{"id":29427,"date":"2011-11-16T10:14:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=29427"},"modified":"2011-11-16T10:14:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T15:14:34","slug":"chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\" alt=\"The Chamber's logo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from The Chamber:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Chamber announces winners of annual business awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(November 15, 2011) &#8211; Great contributions and innovations by local business leaders were honored by The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce with its 2011 awards.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the winners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small Business of the Year: Design Collaborative.<\/li>\n<li>Large Business of the Year: Frontier Communications.<\/li>\n<li>CEO of the Year: Joe Dorko of Lutheran Health Network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The winners of the awards were announced at The Chamber&#8217;s Annual Meeting, which took place Tuesday, November 15, at The Women&#8217;s Club Ballroom at The Chamber building on Ewing Street. The awards were presented to the winners by Gov. Mitch Daniels, the keynote speaker at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the prerequisites for the awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small Business of the Year: Presented to a Fort Wayne Chamber member business which has been in operation for at least five years and has fewer than 50 full-time equivalent employees. This company will have contributed to the community, has a reputation for integrity and fair business practice and has examples of product or management innovation and successful problem-solving.<\/li>\n<li>Large Business of the Year: Same qualifications as above, with the business having 50 or more full-time equivalent employees.<\/li>\n<li>CEO of the Year: Presented to the CEO of a Fort Wayne Chamber member who has made unique contributions not only to their business and employees, but to the Fort Wayne community as a whole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Chamber<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving its membership of more than 1,700 Northeast Indiana businesses. The Chamber serves as a catalyst for economic growth in Northeast Indiana by providing relevant business resources for our members and facilitating strategic connections across business, education, and government. As the recognized voice of commerce in our region, we leverage our influence to advocate a pro-business agenda at the local, state and federal levels while serving as a government watchdog to keep our members informed of policy changes that will impact their businesses. By working in partnership with regional stakeholders, we will align the development efforts of our community to drive progress and promote economic vitality for Northeast Indiana.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/main\/weblinksmenu\/109-clubs-groups-and-organizations\/510-the-chamber\">The Chamber&#8217;s website<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25075.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2942\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25075.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25075.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2942\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25075.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25078.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2943\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25078.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25078.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2943\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25078.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25083.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2944\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25083.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25083.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2944\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25083.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25089.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2945\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25089.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25089.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2945\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25089.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25090.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2946\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25090.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25090.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2946\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25090.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25091.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2947\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25091.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25091.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2947\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25091.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25101.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2948\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25101.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25101.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2948\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25101.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25109.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2949\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25109.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25109.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2949\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25109.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25110.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2950\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25110.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25110.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2950\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25110.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25112.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2951\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25112.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25112.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop.  Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2951\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25112.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25114.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop. Photo taken July 15, 2007.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"2952\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/25114.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25114.jpg\" data-title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\" data-description=\"The Design Collaborative&#039;s 10th Annual Three Rivers Festival Egg Drop. Photo taken July 15, 2007.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2007 TRF: Egg Drop\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"2952\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/thumbs\/thumbs_25114.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165607.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Greg Stephens, Frontier Communications Vice-President, during a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"7245\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165607.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165607.jpg\" data-title=\"Greg Stephens\" data-description=\"Greg Stephens, Frontier Communications Vice-President, during a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Greg Stephens\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Greg Stephens\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7245\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165607.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165608.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"7246\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165608.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165608.jpg\" data-title=\"Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"City of Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7246\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165608.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165615.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Frontier and City of Fort Wayne officials at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"7247\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165615.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165615.jpg\" data-title=\"Frontier and City of Fort Wayne officials\" data-description=\"Frontier and City of Fort Wayne officials at a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Frontier and City of Fort Wayne officials\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Frontier and City of Fort Wayne officials\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7247\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165615.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165621.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Greg Stephens and Mayor Tom Henry after a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='9f85f25c57c7cf58f5810a0a21960ab1' data-image-id=\"7248\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/165621.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165621.jpg\" data-title=\"Greg Stephens and Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Greg Stephens and Mayor Tom Henry after a news conference to announce Frontier&#039;s new downtown WiFi hot zones on December 11, 2013.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Greg Stephens and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Greg Stephens and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"7248\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_165621.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards Related Images:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1716],"tags":[1077,23,3999,25,5252,24892,241],"class_list":["post-29427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases","tag-design-collaborative","tag-fort-wayne-indiana","tag-frontier-communications-of-indiana","tag-indiana","tag-joe-doro","tag-lhn-lutheran-health-network-of-indiana-llc","tag-greater-fort-wayne-chamber-of-commerce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\"},\"headline\":\"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Design Collaborative\",\"Fort Wayne Indiana\",\"Frontier Communications of Indiana\",\"Indiana\",\"Joe Doro\",\"LHN Lutheran Health Network of Indiana LLC\",\"The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\",\"name\":\"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"description\":\"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AroundFortWayne\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\",\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"slparker67\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne","description":"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne","og_description":"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local","og_url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/","og_site_name":"AroundFortWayne","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","article_published_time":"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"slparker67","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_site":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"slparker67","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/"},"author":{"name":"slparker67","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381"},"headline":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards","datePublished":"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/"},"wordCount":367,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg","keywords":["Design Collaborative","Fort Wayne Indiana","Frontier Communications of Indiana","Indiana","Joe Doro","LHN Lutheran Health Network of Indiana LLC","The Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce"],"articleSection":["News releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/","name":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards - AroundFortWayne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg","datePublished":"2011-11-16T15:14:34+00:00","description":"News release from The Chamber: Chamber announces winners of annual business awards (November 15, 2011) - Great contributions and innovations by local","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/The_Chamber_logo.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/11\/16\/chamber-announces-winners-of-annual-business-awards\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Chamber announces winners of annual business awards"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381","name":"slparker67","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"slparker67"},"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}