The What’s Up Prince William team
We are proud to be this year’s recipient of the 2017 Prince William Chamber of Commerce’s Community Outreach Award. Being able to provide our readers with all of the “good news” going on in Prince William is extremely rewarding, and we thank everyone for their support.
Last night, members of the business community gathered at the Hylton Performing Arts Center for the Prince William Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Awards.
Carlos Castro, the owner of Todos Supermarkets, received the Charles J. Colgan Visionary Award. The other nominees were:
Charlie Deane, Retired Prince William County Police Chief
Linda Decker, Flory Small Business Center
Bishop Lyle Dukes, Harvest Life Changers Church
Robert Heltzel, Heltzel Mortgage
Rick Hendershot, Hendershot-Burkhardt & Associates, CPA
Guy Hinkler, Insperity
John Jenkins, Prince William Board of County Supervisors
Dr. Gary Jones, Youth for Tomorrow
Donna Snellings, NOVEC
Michael Vanderpool, Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, PC
Robert Tolson, retired
Metro Sign & Design Inc. was the winner of the Excellence in Small Business Award in the one to ten employees category. The other nominees were:
Bennett, Atkinson & Associates PC
Heart 2 Heart Catering LLC
Kensington Vanguard National Land Services
K.W. Smith & Son Inc.
New York Life-Mark Toone
Transaction Expert
The winner for the Excellence in Business Award in the eleven plus employees category was Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian PC. The other nominees were:
Apple Federal Credit Union
Chick-fil-A at Sowder Village
Everest College
Hepburn & Sons LLC
Jabs Construction Inc.
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KO Distilling won this year’s Emerging Business of the Year Award. The other nominees were:
Everest College
Kensington Vanguard National Land Services
The Marlo Company Inc.
New York Life-Mark Toone
VA StrEats
The City of Manassas Park Parks and Recreation Department and the Prince William County Solid Waste Division won the Innovative Practice/Partnership of the Year award. The other nominees were:
Bookworm Central
EIDOS Technologies LLC
Historic Manassas Inc.
Northern Virginia Checker Cab
Novant Health UVA Health System
Project Mend-A-House
What’s Up Prince William is this year’s Community Outreach Award winner. The other finalists were:
Access National Bank
Apple Federal Credit Union
Chick-fil-A at Sowder Village
City of Manassas Park-Parks & Recreation
Heart 2 Heart Catering LLC
Hendershot-Burkhardt & Associates, CPA
Jirani Coffeehouse
Mr. Handyman
Transaction Expert
Athena Construction was the winner of the Government Contractor of the Year award. Other nominees were:
Contract Solutions, Inc.
Cyber Defense Solutions
First Coast Security
MTCI-Management & Training Consultants Inc.
Zeiders Enterprises Inc.
This year’s Outstanding Professional Service Award went to Baden Contracting. Other nominees include:
All Things Writing, LLC
FirstLight HomeCare of Woodbridge
Heart 2 Heart Catering LLC
Hendershot-Burkhardt & Associates CPA
Mr. Handyman
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Old Hickory Golf Club
Strategic FAR Advisors
Twin Air LLC
Weber Rector Commercial Real Estate Services Inc.
The winer for Tech Company of the Year was Aurora Flight Sciences. The other nominees were:
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Storage Strategies, Inc.
SYSUSA, Inc.
Tracen Technologies, Inc.
The Agnes L. Colgan Community Service Award for Arts & Education went to the Center for the Arts of Greater Manassas and Prince William. Other nominees were:
Christ Chapel Academy
Keep Prince William Beautiful
The New Dominion Choraliers
And the winner for the Agnes L. Colgan Community Service Award for Health & Human Services was Project Mend-A-House. The other nominees included:
Action in Community Through Service (ACTS)
Apple Federal Credit Union – Volunteer Program
