C.W. Post "Family
Business of the Year" Award
The search is on for the "Long
Island Family Business of the Year." This award, offered by the Center
for Family Business at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus, showcases
the positive contributions made by family-owned firms to the community and
Long Island's economy.
Family businesses able to demonstrate that they have a unique formula for
combining a strong business with a strong family will be recognized on Wednesday,
June 25, 1997 by the Center for Family Business at a luncheon at the Milleridge
Inn, Jericho. The awards will be presented by Marcy Syms, Chief Operating
Officer of Syms Corporation.
"It is difficult to develop and maintain a
successful business and equally challenging to keep a family together and
headed in the same direction," said Owen T. Smith, director of the
Center for Family Business. "By initiating these awards and issuing
them on an annual basis, we hope to focus attention on successful family
businesses as positive examples of private enterprise and social responsibility
that benefit our communities, our state and our society."
In addition to business success, nominees for the
award are asked to provide evidence of positive family/business linkage,
multi-generational family business involvement, contributions to industry
and community and innovative business practices or strategies.
Anyone who knows a family-run business deserving of the Center for Family
Business "Family Business of the Year Award" is encouraged to
nominate that business. Deadline for nominations/applications is April 7.
In the spirit of entrepreneurship, self-nominations are being encouraged.
The Center for Family Business will mail all nominees
an application. The advisory board will then evaluate the entries and select
finalists and winners for each of three categories: small (fewer than 50
employees), medium (50-250 employees), and large (more than 250 employees).
For more information and nominee forms please contact:
Center for Family Business
C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548-1300
(516) 299-2236 to request an application
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