Help us celebrate small businesses and individuals who have helped Huntsville/Madison County grow into the community we all love! We are thrilled to announce the Contenders for the 36th Annual Small Business Awards, and we look forward to seeing you in person for this event on Wednesday, Dec. 1.  Registration is open.

Culinary Business of the Year

• LJ’z Backyard Bayou
• Ruchi Restaurants

Emerging Business of the Year

• Affinity Recruiting
• Avalon Family Care
• Blaque Cigar Lounge
• Bold Agency, LLC
• CNI Solutions
• Educational and Community Strategies
• Huntsville Community of Hope
• Insight Strategic Solutions
• JS Solutions LLC
• Poitevint Financial – Raymond James
• The Flower Shoppe
• Tom Brown’s Restaurant

Government Contracting – Professional Services Business of the Year

• Aetos Systems, Inc.
• DigiFlight, Inc.
• enGenius Consulting Group, Inc.
• Engineering & Computer Simulations, Inc. (ECS)
• ITC Defense
• Mission Driven Research
• R2C Inc.
• Stratagem Solutions, Inc.

Government Contracting – Technology Business of the Year

• Crossflow Technologies, Inc.
• Davidson
• Delta Research, Inc.
• Gray Analytics
• PPT Solutions, Inc.
• StraitSys, Inc.
• Watring Technologies, Inc.

Local “Creative” of the Year

• Designs by Essence, LLC
• Huntsville Sports Commission
• Southern Reclaimed Salvage Barn

Medical Practice of the Year

• Dental Professionals on Whitesburg
• Innova Primary Care
• Johnson & Hayes Physical Therapists
• Johnson Orthodontics
• Limbaugh Orthodontics PC – Dr. Lindsay D. Limbaugh, DMD, MS
• Nesin Therapy Services, PC
• Radiology of Huntsville, PC
• Women4Women OBGYN, LLC

Nonprofit of the Year

• AGAPE of North Alabama
• AUM Foundation
• Christmas Charities Year Round
• Cook Museum of Natural Science
• First Stop, Inc.
• Historic Huntsville Foundation – Harrison Brothers Hardware
• Huntsville Pregnancy Resource Center (HPRC)
• Huntsville/Madison County Builders Association, Inc.
• Kids to Love Foundation
• Leadership Greater Huntsville
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UAH
• Partnership for a Drug-Free Community
• Still Serving Veterans
• The Riley Behavioral and Educational Center
• The Schools Foundation
• United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville and Tennessee Valley, Inc.

Professional Services Business of the Year

• Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, P.C.
• CDG Engineers & Associates, Inc.
• Dean Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
• Dennen IP Law, LLC
• Freedom Real Estate and Capital, LLC
• Huntsville Design & Construction, Inc.
• Longview Financial Advisors, Inc.
• NXTSTEP Family Law
• Redstone Title Services
• Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
• Singleton CPA LLC
• Twickenham Advisors

Retailer of the Year

• Bishop’s Flowers
• Donny’s Diamond Gallery
• Fleet Feet Huntsville
• Pic A Frame, Inc.
• The Fret Shop, Inc.

Service Business of the Year

• AR Recycling, LLC
• Bailey Consulting Services
• Blackrock Strategy
• CrossTek Construction
• genWHY Communication Strategies
• Hollis Kennedy House Movers
• Integration, LLC
• Landrum Janitorial Service, Inc.
• Laughlin Service Funeral Home & Crematory
• Lee Company
• The Learning Team – Grove Academy

Technology Business of the Year

• CyberProtex
• GasTOPS Inc.
• H2L Solutions, Inc.
• LSI Research, Inc.
• nou Systems, Inc.

Woman-Owned Business of the Year

• AUM Foundation
• Cepeda Systems & Software Analysis
• Corporate Ready, LLC
• Dean Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
• Dennen IP Law, LLC
• Dental Professionals on Whitesburg
• Designs by Essence, LLC
• genWHY Communication Strategies
• Huntsville Community of Hope
• Innova Primary Care
• Insight Strategic Solutions
• Kids to Love Foundation
• Limbaugh Orthodontics PC – Dr. Lindsay D. Limbaugh, DMD, MS
• Madonni Beauty
• nou Systems, Inc.
• Ridgeline Construction Roofing & Exteriors
• SEA Wire and Cable, Inc.
• Signalink, Inc.
• StraitSys, Inc.
• THE COMPANY You Keep LLC
• The Learning Team – Grove Academy
• Watring Technologies, Inc.
• Women4Women OBGYN, LLC

Young Professional of the Year

• Essence Nesbit, Designs by Essence, LLC
• Spencer Batcheller, Greater Huntsville Humane Society
• Brantley Johnson, Henderson Roofing, Inc.
• Quinton Young, Huntsville Housing Authority
• Andrew Gipner, Longview Financial Advisors, Inc.
• Meaghan Clark, R2C Inc.
• Adam Butler, Resolution, LLC
• Aaron Caradonna, Summit Information Solutions, Inc.

Russell G. Brown Executive Leadership Award

• Chanda Davis, Chanda Davis Real Estate
• Stephanie Kennedy-Mell, Church Street Family Businesses
• John Holly, Davidson
• Jonathan Hard, H2L Solutions, Inc.
• Jamie Miller, Mission Multiplier
• Janine Nesin, Nesin Therapy Services, P.C.
• Jim Reeb, PPT Solutions, Inc.
• Todd Howard, Redstone Title Services
• Carey Rosenblum, Rosenblum Realty, Inc.
• Van Sullivan, Trideum Corporation