The Spencerport Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for its 2012 awards, which will be presented at a special dinner on Friday, January 25, 2013 at the Plantation Party House. The awards are the Clyde W. Carter Citizen of the Year, the Business Person of the Year and the Civic Beautification Award.
To be considered, the nominee(s) for the Clyde W. Carter Citizen of the Year Award must have been a resident of the Ogden-Spencerport area including the 14559 zip code area in southern Parma for at least ten years and have a history of community activity dating back at least five years. The nominee may not be an organization or group and the nominee must not have received this award previously.
To be considered for the Business Person of the Year, the nominee(s) must own or operate a business in the Ogden-Spencerport area. The nominee must have had an active history in the business community for the previous five years and can only receive this award one time.
To be considered for the Civic Beautification Award, the nominee(s) property must be in the Ogden-Spencerport area as described above, although property owner need not be a resident of the Ogden-Spencerport area. The project to be considered must have been completed and must be a new or renovated property. Non-profit organizations and municipal governments may be considered for this award.
Past recipients of the Citizen of the Year Award are: Cosmo Morabito (1969); Mary Dishaw (1970); Dr. Knox Brittain (1971); Patricia Brueckner Cleary (1972); William Farnsworth (1973); William Munn (1974); Leon Roets (1975); Gay and Don Lenhard (1976); William Lessord (1977); Ralph Serafine (1978); Helen (Betty) Spencer (1983); Edward Nau (1988); Fr. Robert Winterkorn (1989); William Parkinson (1990); Richard DuBois (1991); Maureen and Glenn Granger (1992); Sgt. Dale Barton (1993); Clyde W. Carter (1994); Alvin “Curly” Zarnstorff (1995); Bill and Jane Sweetland (1996); Donald and Eileen Magin (1997); Joyce Lobene (1998); Richard McQuilkin (1999); Thomas Friedo (2000); Ralph Pembroke (2001); Judy Cole (2002); Thomas Vandertang (2003), Patricia Uttaro and Dennis Pelletier (2004); Bernard Cubitt and Lewis “Bud” Nichols (2005); Jeff and Julie Tewksbury (2006), Francis Maier (2007), Geoff Feltner (2008), Sandie Ville (2009), Doreen Castano (2010) and Helen C. Moore (2011).
Past recipients of the Business Person of the Year Award are: Richard Tallman, Sr. (1992); Keith Ryan (1993); Ginny Swarthout (1994); John Page (1995); Maxine Davison Singer (1996); Richard and Carole Palmer (1997); John Hover (1998); Fred Holbrook (1999); Bill and Ann Hill & Bob Quataert (2000); Joseph Peworchik (2001); Michael D’Angelo Jr. (2002); William Bleier (2003),Tim & Joann Carr (2004); James Barton (2005); Dave Resch (2006), John McGrath (2007), David Wohlers (2008), Glynne & Kris Schultz (2009), Tops Friendly Markets (2010) and Steve Enos (2011).
Past recipients of the Civic Beautification Award are: Spencerport Pharmacy (1988); Caldwell Manufacturing Co., Village Square and Cosgrove Jr. High School (1989); Walker Brothers Funeral Home and Village Woods (1990); Vantage Point (1991); Spencerport Family Restaurant, Ogden Community Center and Boy Scout Troop #165 (1992); Pineway Ponds Park (1993); Earthborn Builders, Inc. and Stoffel & Company, CPA, PC (1994); Rohrbach’s Brewing Co. (1995); John and Michelle Soldi (1996); Cardinal Landscape (1997); Gary Inzana (1998); Heritage Furniture (1999); Ginny Swarthout (2000); Dimitrio “Denny” Marra for Barefoot Landing (2001); Whittier Party House (2002); Spencerport Garden Club and Ogden Highway Dept., Monroe County and Roberts Wesleyan College for “Ronald Starkweather Blvd” (2003), Dr. Mary Vadas of Towne & Country Eyecare (2004); Lisa VerSteeg and Maria Parina of Expressions of Dance by Lisa (2005); James Powell and Unity Lodge #479 of the Free and Accepted Masons (2006), the Spencerport Professional Building at 129 South Union Street (2007), Richard LaCroix, of Barkstrom & LaCroix, Architects (2008), The Gizzi family for their Buffalo Rd/Whittier Rd business complex renovation (2009), Morgan Management for their rehab of the Village Plaza (2010) and Spencerport Insurance/360 Financial (2011).
The deadline for nominations is Thursday, November 1. For information call Lisa or Maria at 352-0877. Nominations forms may be found at our web site at SpencerportChamber.org. Nominations may be mailed to the Spencerport Area Chamber of Commerce, Attention: Award Nominations, at 131 Martha Street, Spencerport, N.Y. 14559 or they may be faxed to 352-8087.
