Call For Nominations - SCDC Business of the Year Awards Celebration

                           Press Release

For Immediate Release: February 28, 2014
 

  Call For Nominations – SCDC Business of the Year
                      Awards Celebration -2013

The Sauk County Development Corporation (SCDC) has announced the Nomination and Application Period for the Large and Small Business and Non-profit Awards for 2013. The SCDC will host its Annual celebration on Thursday, April 24 at the Voyageur Inn in Reedsburg.

The SCDC Business/Non-Profit of the Year Awards are presented to outstanding large (50 or more employees) and small (less than 50 employees) businesses and a non-profit organization whom have set a standard of excellence in business practices and contributions to their communities and Sauk County, for recognition at its twenty-second Annual Sauk County Business of the Year Awards celebration.

Companies must be nominated to win. Self-nominations are also encouraged. To be eligible, a company must have been located in Sauk County for at least five years, and have a recent record of significant business accomplishment(s) and contributions to Sauk County and/or its communities. Individual companies, units of government, and organizations are encouraged to submit nominations.

New for the 2013 Awards are the awards themselves. With the generous sponsorship of the awards by Alliant Energy, we have changed the awards to crystal awards and we have added a new award, the Phoenix Award which will be a very special award presented by the SCDC Board of Directors. We have also changed the event to a buffet dinner setting.

SCDC Executive Director Jim Allen said, "These Awards serve to recognize the continuing importance of our business communities, manufacturing and service organizations to the Sauk County economy. We come together at this Awards celebration to illustrate the rich diversity of successful businesses and organizations we are blessed with throughout Sauk County. "

The 2012 recipients were, Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., located in Plain and Hartje Lumber Inc., located in La Valle, and were presented as the recipients of the Large and Small Businesses of the Year. The outstanding non-profit award was presented to Home Health United.

All nominated businesses will be evaluated on two major sets of criteria – recent significant business accomplishments and significant community contributions. The criteria differ slightly for profit and non-profit businesses. The winning businesses will be announced and recognized at the Awards Celebration on Thursday, April 24, 2014.

Persons interested in nominating a company should contact SCDC to obtain a copy of the nomination form: go to www.scdc.com or call the SCDC at 355-2084 or e-mail jallen@scdc.com. Mail requests to PO Box 33, Baraboo, WI 53913, or pick up a nomination form at the SCDC office in the West Square Building (2nd floor), 505 Broadway in Baraboo. The deadline for receiving nominations in the SCDC office is March 21, 2013. You can mail the completed nomination form, drop it off at the office or fax it to 608-355-2083.

For further information contact:

Jim Allen, CEcD, Executive Director
Sauk County Development Corporation
608-355-2084
jallen@scdc.com