Small to big business owners along with local leaders all gathered<\/p>\n
in one place to celebrate the “spirit of Erie.”<\/p>\n
a group, 700 people strong.<\/p>\n
The second annual event, hosted by the Erie regional chamber and growth partnership was held at the bayfront convention center Thursday night.<\/p>\n
It’s to celebrate the dedication of local business leaders.<\/p>\n
Owners from a range of industries received awards, as did individuals who exemplify outstanding contributions.<\/p>\n
But the big award of the night – was “the sprit of Erie” honor, given to Erie native and former Pennsylvania governor tom ridge.<\/p>\n
He shared pride for his hometown.<\/p>\n
Pennsylavnia Lieutenant Governor, Austin Davis was the keynote speaker, during this special year to mark Amercia PA 250.<\/p>\n
Local business owners Beth Weaver of Rick Weaver GMC, and Adam Baker of Schooley Mitchell served as hosts for the event.<\/p>\n
The full list of winners include:<\/p>\n
The Spirit of Erie\u00a0Award:\u00a0Governor\u00a0Tom Ridge, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania, First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security\u00a0<\/p>\n
Catalytic Investment Award:\u00a0Federal Resources\u00a0Corporation\u00a0and Erie County Community College<\/p>\n
Chamber Champion Award: Lisa Reinhart, Director of Business Development & Services, Erie Federal Credit Union\u00a0<\/p>\n
Homecoming Boomerang of the Year Award: Erin Kerner, CEO,\u00a0Eventio\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Louis J. Tullio Community Service Award: Jim Berlin, Founder &\u00a0Chairman, Logistics Plus, Inc.<\/p>\n
Young Erie Professional Award: Emily Wargo, Digital & IT Associate, Parker Lord<\/p>\n
Erie Maker of The Year:\u00a0Folkland\u00a0Foods<\/p>\n
ATHENA\u00a0PowerLink\u00a0Recognition: Dianna Noe’ and Kayla Noonan of Noe Noonan School of Cosmetology<\/p>\n
Penny Bower-Schebal\u00a0of Formality Bridal<\/p>\n
Small Business Award: Lucky Bean Coffee\/Millcreek Coffee and Lakeshore Towing Marine Services<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Small to big business owners along with local leaders all gathered in one place to celebrate the “spirit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84859,86938,9419,1160,55476,136,138,137,37263,296,13931,118236,118238,118237,40171],"class_list":["post-283520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-award-ceremony","tag-business-leaders","tag-community-service","tag-economic-development","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-erie-pennsylvania","tag-local","tag-local-business","tag-news-local","tag-pennsylvania-250","tag-spirit-of-erie-awards","tag-tom-ridge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}