Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business Award
Named for the former Governor Deane C. Davis, the award annually honors a Vermont business that shows an outstanding history of sustained growth while displaying an acute awareness of what makes Vermont unique. The award is sponsored by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
The criteria for the Award include:
- Growth in sales or employment
- Commitment of company resources for participation in community projects.
- Encouragement to employees to be involved in community events.
- Recognition of the importance of the environment to the state as a natural and economic resource.
- Addressing employee concerns/needs to create a positive work environment for all employees.
- Major accomplishment(s) in the past year in any or all of the criteria
- Nominated businesses must have been based in Vermont for at least 10 years.
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