{"id":35137,"date":"2017-06-15T01:20:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T05:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=35137"},"modified":"2017-06-15T01:20:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T05:20:31","slug":"photos-2017-excellence-business-awards-photos-john-delgrosso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=35137","title":{"rendered":"Photos from the 2017 Excellence in Business Awards &#8211; Photos by: John DelGrosso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/john.delgrosso.photography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photos by: John DelGrosso<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce presented its <span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #403f42;\"><span class=\"il\">Excellence<\/span> in <span class=\"il\">Business<\/span> Awards were held\u00a0\u00a0on June 13th at Saucon Valley Country Club. These annual awards go to business who exemplify excellence in business, and their commitment to quality, leadership, marketing, training, and development. Congratulations to this year\u2019s winners!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #403f42; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<div id=\"su_carousel_69f272a914a4b\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/71-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/71-1-of-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"71 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/65-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/1-1-of-1-1-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"1 (1 of 1)\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Excellence in Business (1-25 Employees)<\/strong> &#8211; Rich Mar Florist<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Excellence in Business (26-100 Employees)<\/strong> &#8211; Concannon Miller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Outstanding Woman in Business<\/strong> &#8211; BECKY BRADLEY Lehigh Valley Planning Commission<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>LGBT Small Business of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Sweet Girlz Bakery<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>LGBT Large Business of the Year<\/strong> \u2013 Air Products<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Young Professionals Future Leader of the Lehigh Valley Award<\/strong> &#8211; MURTAZA JAFFER EBC Printing<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Ambassador of the Year Award<\/strong> &#8211; LUCY BLOISE Miller Symphony Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hispanic Business Leader of the Year<\/strong> &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PAULA ESPINAL Playtime DayCare<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>African American Business Leader of the Year<\/strong> &#8211; MORRIS TAYLOR Bayou Boys Hospitality\u00a0Group<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_594216efe879a1b25743448\" class=\"text_exposed_root text_exposed\"><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area. We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community develop<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">ment enterprises. With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.\u00a0\u00a0 If you are interested in finding out more about how your business can benefit from membership with the Chamber, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">http:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Photos by: John DelGrosso \u00a0 The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce presented its Excellence in Business Awards were held\u00a0\u00a0on June 13th at Saucon Valley Country Club. 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