PINNACLE AWARDS

The Robins Regional Chamber Pinnacle Awards was created to recognize the height of excellence in our organization and community. It is our pleasure to recognize the following:

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS

The Business Excellence Awards recognize achievement and business success in our community.  This year, thanks to the support of Cox Communications and the outstanding businesses nominated for the awards, we are pleased to share that we have expanded what was traditionally a Small Business of the Year award into multiple awards by business size.

While our finalists represent a broad range of business sectors, they all have successfully demonstrated the criteria set out for this esteemed recognition. Nominees were required to complete a business profile and were evaluated in the following areas. In business for 5 or more years and a chamber member in good standing for the past 3 years:

  • Staying Power
  • Commitment to Local Economy
  • Sustainability
  • Business Integrity
  • Adaptation
  • Response to Challenges
  • Community Contribution
  • Leadership

 

 

 

2016 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALISTS

1st Class Cleaning Service
Clean Control
Gottwals Books
Ocmulgee, Inc.
Rigby’s Entertainment Complex
Total Computer Solutions
Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint 

 

2016 SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

The Small Business of the Year award recognizes achievement and business success in our community.  This award is given in memory of the late Charles K. Shaheen, Jr and Barbara Shaheen for their remarkable legacy of service to our community.

Recipient: Ocmulgee, Inc.

2016 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Recipient: Clean Control Corporation

2016 RISING STAR

New to the Pinnacle Awards, the 2016 Rising Star Award specifically honors a member who has been in business less than 3 years.

Recipient: Uncle Maddio’s Pizza Joint

ROBINS REGIONAL ROCKSTAR

Formerly known as the Robins Regional Chamber Employee of the Year honoring Edward Bayer, this award is about the people in business who make our days a little brighter or an experience a little more enjoyable. They are passionate about their work and they love the Robins Region. Ed believed in putting people first – investing in his employees and empowering them to do great work. The 2016 Robins Regional Rockstar Award is sponsored by Spherion Staffing Services.

FINALISTS

Each of our 8 finalists was nominated by their employers, their customers, their patients, and friends.  They represent a wide variety of positions and industries with the shared quality of providing exceptional service.

April Butz, Premier Staffing Unlimited
Leslie Davis, McNeal Insurance Agency
Alan Hoppe, Xact Computer Services
Alan Johnson, Five Star Chevrolet
Amy Mathis, Mathis Group Realty
Sandra Milby, Visiting Angels
Dave Razo, Family Promise of Greater Houston County
Gracie Rigby, Rigby’s Entertainment Complex
Christy Rozier, Gottwals Books  

 

Recipient: Alan Hoppe, Xact Computer Services

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes the community’s most outstanding citizen for sustained and superior service the community.  The Charlie L. Jones Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an individual whose service spans a significant number of years and may involve a combination of business, civic, governmental, cultural, and/or religious activities.  Past recipients are a who’s who of Warner Robins and Houston County.  Names like Osigian, Cowart, Wiggins, Callahan, Bayer, Greenway, Talton, and even a World War Two legend.  This is the highest individual honor that the Robins Regional Chamber presents each year.

Recipient: Jimmy Autry, Flint Energies

GOOD GOVERNMENT AWARD

The Good Government Award was established in memory of former Houston County Commission Chairman and former Mayor of the City of Centerville Mr. Sherrill Stafford. Historically, it is presented to the community’s most outstanding elected or appointed official employee of a governmental agency.  The award recognizes exceptional service in the performance of duty. Intended for individual recognition, the previous recipients of this award include some of the most notable names in the history of Houston County.  In many regards, the Robins Region is the envy of our peers across the state – bringing together cities, county, development partners, educational institutions and the business community all for the greater good for our community and the state.

Recipient: VECTR Center

CHAMBER CHAMPION AWARD

The success of our chamber is made possible, first and foremost by our members, but also by our tremendous team of volunteers.  Each year we recognize an individual for their contribution to the Chamber with the Chamber Champion Award given in memory of A.C. “Dick” Walden who served as President & Executive Director of the Robins Regional Chamber for an amazing 16 years.

Recipient: Gary Garrard, Appraisal Services

AMBASSADOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

Presented to a  2016 Chamber Ambassador who has shown dedication to their community and excellence in their role as ambassador.

Recipient: Elizabeth Collins, Hunt-Miller Insurance Agency

OUTSTANDING LEADER AWARD

The 2016 LRR Class – a class of leaders, has selected one of their own, to receive a very special recognition – the Community Leadership Award in memory of Dr. Dan Callahan. Dr. Dan was a longtime resident of the Robins Region who lived the credo service before self.  He served in the Army Medical Department during WWII and again as a volunteer physician during the Vietnam conflict.  He was instrumental in founding of Happy Hour and the Houston County Volunteer Medical Clinic.  Dr. Dan embodied the characteristics of outstanding community leadership. The members of the class of 2016 have selected one of their classmates to be named the recipient of the 2016 Dr. Dan Callahan Community Leadership Award.

Recipient: Lisa Marie Pierce, American Pride Bank

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Presented by the Warner Robins Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.

Recipient: Pastor Jerry Walls, Southside Baptist Church 

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