{"id":35323,"date":"2018-06-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/business\/kent-chamber-delivers-business-excellence-awards-at-recent-gala\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T17:27:40","slug":"kent-chamber-delivers-business-excellence-awards-at-recent-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/business\/kent-chamber-delivers-business-excellence-awards-at-recent-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent Chamber delivers Business Excellence Awards at recent gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kent Chamber of Commerce recently recognized and applauded the leadership, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that member companies and their employees embody and share with the community.<\/p>\n

Individuals and business were honored at the chamber’s President’s Gala & Business Leadership Awards program<\/a> at the accesso ShoWare Center on May 18.<\/p>\n

Kent Chamber of Commerce award winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Educator of the Year: <\/strong>Wade Barringer, principal, Kent-Meridian High School<\/p>\n

The award is presented to an educator, school administrator or businessperson who has made a significant impact to ensure a highly motivated and skilled workforce.<\/em><\/p>\n

Chamber Member of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Harry Wilson, owner of Shine on Signs & Graphics, is co-chair of the Membership Committee and serves of the board of directors for the organization.<\/p>\n

The award honors a member whose infectious enthusiasm, vision and drive has caused more businesses and their employees to be engaged and supportive of the organization.<\/em><\/p>\n

Legislator\/Government Employee of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Kent City Council member Brenda Fincher<\/p>\n

The award honors an elected official or government employee who, through their actions and leadership, supported the business community’s need for reasonable costs for rules of doing business.<\/em><\/p>\n

Citizen of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Kent Municipal Judge Karli Jorgensen<\/p>\n

The award honors a member who has contributed significant resources to the community, thus improving the livability and quality of the community through personal or company leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n

Customer Service of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Plemmons Industries<\/p>\n

Presented to a member company that engages in exceptional customer service.<\/em><\/p>\n

Manufacturer of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Exotic Metals Forming Company, LLC<\/p>\n

The award honors the individuals and companies that bring uncompromising excellence to Kent manufacturing.<\/em><\/p>\n

New Business of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> ANEW – Apprenticeships & Non-Traditional Employment for Women<\/p>\n

Awarded to a new business that has come to Kent in the last two years.<\/em><\/p>\n

Economic Engine of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Columbia Distributing<\/p>\n

Presented to a member company that caused new jobs to be sustained in the area or maintained a significant number of current jobs to insure a stable job force in the community.<\/em><\/p>\n

Business of the <\/strong>Year: <\/strong>Champion Arms Indoor Shooting Range<\/p>\n

Presented to a member company that has engaged in civic and community leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n

Community Influencer of the <\/strong>Year:<\/strong> Jeff Kelly with AssetLab<\/p>\n

Awarded to an individual or business that has influenced and shaped the community.<\/em><\/p>\n

President’s <\/strong>Award:<\/strong> John Volken Academy<\/p>\n

Presented to a business that has gone above and beyond for the Kent Chamber and community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Individuals, companies honored for their work, service <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":35324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-35323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35323"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=35323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}