Tucson: Award Finalists Announced

Copper Cactus finalists listed

ARIZONA DAILY STAR

More than three dozen businesses were selected as finalists for the 2009 Wells Fargo Copper Cactus Awards, whose winners will be announced at a ceremony later this week.

The award recognizes Southern Arizona businesses based on three categories: business growth, community service and best place to work. The Tucson Chamber of Commerce also partners with Wells Far­go to present the award for Small- Business Leader of the Year.

The companies nominated as the best place to work are: Darling Environmental & Surveying; AmpliMed Corp.; Larsen Baker; Ephibian; Arizona Party Rental; Barker Morrissey Contracting; Heinfeld, Meech & Co.; KD Engineering and MET­CON Research; Randall & Richards; Ham­mel, Beal & Lauer; Specialists in Dermatol­ogy; Arizona Oncology; Comfort Keepers; Madden Media; and NSI-Nursing Service. The companies nominated for busi­ness growth are: Eye Care and Cure; In­telliTECH Communications Group; Mama’s Famous Pizza and Heros; Sweet P’s; Sonoran Process Equipment Co.; Frost, A Gelato Shoppe; The Solar Store; Quality of Life Medical & Research Cen­ter; Simpleview; Maly & Associates; Ho­tel Congress; Glaz-Tech Industries; All­source Global Management; and TM In­ternational.

The companies nominated for com­munity service are: Madaras Gallery; Tucson Lifestyle Magazine; Jacob C. Fruchthendler & Co.; Excel Mechanical; The Caliber Group; New Beginnings Treatment Center; The WLB Group; Tucson Appliance/Tucson Wholesale Supply Co.; Bass & Associates; The Temp Connection; and 911 Collision Centers.

The nominees for Small-Business Leader of the Year are: Bruce Beach, managing shareholder of the accounting and business consulting firm Beach, Fleischman & Co.; Robert Cashdollar, CEO of Apache Nitrogen Products; Mar­ion Hook, owner of the Adobe Rose Inn; Page Repp Jr., founder of Repp Design & Construction; Bradley Feder, partner, Joe Cracchiolo, co-founder, and Michael Bernstein, co-founder, of Simply Bits.

— Ian Friedman