Business Council opens Hall of Fame doors
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- February
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Two women entrepreneuers, a nonprofit chief executive, a family business and a giant energy company are the winners of the Business Council of Westchester’s 2008 Business Hall of Fame awards.
The small business honoree is Co-Communications, a Mount Kisco-based public relations and marketing company owned by Stacey Cohen. The 10-year-old company serves clients primarily in the tri-state area.
The entrepreneur award goes to Eco-Bags Products Inc. of Ossining. Founder Sharon Rowe started the company in 1989 to find a way to get rid of all the plastic bags littering her neighborhood. Her reusable mesh bags are sold around the country.
The family business award goes to Red Oak Transportation, a limousine company based in White Plains. The company traces its legacy to the current owners’ grandfather, who started Bell Transportation in the 1930s. Brothers Edward and Andy Stoppelmann started Red Oak Transportation in 1999.
The women in business award goes to Georganne Chapin, president and chief executive officer of Hudson Health Plan. The nonprofit is a provider of state-sponsored managed health care services. More than 75,000 low-income people in the Hudson Valley area receive services from Hudson Health Plan.
The corporate citizenship award goes to Entergy Nuclear Northeast, operator of Indian Point. Entergy is being recognized for investing millions of dollars in Westchester County area nonprofits, educational institutions, health organizations and community groups since 2000.
The winners will be honored at an awards dinner at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle on April 16.
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