Deane C. Davis Outstanding Business Award
Nomination forms for the 2009 Deane C. Davis award are now available. Please click here for the nomination form, or email Lauren Bevill to have a form emailed to you. The deadline for this application is Friday, March 12, 2010.
Award Criteria
The criteria for this Award include:
- Growth in sales or employment.
- Commitment of company resources for participation in community projects.
- Encouragement of employees to be involved in community events.
- Recognition of the importance of the environment to the state as a natural and economic resource.
- Addressing employee concerns/needs to create a positive work environment for all employees.
- Major accomplishment(s) in the past year in any or all of the criteria.
- Nominated businesses must have been based in Vermont for at least 10 years.
Vermont Governor James Douglas will present this prestigious award at the Opening Ceremonies of EXPO 2010 on Wednesday, May 26 in the Conference Foyer of the Sheraton Burlington Hotel.
National Life Group was presented with the 2008 Deane C. Davis Outstanding Vermont Business Award on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, at the Vermont Business & Industry EXPO. National Life Group had several representatives accept the award on behalf of the company.
This was the 19th annual presentation of this prestigious award that recognizes a company that has excelled in terms of growth in sales and employees. The awarded company must also have a strong commitment to community service and recognition of the environment as a natural resource. National Life Group was selected as the winner among other finalists BioTek Instruments, Inc and Seventh Generation.
Named for former Governor Deane C. Davis, the Award annually honors a Vermont business that shows an outstanding history of sustained growth while displaying an acute awareness of what makes Vermont unique. The Award is sponsored by Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.
