MANSFIELD — The Board of Directors and Small Business of the Year Committee of the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development will soon honor and celebrate all small businesses and name their 2025 Small Business of the Year Recipients.
The event will be held on Dec. 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Kehoe Center. Each finalist will be featured in a short video highlighting their business, sponsored by Mechanics Bank.
Presented by Medical Mutual, the awards will be given to the Small Business of the Year with 15 and more employees and 14 and fewer employees, along with large and small non-profit organizations.
Attendees are asked to register by Dec. 2 by calling the Richland Area Chamber at 419-522-3211, or registering online here: https://portal.richlandareachamber.com/events/details/small-business-of-the-year-awards-celebration-2025-6187.
Finalists
Finalists in the 14 and fewer employee category are:
- Hercules Car Wash
- McCready Interiors/Norwalk – The Furniture Idea
- Olive & Oak
The 15+ employee category finalists are:
- Cline Fire
- Pinnacle Advisors
- Pinnacle Building Services
The large non-profit winner, Ohio Bird Sanctuary, and the small non-profit winner, Ultimate Veterans Adventures, have already been announced and will receive their awards during the presentation.
The non-profit semifinalists include Aspire, Ignited, Richland County Land Bank, Mid-Ohio Guardianship, NAMI, Noon Optimists, Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Richland Carrousel Park, and Rosi C Ranch.
For-profit semifinalists include Bloom & Fizz, Deca Manufacturing, Eberts Heating & Cooling, Global Medical Foam, Helen Brown CPA, MHS Industrial Supply, Miller’s Jewelry, Monarch Surfaces, Skelton’s, Spyder Signs, Thomas Electric, Weiss Industries.
Premier sponsors include Alumni Roofing Co, DRM Productions Inc., Modern Woodmen Fraternal Financial, OhioHealth Mansfield and Shelby Hospitals, Park National Bank, and Richland Source.