The Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced their list of local business award winners, all of whom will be honored at a special ceremony commencing at 4:00 p.m. on May 14, 2015, at The Haven Country Club in Boylston.
- The Richard B. Kennedy Business of the Year award goes to Imperial Distributors, located in Worcester and Auburn, a company that has handled supermarket non-foods distribution and merchandising services since 1939.
- West Side Steak & BBQ won as Small Business of the Year.
- Skyscope Creative is honored as the Entrepreneur of the Year.
- Percy’s TV and Appliance received the Family-Owned Business of the Year.
- Jim Donoghue, the Tweed’s Pub owner, is the Chamber Advocate of the Year.
- The Joe Cohen Retailer of the Year is Crompton Collective for its innovative addition of a farmer’s market and, later, an event venue.
- Maureen Raillo, CEO and president of WLimo, West Boylston, is the Ambassador of the Year.
The Silver Hammer Awards for local distinguished construction or rehabilitation projects has three winners: SpencerBANK for turning the former Fire and Telegraph Building on Park Avenue into a branch with a community room for the public to use; Winn Companies, for restoration of the former Worcester Technical High School into housing known as Voke Lofts, and Commerce Bank for its restoration of the Slater Building on Main Street.
Congratulations to all!
