Nomination Form

The Northeast Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce invites you to nominate your fellow business, organization or individual for the 2007 Northeast Business of the Year Awards, the 2007 Northeast Volunteer of the Year Award and the Northeast Art Patron of the Year Award. This is no time to be modest, feel free to nominate your business or yourself if you choose. Awards will be presented on Wednesday, October 25th at the “Come to the Cabaret: Chamber Night at the Ritz” event. Please complete and return you nomination by October 20th.

Business of the Year Award


Nominee's Name:

Nominee's Phone Number:


Nominee's E-mail:


Your Name:


Your Phone Number:


Your E-mail:


Size of the business:
Under 50 employees
50 employees or more


Contributions to the Community:

What community and civic organizations does the business actively participate in? What types of contribution have they made to local organization or to the community? How are their employees involved in the community? What specifically makes the business a good representative of Northeast?


Leadership:

What professional organization has the business contributed to? In what capacity have they served? How do make an impact on the community?

Business Growth:

How does the business manage risk, employment, staying power? Describe their entrepreneurial spirit. How has the business grown, changed or adapted over time? What types of improvements have been made to their infrastructure? What accounts for their success?


Volunteerism:

Describe the community, business, civic, charitable and organizations that the nominee has contributed to and in what capacity?

 

Volunteer of the Year Award

Volunteer Nominee's Name:


Lives in Northeast (type yes or no):


Works in Northeast (type yes or no):


How long (type number of years):

Volunteerism:
Describe the community, business, civic, charitable and organizations that the nominee has contributed to and in what capacity?

 

Patron of the Arts Award

Patron Nominee's Name:

Type of Patron:
Business
Individual
Organization

Patron:
By definition a patron is a special guardian, protector, or supporter--typically of the arts. With the continual growth of the Northeast arts community and various arts organizations the Northeast Chamber has created this new award to honor their efforts and successes. Please consider the following: What has this individual or organization done to promote the arts/artists? How have their efforts affected the arts community or the greater Northeast community? What talents or skills have the utilized to promote themselves, Northeast and the arts? How have they been able to thrive, create and establish themselves in their medium successfully?