air Conditioning, Portland, Oregon, owned by Stephen
MacDonald and managed by Teresa Conger was recognized for pollution
prevention leadership.
Ron Dyer,
Chair of the National SBO/SBAP Steering Committee, presented Small Business
Assistance Program Awards to people working in state assistance programs.
- Pam
Christenson, Wisconsin, received the SBO/SBAP Leadership Award, for program
initiatives at the state and national level.
- Joni
Canterbury and Margo Griffin with the Colorado Small Business Assistance
Program, received the State Program Leadership Award for the variety of
compliance assistance activities they offer in Colorado with a small staff.
Jay
Benforado, Director of the EPA National Center for Environmental Innovation,
presented the Trade Association Environmental Partnership Awards to three
printing associations. These three trade associations have partnered with state
and national small business assistance programs to improve environmental
compliance. The awards were given to:
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Flexographic Technical Association, Doreen Monteleone accepting
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Specialty Graphic Imaging Association, Daniel Waterfield accepting
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Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Gary Jones
accepting.
Comments
from the award winners emphasized the value of recognition for people who are
leaders in environmental compliance.
For information about each
category of awards, please see the descriptions below.
Small Business
Environmental Stewardship Awards
The
National Steering Committee (NSC), representing the Small Business Assistance
Programs nationwide, in conjunction with the National Compliance Advisory Panel
(NCAP), has established the Small Business Assistance Environmental Stewardship
Awards. The NSC Awards Subcommittee is seeking nominations for the 2005
awards. The awards will recognize exemplary performance in one or more of the
following areas: pollution prevention leadership, industrial environmental
leadership, and community environmental leadership. The nominee(s) must have
worked with their local, state/territorial, or national Small Business
Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program (SBO/SBAP) in these efforts. Click
below to go to more information, instructions, and online nomination form.
The 2005
awards process is closed for 2005--check back later for information about 2006
applications.
Small Business
Assistance Program Awards
The National Steering
Committee (NSC), representing the Small Business Assistance Programs nationwide,
in conjunction with the National Compliance Advisory Panel (NCAP), has
established the Small Business Assistance Program Awards to recognize the
leadership, service, and achievements by the programs and the individuals
representing them. The NSC Awards Subcommittee is seeking nominations for the
2005 awards. The awards will recognize exemplary performance in one or more of
the following areas: Small Business Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program
(SBO/SBAP) leadership, individual leadership, and state program leadership.
Click below to go to more information, instructions, and online nomination form.
The 2005 awards process is closed for 2005--check back
later for information about 2006 applications.
Trade Association
Environmental Leadership Awards
The
National Steering Committee (NSC), representing the Small Business Assistance
Programs nationwide, in conjunction with the National Compliance Advisory Panel
(NCAP), has established the Trade Association Environmental Leadership Awards.
The NSC Awards Subcommittee is seeking nominations for the 2005 awards. The
awards will recognize exemplary performance in one or more of the following
areas: environmental leadership and environmental partnership. The nominee(s)
must have worked with their local, state/territorial, or national Small Business
Ombudsman/Small Business Assistance Program (SBO/SBAP) in these efforts.
Click below to go to more
information, instructions, and online nomination form.
The 2005 awards process is closed for 2005--check back
later for information about 2006 applications.
Comments from 2004 Awards Winners
March 14, 2005
Comments on what is was like being a SBO/SBAP Steering Committee, National
CAP, EPA Small Business Ombudsman Environmental Stewardship Award Recipient in
2004.
I accepted this award on behalf of our six-person family asphalt business.
Our company has innovated a pavement that emits 85% less air pollution compared
to the current method. This saves the mass emission of three tons of VOC
per mile paved.
I was excited to accept this award and placed it in our scalehouse where most of
our customers see it. Just to see an EPA award to a small business really
impresses people. Those customers that look for the betterment of the community
and environment remark that we must really care - and we do! Fellow
business people that we deal with (insurance, bankers, vendors, etc.) see that
we go the extra mile to contribute to the betterment of the
community and the workplace. It makes a difference.
Glenn Heilman, Vice President
Heilman Pavement Specialties, Inc.
Sarver, Pennsylvania
