Nominations for the 1999 "Small Business of the Year" are being accepted by the Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce.
The award, sponsored by the Small Business Committee of the chamber, will be presented during the chamber's annual meeting-dinner dance in January.
Advanced Business Systems was the first award winner in 1992. The 1998 winner was Johnson Communications Service Inc. (JCS/Tel-Link).
Other previous winners include: Horizon Screen Printing & Promotional Products (1997); Hutson Furniture (1996); Ford Groves (1995); KBSI Fox 23 TV (1994); and Bluff City Beer Co. (1993).
Also presented at the annual dinner-dance meeting will be the Rush H. Limbaugh Award and the Chamber's "Go-Getter" award.
Nominees for the small business award should employ no more than 50 employees, be locally owned and in business at least five years.
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