Registration open for May 26 Fort Collins Chamber small biz awards breakfast

Thursday May 5, 2016 Tags: Fort Collins, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, Richard Bisson, Water Pik

FORT COLLINS -- Registration is now open for the Fort Collins Chamber’s 2016 Celebrating Small Business Awards breakfast on Thursday, May 26, at 7:30 a.m. at the Fort Collins Marriott.

The breakfast will feature keynote speaker Richard Bisson, president and CEO of Water Pik, Inc. Bisson has led the international company, headquartered in Fort Collins, since 2006.

The awards breakfast will honor 12 local businesses from four different categories as finalists of the 2016 Small Business of the Year Awards. Categories include businesses with 1-10 employees, 11-50 employees, 51-200 employees, and New Kid on the Block, which celebrates businesses in operation for less than three years.

To receive a Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award, the company must be a member of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce at the time the award is presented.

Businesses will be judged on four criteria: community involvement and stewardship, commitment to good business practices, overall business growth and innovation, and workplace culture and employee relations.

The event kicks off a day of celebrating local small businesses and will continue with the annual Business After Hours Tradeshow from 4:30 – 7:30 p.m., also at the Fort Collins Marriott, 350 E. Horsetooth Road.

Tickets for the awards breakfast are now available for purchase for $40 for individual members, $50 for non-members or $350 for a table of 10. Booth space is also available for the After Hours Tradeshow and both can be purchased at fortcollinschamber.com or by calling (970) 482-3746.

The Small Business of the Year Awards are underwritten by First National Bank, JAX Mercantile, Mantooth Marketing Company, The Light Center, Hunt, Spillman & Associates, P.C., Total Facility Care, Coan, Payton & Payne, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.