[SOLD OUT!] Small Business & Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

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Please do not attend if you feel unwell. Masks are encouraged. Thank you for doing your part!

Join us Friday, May 13th from 12:00pm – 1:30pm at Thorny Lea Golf Club (159 Torrey St, Brockton) for the 31st Annual Small Business & Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.

The Small Business and Entrepreneur Awards are presented to businesses that have displayed employment staying power, growth, innovation, and social responsibility. Please join the Chamber and premier sponsor, Bank of America in recognizing the achievements and contributions of small businesses and entrepreneurs in creating new jobs and economic opportunities in the Metro South region!

Small Business of the Year Criteria: 50 or less full-time employees (or equivalent); in business more than 3 consecutive years under the current ownership; for-profit business.

Entrepreneur of the Year Criteria: 10 or less full-time employees (or equivalent); in business less than 3 years; for-profit business.

Companies will be rated on their creativity and imagination in development of their business, demonstration of growth, and a reflection on internal and external social responsibility. Recipients will be announced at the Small Business and Entrepreneur event in May.

Guest Speaker: Molly McPherson. Molly McPherson, M.S., APR is a nationally recognized expert on crisis public relations management in the age of social media and author of the book, Indestructible: Reclaim Control and Respond with Confidence in a Media Crisis. Molly combines her knowledge of current communication practices with years of media and crisis management experience to help organizations manage issues — from emerging to a crisis — to ensure organizations surface with their reputation intact.
Host of the podcast “Indestructible PR” Molly uses current events and tested PR strategies, this podcast teaches communicators how to manage crises and build an indestructible reputation.

Grand Flourish Collective at 826 Crescent Street in Brockton has brought art and high quality customer service to their tattoo shop; offering an open-concept layout, TV, snacks, drinks, numbing creams, and saniderm healing patches for their customers (which cuts the healing time in half!) GFC artists Andy Vicente and Salena Mcalarney collaborated to design and complete the mural featured on the recently built Mayor Bill Carpenter Parking Garage near Enso Flats. They also did the Legion Parkway Power of Art mural. They have 4 full-time employees, 1 part-time receptionist, and have trained 2 apprentices. Their employees’ backgrounds reflect Brockton’s diverse population: Cape Verdean, Haitian, Irish, and Jewish. Derek Jesus and Andy Vicente met at Artists for Humanity and have a strong desire to give back to the community with art shows & events supporting Brockton’s creatives. Visit gfco.biz to learn more.