TCB's weekly log of local award winners.
Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP, a Minneapolis-based certified public accounting and consulting firm, was named one of the “Best Accounting Firms for Women” by the American Society of Women Accountants and the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants.
The TwinWest Chamber of Commerce recently announced the winners for the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year and Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Cindy Leines, co-owner of Plymouth-based C.E.L. Public Relations, Inc., was named Entrepreneur of the Year and Ann Sangpan, co-founder and chief financial officer of Minnetonka-based Check Engine Express, was named Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year.
Alexandria-based Tastefully Simple has been named a 2011 Top Small Company Workplace, an award given to 50 of the nation’s best small and mid-sized companies based on their business successes, commitment to exemplary people practices, and outstanding workplace cultures.
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services—a regulatory compliance and risk management company based in Minneapolis—announced that its OneFile document management solution has won a CODiE Award from the Software and Information Industry Association.
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has awarded SouthWest Transit its 2011 Gold Award for Safety for bus systems operating 1 million to 4 million passenger trips. This is the fourth year that SouthWest Transit has been honored by APTA for its safety program.
Century College—a community college in White Bear Lake—has been named the 2011 Business of the Year by the White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce.
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