KeyBank Announces 2018 'Small Business is Key' Contest Winners

CLEVELAND, May 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyBank today announced the 14 regional winners of the second annual Small Business is Key Contest. For each region, the winning Small Business will receive a $5,000 grant from KeyBank.

• Xavier Creative House (Atlantic Region)
• The Adirondack Wood Floor Co. (Capital New York Region)
• Laci's Tapas Bar (Central New York Region)
• B&B Gear and Machine Co. Inc. (Central and Southwestern Ohio Region)
• Double Eagle, Inc. (Colorado)
• Dances with Wood, Inc (Connecticut and Massachusetts)
• Reel's Auto Sales, LLC (Eastern Ohio Region)
• FiftyFlowers (Idaho and Utah)
• Johnson County Senior Services (Indiana, Northwestern Ohio and Michigan)
• Robert Raleigh and Sons Inc. and The John Richard Raleigh III Scholarship Fund (Maine and Vermont)
• Gwynn's Coffeehouse (Oregon and Alaska)
• Hanky Pies (Washington State)
• Perks Café (Western New York Region)
• Pamela's P&G Diner (Western Pennsylvania Region)

"At KeyBank, we understand small businesses are core to communities—when small businesses succeed, communities thrive, so we are excited to celebrate best-in-class examples with this year's Small Business is Key Contest winners," said Jamie Warder, Head of KeyBank Business Banking. "We're looking forward to continuing our partnership with local businesses and seeing the positive outcomes they have on their local communities."

Created in 2017, the Small Business is Key Contest, in alignment with Small Business Month, highlights the lasting impacts of small businesses. Each regional winner was selected based on the business's impact on the community it serves and the degree to which it makes the community a better place. The contest is an opportunity for KeyBank to invest back in the communities they serve.

KeyBank is deeply committed to helping clients and communities thrive. In 2017, the bank launched a $16.5 billion National Community Benefits Plan, including a $2.5 billion commitment to small business lending over five years. 

About KeyCorp

KeyCorp's roots trace back 190 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $137.0 billion at March 31, 2018. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,200 branches and more than 1,500 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member FDIC.

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