Posted by Kevin.

On Saturday, January 31, 2009, the Frisco (Texas) Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Celebration event at the Frisco (still Texas) Convention Center. During the festivities, the Chamber announced their annual awards for local businesses. And, yes, the hits just keep on coming for Farstar – we won Small Business of the Year for 2008!

Following is the list of nominees in each category – you can see we were keeping very good company that evening. You might also notice my name amongst the nominees for Entrepreneur of the Year. I didn't win, which is proof that Farstar's success has a heckuva lot to do with the people here that aren't named Kevin. (Hint: I'm the only Kevin.)

Developer/Development of the Year

• Frisco Square
• Harty Land Company
• The Shops at Starwood – Hermansen Land Company (winner)
• Bill Darling – Darling Homes
• Jim Newman – Newman Village

Small Business of the Year

• Frisco Automotive & Transmission
• Eagle Gymnastics Academy
• Frisco Websites
• Voyager Insurance-John Harvey
• It's a Grind
• Farstar (Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner!)
• eLink

Medium Business of the Year

• Sound Perfection Incorporated
• Land Rover Frisco-Randy Brown
• Acute Kids Urgent Care
• JamesHardie Products
• HRchitect (winner)
• Lawton Commercial Services

Large Business of the Year

• Centennial Medical Center (winner)
• Embassy Suites
• The Westin Stonebriar Resort
• Mario Sinacola & Sons
• Park Place Lexus – Plano
• American Unit

Community Partner of the Year

• Centennial Medical Center
• Frisco Square
• EDS Credit Union
• Sweeney Media Group (winner 1)
• Mario Sinacola & Sons (winner 2)
• Bill Darling – Darling Homes

Entrepreneur of the Year

• Tamme Harty – Sound Perfection Incorporated (winner)
• Bill Sholar & Kim Green – Frisco Website
• Jim Newman – Real Estate
• Kevin Lofgren – Farstar
• John Clements – Allstate

Me with Frisco Chamber President Tony Felker

Some Farstarians with Tony Felker

Some Farstarians (and friends of Farstar)

– kl