Chamber of Commerce announced its Business on a Roll Award
winners March 27 during its annual meeting and awards luncheon in
Kennewick.
Winners were Knutzen Engineering of Kennewick (10
or fewer employees), Petersen Hastings
of Kennewick (11 to 50 employees) and Gravis
Law of Richland (more than 50 employees).
The awards
recognize businesses achieving success in 2018.
Award
recipients are businesses demonstrating growth in revenue/income or employees;
actively seeking involvement in the Tri-Cities community; and receiving
recognition as a model business for others through national or industry awards.
All nominees had to be
members of the chamber and could self-nominate.
Other awards handed out at
the ceremony included the regional chamber’s Board of Directors S.T.A.R. award,
which was presented to Paula Linnen, executive director, external affairs,
Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for her service, time, attitude
and reliability.
Charles “Mort” Mortimer
received the Tom Powers Ambassador of the Year award for his time spent
volunteering with the regional chamber.
The Tri-Cities Cancer Center received
the Community Impact Award and Washington River Protection Solutions took
home the Corporate Impact Award for their support and financial
contributions to the regional chamber, respectively.