For any small business in Kingsport, Tennessee, and the surrounding area, the Kingsport Office of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) program comes highly recommended (see previous post).
As a part of the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce, KOSBE hosts a small business award contest and celebration. This year's judges include officials from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development Business Enterprise Resource Office (BERO) and the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The deadline for entries is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on October 30, 2009 (and has been added to the LaunchPin calendar; remember, this year, the "fall back" doesn't happen until after Candy Day, err, Halloween).
The following details are provided by KOSBE's executive director, Aundrea Wilcox:
The annual KOSBE Awards' recognition and celebration event is set for Thursday, December 10, 2009 at BANQ, a downtown Kingsport meeting venue, from 5:30 - 7:00 PM.
Each winner will receive a variety of prizes: a KOSBE helm award at the celebration event; a digital award emblem to display on their company literature and web site; recognition during Kingsport Chamber and KOSBE events as well as "spotlight" placement on Kingsport Chamber and KOSBE web sites. Winners will also receive recognition in the Kingsport Times-News newspaper and one free class enrollment in the two-day class entitled “Achieving World-Class Results” offered by the nationally-renowned Pal’s Business Excellence Institute (the latter is valued at $800).
A $25 application fee includes one free ticket to the awards celebration event. Applicants are also encouraged to submit a 2-minute video, along with their paper or online application, detailing the applicant's business.
For more information visit kosbe.org.
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