Dermatology Practice Nominated for Small Business of the Year

Related Document: Small Business Nomination.pdf (Reprinted with permission
from the Messenger-Inquirer)

Owensboro Dermatology received a nomination for Small Business of the Year Award from the Owensboro Daviess County Chamber of Commerce.

...Also at the 7:30 a.m. breakfast at the Executive Inn, the chamber will honor its entrepreneur of the year and two small businesses of the year. And the meeting will kick off the chamber's second annual "Owensboro Has It!" campaign. Forty chamber members are participating in a cooperative advertising campaign to promote shopping Owensboro merchants first. Nearly 1,700 radio ads promoting the campaign are planned for June and July on local stations along with 500 ads on Adelphia cablevision. Thursday's breakfast will also feature all 40 companies at a business expo. Nominees for entrepreneur of the year are Wayne Foster, American patriot Getaways; Glenn Taylor, Glenn Funeral Home; Colby MacQuarrie, Colby's Fine Food and Spirits; and Darrin Payne, Darrin's Cleaners.

Small business of the year is divided into two categories. Nominees in the category for one to 10 employees are THA Engineering Solutions, Rivertown Moving & Stroage and Legends Golf & Soccer. In the 11 employees and larger category, the nominees are Comfort Keepers, Daymar College, Owensboro Dermatology Associates, Glenn Funeral Home, Colby's Fine Food and Spirits, and Darrin's Cleaners. Reservations must be made by calling the chamber at 926-1860 by noon today. The breakfast costs $9 for chamber members and $11 for nonmembers. For people who just want to drink coffee, the charge is $2.

By Keith Lawrence
Messenger-Inquirer