Nominations are being accepted for GRCA Business Excellence awards
The awards will be presented at annual awards dinner in May
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READING >> Nominations for the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance’s annual Business Excellence Awards are being accepted through Friday, March 15.
The Greater Reading Business Excellence Awards are presented by the chamber alliance and KPMG LLP and recognize the area’s “most dynamic for-profit businesses and their contributions to the success of the entire community,” according to information on the award website.
The 2024 Business Excellence Awards will once again feature two categories separating businesses by annual revenue. Category 1 represents businesses with $1 million in annual revenue for the past three years; while Category 2 is reserved for businesses with at least $250,000 in annual revenue for the past three years.
Companies can be nominated or can nominate themselves for the award.
The nominated companies will be ranked according to their annual revenue growth, according to the program description. Both dollar and percentage increases will be taken into consideration. This ranking is intended to recognize both large and small All Business Excellence companies that have a positive Award winners will be recognized influence on the future at the GRCA’s Annual of the region. Dinner in May, via a
To be eligible, companies video montage tribute to must: all the nominees and special
• Be a for-profit, public recognition to the Top or privately-held company 3 in each category. The
• Be headquartered in date of the dinner and Berks County or demonstrate awards presentation has that 50% of company not been finalized, according revenue comes from to the chamber. More Berks County. The awards information about the dinner, program was expanded in its keynote speaker 2022 to include businesses and how to purchase tickets outside of Berks. will be available soon
• Have annual revenues at greaterreading.org for of at least $1 million (Category the latest updates. 1) or $250K+ (Category Last year’s Business Excellence 2) in each of the three Awards included most recent fiscal years a total of 50 companies in
• Be a Greater Reading the first category and 10 Chamber Alliance member companies in the second
• Submit supporting category. UGI Energy Services documentation for revenues LLC took the top spot with nomination in the category for companies form. with revenues in excess
Nomination forms for of $1 million; while qualifying companies can Pennsylvania Anesthesia be found by visiting greaterreading.org/annualbusinessawards. Coalition LLC took the top spot in the category for The nomination companies with revenues forms should then be of more than $250,000. forwarded to KPMG LLP, There were more than which will handle tabulating 70 nominations for the the rankings. For each Business Excellence award, nominated businesses Awards last year, according are ranked according to Leah Fassnacht, to revenue growth. GRCA spokeswoman, who
All nomination forms added that at least 12 of are due by March 10. Late the nominees were new to submissions will not be accepted. the awards program last year.
GILBERTSVILLE >> A student-produced film featuring three businesses and the presentation of the James K. Boyer Quality of Life Award will be the highlights of the 2024 Annual Boyertown Area Progress Dinner.
Event host TriCounty Area Chamber of Commerce anticipates more than 160 local business professionals, school administrators and community leaders to attend the dinner held at La Massaria at Bella Vista Golf Course.
Held on Wednesday, March 13, from 5 to 8 p.m., the event opens with a networking