16 Winners Receive Greater Baltimore Committee's 2014 'Bridging The Gap' Minority Business Awards

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Dec 09, 2014, 12:21 ET

BALTIMORE, Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixteen Baltimore-area companies have been named winners of the Greater Baltimore Committee's 11th annual Bridging the Gap Achievement Awards.

The awards were presented during December 8 ceremonies honoring minority-owned and woman-owned firms for business achievement and others for their efforts to strengthen minority business development. The event was held at the Grand Historic Venue.

The awards program is part of Bridging the Gap, a minority business development initiative of the Greater Baltimore Committee, the region's most prominent organization of business and civic leaders.

"Minority-owned and women-owned businesses are an integral part of our national, state and local economies," said GBC President and CEO Donald C. Fry in presenting the awards. "Ultimately, their economic growth will be driven, not by government programs, but by the private sector," he said.

Categories and winners of the 2014 Bridging the Gap Awards are:

Outstanding achievement by a minority-owned or woman-owned business

  • Devaney and Associates, Towson, Md.
  • Juxtopia LLC, Baltimore, Md.
  • Mahan Rykiel Associates, Baltimore, Md. 
  • Richman Associates, LLC, Baltimore, Md. 
  • Sue Ann's Office Supply, Baltimore, Md.
  • Urban Policy Development, Baltimore, Md.
  • Verve Partnership, Baltimore, Md. 

Majority-owned Business or Business Leader Demonstrating Inclusive Practices

  • BGE, Baltimore, Md.
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, Md.

Successful partnerships and strategic alliances

  • Black Classic Press/BCP Digital Printing and Pearson, Baltimore, Md.
  • SRB Communications and BGE, Baltimore, Md.
  • Turner Construction Company, Cain Contracting Company and Essex Construction Company, Baltimore, Md.

President's Award – for advocating the advancement of minority and woman-owned businesses

  • University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore, Md.

Also honored as Bridging the Gap Award finalists were:

Minority-owned or Woman-owned Businesses: Absolute Staffers, Axiom Engineering Design, Dejuan Enterprises, LLC; Express Brokers Realty, Inc.; JLN Construction Services, LLC; Medical Home Development Group, Plexus Installations, Inc., Sheila Lee & Associates, LLC; Urban Psychological Services and Waddy Accounting.

Majority-owned business that show leadership in the area of inclusive practices: Turner Construction Company.

Partnerships and Strategic Alliances: Plexus Installations, Inc. & Veolia Energy Baltimore Heating, LLP.

Bridging the Gap award finalists and winners were selected from among nominations submitted by businesses, civic organizations, employees, customers, elected officials and government agencies. 

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SOURCE Greater Baltimore Committee

Related Links

http://www.gbc.org

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