Chamber accepting nominations for business awards

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ALBANY — The Albany Area Chamber is accepting nominations for its annual business awards through July 28 at the chamber’s website.

The awards celebrate businesses and organizations in the region, recognizing those that have demonstrated unique vision, innovation and best business practices. Supporters can recognize these businesses and nonprofits by nominating them in appropriate award categories.

Award-eligible organizations must have been members in good standing of the Albany Area Chamber for at least three years and may not have received the award within the last five years. The chamber will verify the eligibility of nominees. Eligible nominees will receive application materials after the nominations period closes.

Nominations will be accepted in the following categories:

— Small Business of the Year

— Nonprofit of the Year, 501(c)(3)

— Uniquely Albany Award (exemplifies what it means to embrace the local Albany culture)

— Woman-owned Business

— Veteran-owned Business

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Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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