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Williamson Automotive Group Team<\/p><\/div>\n

On April 18th, ChamberSOUTH honored local small business owners and community pillars at their 8TH Annual Business Excellence Awards. The event has been a community staple since its inception, but this year was the year of many \u201cfirsts\u201d for this event:\u00a0 <\/span>the first time that there were over 100 nominees; the first time there were seven categories tailored to reflect the evolving business community, and it was the first time that there were 41 finalists across seven categories.<\/p>\n

Held at the Coral Gables Country Club, the event sponsors were: Presenting Sponsor, Baptist Health; Hershman & Humana as an award sponsor; and Florida International University, Community Health of South Florida, The Everglades Foundation, First National Bank of South Miami and Williamson Automotive Group.<\/p>\n

The distinguished First Place winners were:<\/p>\n

Corporate Social Responsibility Award: First National Bank of South Miami,\u00a0 <\/span>a distinguished community bank with unrivaled experience serving the financial needs of every sector.<\/p>\n

Family Owned Business Award: Williamson Automotive Group a three-generation family owned dealership, celebrating over 50 years of sales and service.<\/p>\n

Multi-Cultural Workforce Award: BCA Financial Services. a firm headquartered in Palmetto Bay that provides a myriad of accounts receivable management services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

New Entrepreneur Award: Grown, a restaurant offering 100% real, organic food, \u201ccooked slow for fast people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not for Profit Award: The Everglades Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting and restoring America\u2019s Everglades.<\/p>\n

Executive of the Year Award:\u00a0 <\/span>Richard Horton, Executive Vice President of the Green Companies. one of Miami\u2019s oldest family-owned commercial real estate firms.<\/p>\n

The Business Champion of the Year Award: the highest award presented at the ChamberSOUTH Business Excellence Awards, and acknowledges a company that excels in overall business achievements, corporate citizenship, innovation, philanthropy and work environment. All 41 finalists across the 7 categories presented were considered for this prestigious award.\u00a0 <\/span>The winner:\u00a0 <\/span>Williamson Automotive Group.<\/p>\n\n\t\t