The Danville Area Community College Small Business Development Center has announced its 2020 Small Business of the Year Award winners. They include a Hoopeston sports memorabilia store which hosts Major League players, a downtown Danville building which has seen a makeover and now hosts wedding receptions and other events, a Danville-based business which teaches pre-school and other young people about soccer, and a business which has been a staple in downtown Danville for over 60 years.
The winners are:
*** Small Business of the Year: Bricks and Ivy Sports, Sports Cards and Memorabilia in Hoopeston.
***Small Business Start-Up of the Year: Venue 22, located on North Jackson Street in Danville.
***Entrepreneur of the Year: Amy Schweizer, Tiny Troops Soccer
***Legacy Small Business of the Year: Lincoln Lanes
Carol Nichols, Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Danville Area Community College, notes each year time is set aside to recognize the hard work of entrepreneurs to provide goods and services to communities across the country.
Nichols says the Small Business Development Center has served twice as many clients this year as business people look for options to help them deal with weeks of shutdowns, reduced capacities and increased safety requirements because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘’In spite of the challenges, our center has also worked with an increased number of clients interested in starting businesses. The entrepreneurial spirit is still strong and will endure despite these setbacks,’’ added Nichols.
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