SBA recognizes outstanding West Virginia small businesses
FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — The West Virginia District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) celebrated its annual Small Business Awards celebration Wednesday at the Mollohan Research Center in Marion County, featuring 12 News Anchor Eric Minor as the emcee.
SBA Regional Administrator Jim Spencer gave the keynote address.
'In West Virginia, there are over 115,000 small businesses,' said Spencer. 'One of the things we've talked about—if only ten percent of those small businesses created one new job this next year, that would be huge for the state of West Virginia. So, when you think about it, a lot of times in economic development, you want to go out and land the next 'big fish' and next big project, but we have the power in West Virginia to strengthen our economy just by one job at a time.'
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The award winners included:
SpaOasis in Fairmont, Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year
Hatfield Family Distillery in Charleston, Veteran-Owned Small Business of the Year
Paul Wissmach Glass Company in Paden City, Small Business Exporter of the Year and Mid-Atlantic Regional Winner
Cathy Jo Higgins of The Developmental Advantage in Charleston, Small Business Person of the Year
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