{"id":44832,"date":"2019-03-28T08:45:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44832"},"modified":"2019-03-28T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:45:24","slug":"%ef%bb%bfkansas-sbdc-recognizes-16-successful-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=44832","title":{"rendered":"\ufeffKansas SBDC recognizes 16 successful small businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TOPEKA, Kan. &#8212; The Kansas Small Business Development Center statewide network recognized the 2019 Kansas SBDC Small Businesses of the Year at the annual awards ceremony in Topeka recently. <br> Each year the Kansas SBDC recognizes existing, emerging, and exporting Businesses of the Year from the eight Kansas SBDC regional centers. <br> In total, 16 Kansas small businesses were recognized at a ceremony in the Kansas State Capitol rotunda. The businesses were selected from more than 2,400 that received Kansas SBDC one-on-one business advising services in 2018. <br> \u201cThe selected businesses were chosen through careful consideration by our Kansas SBDC regional directors and advisors,\u201d said Greg Panichello, Kansas SBDC state director. \u201cCollectively, the Kansas SBDC team believes these 16 small businesses are excellent examples of small businesses that have learned to adapt and succeed in challenging times.\u201d <br> WIBW-TV Anchor and Reporter Melissa Brunner emceed the event. <br> The businesses, listed with their locations and owners: <br> <strong>Existing Businesses of the Year<\/strong> <br> Floyds Inc. (automotive repair services), Emporia; John and Ruth Wheeler <br> La Crosse Furniture Co., La Crosse; Employee-owned <br> Wolcott Foods, Kansas City; Ron and Ronnie Tilman <br> Good Energy Solutions, Lawrence; Kevin and Shana Good <br> Bolling\u2019s Meat Market &amp; Deli, Iola; Cara Bolling Thomas <br> Angela\u2019s Wellness Center, Elkhart; Angela Willey <br> Dodd Installations, Wichita; Wilt and Tina Dodd <br> The Winged Lion, Manhattan; Ralph Diaz <br> <strong>Emerging Businesses of the Year<\/strong> <br> Ellen Plumb\u2019s City Bookstore, Emporia; Marcia Lawrence <br> Lost Creek German Shepherds, Clayton; Taylor and John Meitl <br> Safely Delicious, Overland Park; Lisa Ragan <br> Leeway Franks, Lawrence; Lee and K Meisel <br> ArtForms Gallery, Pittsburg; Sue Horner, Janet Lewis, Ruth Miller and Sylvia Shirley <br> Gravity Wellness Center, Garden City; Kristi Schmitt <br> Triple Threat Ag Services, Conway Springs; Allen Lange, Paul Lange, Phillip Lange and Aaron Lange <br> Norsemen Brewing Company, Topeka; Jared and Emily Rudy, Adam and Melissa Rosdahl <br> <strong>About Kansas SBDC:<\/strong> <br> The Kansas SBDC is a statewide advising, consulting, and training service for small businesses (typically less than 500 employees) funded by federal, state, and local partners. Funding allows the Kansas SBDC to provide advising and training (such as financial analysis, marketing, and management) to businesses across the state at low or no cost. Kansas SBDC is an accredited member of America\u2019s SBDC, the most comprehensive small business assistance network in the United States. <br> Fort Hays State University is the host institution for the Kansas SBDC. <br> To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansassbdc.net\/\">www.kansassbdc.net<\/a> or call 877-625-7232. <br> For more information on the Kansas SBDC, contact Greg Panichello, 785-296-6514, <a href=\"mailto:lsroberts@ksbdc.net\">panichello@ksbdc.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By UNIVERSITY RELATIONS TOPEKA, Kan. &#8212; The Kansas Small Business Development Center statewide network recognized the 2019 Kansas SBDC Small Businesses of the Year at&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44833,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44832\/revisions\/44833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}