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Montana Small Business Administration Announces Winners of SBA 2010 Small Business Week Awards

Several months ago the Small Business Administration asked for nominations in helping celebrate the many outstanding and successful businesses we have in the great state of Montana and packages came flowing in. The nominations opened our eyes to the many diverse, innovative and stable businesses we have located throughout Montana and Montana will be well represented by the small businesses and champions that were chosen for this year’s Small Business Week Awards.

The winners for the 2010 SBA Small Business Week Awards are:

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Small Business Person of the Year

Kim Ormsby, The Natural Baby Company http://www.thenaturalbabyco.com/ , Bozeman

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Small Business Exporter of the Year

Spencer Williams, West Paw Design http://www.westpawdesign.com/ , Bozeman

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Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Jed Erickson, Bear Paw Landscapes http://www.bearpawlandscapes.com/ , Bozeman

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1st Runner-up Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Carl Christofferson, Lawns of Montana http://lawnsofmontana.com/ , Missoula

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Family-Owned Small Business of the Year

Byron Stahly, Stahly Engineering & Associates, Inc. http://www.seaeng.com/ , Helena

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1st Runner-up Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Gayle Harris & Arlene Harris, Superior Business Equipment http://www.sbemt.com/ , Great Falls

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Financial Services Champion

Thomas Gorman, Missoula

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Home-based Business Champion

Bill Running Fisher, A2Z4-NDN-ART-LLC, Dodson

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Minority Small Business Champion

Steve Clairmont, S & K Holding Company Inc. http://skholdingcompany.com/ , Ronan

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Community/Rural Lender of the Year

Bank of Bridger http://www.bankofbridger.com/ , Red Lodge

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Women in Business Champion

John O’Donnell, TechRanch http://techranch.org/ , Bozeman

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Small Business Community of the Year

PhillCo- City of Malta http://www.maltachamber.com/

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The Small Business awards luncheon will be held June 2 at the Gallatin Gateway Inn in Gallatin Gateway (near Bozeman). The public is invited to attend and congratulate not only the 2010 winners, but also help celebrate all small businesses across Montana. Please visit http://www.sba.gov/mt for more information.

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