Chamber Award Recipients, 1997 - Present

The Business Leadership Award

The Business Leadership Award is an annual award for a member company which has demonstrated exemplary efforts in innovation, community relations, customer satisfaction, and employee relations. The Midstate Chamber of Commerce is pleased to honor the following recipients of this award:

1997 Yankee Gas Services Division of Yankee Energy System, Inc.
1998 Cox Communications
1999 MidState Medical Center
2000 Castle Bank & Trust Company and Westfield Shoppingtown – Meriden
2001 Canberra Industries, Inc. and Packard Bioscience
2002 SBC / SNET Corporation
2003 Murdy & Sons Quality Home Builders, Inc.
2004 Hunter’s Ambulance Service, Inc.
2005 ShopRite – Drust Markets
2006 Thompson Brands
2007 Record-Journal Publishing Co., Inc.
2008 BL Companies
2009 Ragozzino Foods, Inc
2010 Four Points by Sheraton
2011 Pyramid Time Systems
2012 Fosdick Fulfillment Corp.
2013 Protein Sciences Corp.
2014 Gaylord Specialty Healthcare
2015 Batista Companies – Dunkin' Donuts
2016 L. Suzio York Hill Companies
2017 Boscov’s and Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals, Inc.
2018 Masonicare
2019 Jonal Laboratories, Inc.
2020-2021 Russell Hall Company & Aqua Turf Club
2022 Liberty Bank & Liberty Bank Foundation
2023 Kuhn Employment Opportunities, Mirion Technologies

The Small Business Leadership Award

The Small Business Leadership Award, created in 2002, honors the smaller business that deserves recognition in the community, based on the same criteria of the Business Leadership Award. The following recipients have been honored with this Award:

2002 Kaye’s Pharmacy
2003 Web Solutions, Inc.
2004 Valencia Liquor & Wine Shop
2005 On-Site Video
2006 Colonial Flooring Plus
2007 Moran’s TV & Appliance
2008 John C. Fiderio & Sons
2009 Kelli’s A Salon, LLC
2010 Bongiovanni Insurance & Financial
2011 Prentis Printing Solutions
2012 Mule Security Systems, Inc.
2013 Rose Flowers & Gifts, Inc.
2014 Roman Oil Company
2015 PROSHRED Security & East Side Veterinary Clinic, LLC
2016 Valentin Karate, LLC
2017 Suzio Insurance Center, Inc.
2018 Triple Springs Spring Water Co. and MembersFirst CT Federal Credit Union
2019 Shiner Signs
2020-2021 V. Czapiga & Son Kielbasa
2022 Sans Souci Restaurant
2023 Higher Movement, E. Haberli Electric

The Community Partnership Award

The Community Partnership Award is an annual award for an individual who is recognized for dedication, volunteerism, high professional standards, and community enhancement. The Midstate Chamber of Commerce honors the following recipients of this Award:

1993 Robert Cyr and Shane Rood
1994 Maureen Bilger and Lee Campione
1996 Marcia Trotta and Ron Meoni
1995 Phil Ashton
1997 Lynn A. Faria
1998 Burton Tremaine III
1999 James H. Shiels
2000 Kenneth W. Mango, Esq.
2001 James Hamelin
2002 Robert DeBaise
2003 Frank W. Ridley
2004 Molly Savard
2005 Phil Ashton
2006 David Lowell and James J. Ieronimo
2007 Lawrence McGoldrick and Ric Suzio
2008 Michael D. Barker and Steven T. Zerio
2009 Dan M. Hunter (posthumously) and Anthony “Tony” Tomassetti
2010 Larry Pelletier
2011 Lucille Janatka
2012 Thomas Cirillo
2012 Richard Fontanella
2014 George Hamrah
2015 Lawrence Kendzior and Retired Police Chief Robert E. Kosienski, Sr.
2016 Yvonne deAngeli-Fontanez and Joseph Mirra
2017 Cliff Carlson
2018 George E. McGoldrick
2019 Eileen Bongiovanni and Karen Roesler
2020-2021 Emil "Buddy" Altobello
2022 Rhudean Ray and Friends of the Meriden Public Library
2023 Molly Savard and Thomas Welsh, Esq.

The Excellence in Education Award

The Excellence in Education Award, started in 2014, is an annual award available to an individual or organization in the public or private sector who contributes to education or an educational institution or program to advance and/or expand our education system.

2014 Maria F. Harlow
2015 Saint Joseph School, Meriden Public Schools, and Meriden Federation of Teachers Expanded Learning Time Program
2017 Brian Cyr
2018 Tri-Town Collaborative Out-Of-School Youth Program in Meriden, Middletown, & Wallingford
2019 Gus Robotic Team 228, Inc. and Meriden Community Classroom Collaborative
2020-2021 Dr. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education
2022 STEAM Train, Inc.
2023 H.C. Wilcox Technical High School - Silver City Bistro

The Innovation Award

The Innovation Award, started in 2014, this annual award is available to an individual or business who has done something new, extraordinary, or innovative in the last 18 months, including improvements, responsiveness to challenges, etc.

2014 LaRosa Building Group, LLC
2015 Hancock’s Pharmacy & Surgical, Inc.
2016 The Healthy Choices Fastvax Mobile Clinic Team of Protein Sciences Corp., Hunter’s Ambulance Services, HealthMed Urgent Care, Hartford HealthCare at Home and HealthMart Pharmacy
2017 O & G Industries, Inc. for their PlattBuilds program at Platt High School, Meriden.
2018 Trifecta Ecosystems, Inc.
2019 The Partnership of MidState ARC, Assisted Living Technologies, Futures, Inc. and NESIT Makerspace for the Assisted Technology Training Center of CT
2020-2021 Meriden Farmer's Market
2022 NESIT: New England Society of Innovation & Technology Makerspace
2023 Always Best Senior Services