EDAWN seeks award nominations

The Economic Development

Authority of Northern Nevada is

seeking nominations for its Business

of the Year Awards.

Two northern Nevada companies

one large, one small will be

honored at EDAWN's annual luncheon

in March. Nominations must be

received by EDAWN by Jan. 24. A

nomination form can be downloaded

from the EDAWN web site at

www.edawn.org.

Criteria for the honor include:

Nominees must be either a newly

located business or had a major

expansion in northern Nevada within

the last five years.

Nominees must meet at least two

of these criteria: Environmental

responsibility, above-average wages or

importation of dollars by shipping

products or services out of state.

Nominees must demonstrate a

strong involvement in the community.

To qualify as a "small" company, the

business must have less than 100 total

employees. A "large" company is any

business with 100 total employees or

more.

The winners of the 2002 Chairmen

Award were Cisco Systems, small

business of the year and Intuit, large

business of the year. A special Service

Award was also presented last year to

International Gaming Technology.

EDAWN's annual luncheon will

feature keynote speaker Ted Garcia,

executive vice president of supply

chain and coffee operations for

Starbucks Coffee Company.

Sponsors for the luncheon also are

sought. For information on sponsorship,

call Sheila Imsdahl at EDAWN,

829.3738.