ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Metro Chamber: The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Metro Chamber’s annual Copper Cactus Awards will celebrate Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s outstanding small businesses in a virtual event this year. The event will showcase accomplishments within categories such as company culture, workforce development, growth, leadership, and more. Two new categories include innovation in remote working as well as startup of the year. Approximately 150 nominations were submitted. The finalists for each category are:
- ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Complete Health’s Workforce Development & Education — Habitat for Humanity ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥; San Miguel High School; and Workforce Readiness–SHRM-GT
- Tech Parks ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥â€™s Start Up of the Year — Emagine Solutions Technology; Nanopec; and Reglagene
- ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Electric Power’s Social Impact — ASU Office of Community Health, and Resiliency; Community Investment Corporation; SARSEF; Boys & Girls Club of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥; Nova Home Loans ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Bowl; and Women’s Foundation of Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥
- Nextrio’s Innovation in Remote Working — Darling Geomatics; Foundation for Creative Broadcasting; and UCP of Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥/Workability
- Cox’s Business Growth — Crain and Co.; FORSarchitecture + interiors; and Sunshield Products
- Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Best Place to Work — Onyx Creative; Ooroo Auto; Snell & Wilmer; Chasse Building Team; Focus Hospitality; and West Press
- CopperPoint’s Small Business Leader of the Year — Bradley Lloyd from Lloyd Construction Company; Dr. Eric Cornidez from Pain Institute of Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥; and Grant Anderson from Paragon Space Development Corporation.
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The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Metro Chamber Copper Cactus Awards are presented by Wells Fargo and co-sponsored by Casino Del Sol Resort, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Complete Health and Cox Media.
The awards will be presented virtually on Oct. 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at .