Awards Spotlight Kansas Businesses
Topeka, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Commerce is proud to announce the beginning of Business Appreciation Month by announcing several award winners, including the finalists for the Governor’s Award of Excellence.
The Kansas Department of Commerce’s Business Appreciation Month program has been in place since 1995 and serves as a statewide tribute to Kansas businesses for their contributions to our state. Individuals and organizations are invited to nominate businesses that contribute jobs and support their local communities.
Businesses are nominated in one of four categories:
- Service
- Retail
- Manufacturing/Distribution
- Hospital/Non-Profit
One winner in each category is chosen from each of the seven designated regions of the state by a panel of judges from the business and economic development community.
Once regional winners are determined, the judges select the top nominees as the finalists for the Governor’s Award of Excellence, which is the highest award given to a business by the state of Kansas.
Before the judging team makes its final recommendation for the winner of the Governor’s Award of Excellence, the finalists are given a chance to make presentations to the panel of judges. This gives the finalists an opportunity to expand upon the information that was submitted in their nomination.
The following companies are finalists for the Governor’s Award of Excellence:
- Leeway Franks of Lawrence, KS
- Mi Rancho Tequila of Kansas City, KS
- Morningstar Care Homes of Fredonia, KS
- ColdPoint Logistics of Edgerton, KS
The official selection for this award will be announced at the Team Kansas Awards Banquet on June 4 at the Kansas State University Alumni Center in Manhattan, KS.
Alongside the Award of Excellence, the Department of Commerce is announcing awards in the Regional and Merit categories.
The following companies are this year’s Regional Award Winners:
- Backroad Atlas
- Clay County Medical Center
- CleaverFarm and Home
- Courser Lap Clinical and Family Services
- Cumbernauld Village
- Florence Corporation
- Fox Home innovations, LLC
- Gella’s Diner and LB. Brewing Co.
- Genco Manufacturing, Inc.
- Guardian Home Health, LLC
- Kimbroy’s Properties
- Kowpoke Supply
- Pars Consuting/ Pars Bioscience
- Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy, LLC
- Rooks County Health Center
- Standard Beverage Corporation
- The Building Center
- Union Bank & Trust
- Wichita State University and Innovation Campus Expansion
The following companies are this year’s Merit Award Winners:
- 6th Avenue Boutique & Bronze
- Arthur’s Pizza and Mexican Foods
- Artistic Works by Lu
- Atchison Community Health Clinic Inc.
- B-Hive
- BlackHawk Development
- Bourbon & Baker
- Brant’s Market
- Caney Drug
- Chestnut Ave Venue
- CK Pharmacy (Moundridge, McPherson & Peabody)
- Clorox (M&M Manufacturing)
- Coast to Coast Title company
- Crop Service Center-Beverly
- Downs Community Garden
- Downtown Hays Development Corporation
- Driscoll Law Office
- E & K Retail Inc
- Elite Physicals
- Ernest-Spencer Metals, Inc
- Flame Engineering
- Forte Products
- Fredonia Outdoor Equipment
- G & W Foods
- Harvest Video
- Heartland Hay
- Hiawatha Ford
- Insurance Smart
- Irsik & Doll Feed Services, Inc
- J&J Precision Machining LLC
- JenRus Freelance
- Kansas Barbed Wire Collectors Association, Inc
- Kansas Country Store
- Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center
- KC Hemp Co.
- KJ’s Pizzeria
- LaHarpe Communications
- Land Pride (division of Great Plains Manuf.)
- Mcarty Office Machines, Inc
- Melby’s Home Center
- Midland Marketing
- Monroe 816
- Moundridge Communications Network
- Muir Law Office
- Old 40 Bar and Grill
- Outback Guidance Division of Hemisphere GNSS(USA) Inc
- Pine Village
- Porto do Sul
- Potwin Store/ Nuser Foods
- Prairie Land Gamebirds
- Pratt Glass Enterprises LLC
- R and R Manufacturing
- Regeena’s Flowers and Events
- Rejuvv Spa
- Republic County Hospital
- Russell Food Bank
- Ryan Disbrow State Farm Agency
- Saint John Hospital
- ServPro of Leavenworth & NW Wyandotte County
- Silly Swedes Cycle Source
- SKOL South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
- Solid Rock Café
- Soul Sister Ceramics
- State Farm (Hiawatha)
- The Bean Coffee Company
- The Bradbury Group
- The Closet Boutique
- The Depot
- The Hideout Coffeehouse
- S. Stone Industries
- Village Lines
- World’s Largest Things
- Young Sign Co. Inc
Ryan Brinker
Public Information Officer
Kansas Department of Commerce
1000 SW Jackson St. Ste. 100
Topeka, KS 66612-1354
Phone: 785-296-4931
Cell: 785-276-9723