Members & friends are invited to email nominations for 2020 awards for excellence
POWDERHOUSE AWARD NOMINATIONS Please submit by Friday, January 8, 2021
“It feels like it’s more important than ever to identify and celebrate the businesses and individuals in our community who have really shown something special and different in 2020. There must be many companies that have gone well beyond their normal operations this year. Let’s show our full awareness and real appreciation for those efforts.” Ryan Falvey, Gentle Giant Moving
Green Business Award
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2008 GoGreen Somerville & Groundworks Somerville; 2009 Diesel Cafe and Bloc 11; 2010 InCharge Energy; 2011 Apex Green Roofs, Recover Green Roofs; 2012 Green City Growers; 2013 GreenTown Labs; 2014 Altaeros Energies; 2015 Loci Controls, Inc.; 2016 Ivys Inc.; 2017 Sunwealth; 2018 Autonomous Marine Systems Inc.; 2019 Form Energy
Non-Profit of the Year
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2008 Visiting Nurse Association of Eastern Massachusetts; 2009 Union Square Main Streets; 2010 Friends of Community Path; 2011 Respond; 2012 Artisan’s Asylum; 2013 Walnut Street Center; 2014 Somerville Homeless Coalition; 2015 Center for the Arts at the Armory; 2016 Community Action Agency of Somerville; 2017 Boys & Girls Clubs of Medford & Somerville; 2018 Somerville Media Center; 2019 Somerville YMCA
Distinguished Service (to the Chamber)
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1996 Paul Bain & Arthur Cook; 1997 Ray Spirlet, Holiday Inn; 1998 Naomi Mahoney, Studio N; 1999 Nick Leuci, MediaOne; 2000 Mark Favermann, Consultant; 2001 John Cole, Arrowstreet; 2002 Pauline D’Aurora, Winter Hill Bank; 2003 Nancy Busnach, Busnach Associates; 2004 Sandra McGoldrick, Winter Hill Bank; 2005 Richard Flaherty, The Cara Foundation; 2006 Michelle Mulvena, Law Offices of Frank N. Dardeno, LLC; 2007 Pat Cain, The Cooper Cain Group; 2008 Jim Roy, Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union; 2009 Gail Nickse, Soul Picnic; 2010 Timothy O’Malley, Winter Hill Bank; 2011 Jim Roy, CPCU; 2012 Dana Iacopucci, Cubby Oil; 2013 Rod Laurenz, Laurenz Financial; 2014 Corey Niswender, Cambridge Savings Bank; 2015 Paula Vancini, Vancini Accounting; 2016 Richard Brenner, Winter Hill Bank; 2017 Larry Venezia, Rockland Trust; 2018 Mernaysa Rivera-Bujosa; 2019 Don Hughes
Distinguished Service (Greater Somerville)
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2015 Alicia Barton, SunEdison; 2017 Evelyn Battinelli, Somerville Museum; 2018 Victoria I; 2019 Cindy Hickey, Toys for Local Children
Excellence in Dining & Nightlife
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2011 Redbones; 2012 Foundry on Elm; 2013 Johnny D’s Uptown Restaurant & Music Club; 2014 David Flanagan, Dining & Nightlife Chair; 2015 La Brasa; 2016 Tasting Counter; 2017 Morgan Bigley, Highland Kitchen; 2018 Juliet; 2019 Bergamot
Business Neighbor of the Year
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1998 Siraco Sharpening Service; 1999 Alibrandi’s Barber Shop; 2000 Lyndell’s Bakery; 2001 Mount Vernon Restaurant; 2002 Good Time Emporium; 2003 Redbones Barbecue; 2004 Gentle Giant Moving Company; 2005 Cataldo Ambulance Service; 2006 Jimmy Tingle’s Off Broadway Theater; 2007 Winter Hill Bank; 2008 Cambridge Portuguese Credit Union; 2009 Holiday Inn; 2010 The Independent & Precinct; 2011 East Somerville Main Streets; 2012 East Cambridge Savings Bank; 2013 Flatbread Company; 2014 Somerville Arts Council; 2015 Aeronaut Brewing Company; 2016 Union Square Station Associates; 2017 Brasil Insurance; 2018 RiverDog Daycare; 2019 Remnant Brewing Company
Excellence in Public Service
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2004 Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone; 2005 Joseph Macaluso, Somerville Housing Authority; 2006 Pat Crombie, Cambridge Health Alliance; 2007 Thomas Bent, Bent Electrical Contractors; 2008 Congressman Michael E. Capuano; 2009 Alderman Thomas Taylor; 2010 John Long City Clerk; 2011 Eugene Brune; 2012 Steven Grossman; 2013 Somerville Fire Department; 2014 Tony Pierantozzi, Superintendent of Schools; 2015 Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development; 2016 Leo DeSimone, SHS Center for Career & Technical Education; Nancy Aylward, City of Somerville; 2018 Anthony Ciccariello; 2019 Howard Horton
Small Business of the Year
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1996 Altitude, Inc.; 1997 A&A Carey Limousine; 1998 IS Robotics, Inc. (iRobot); 1999 C.O. Space Services, LLC; 2000 WordStream, Inc.; 2001 Spotfire, Inc.; 2002 Jules Catering; 2003 New Tilt, Inc.; 2004 Cibeline; 2005 Amal Niccoli Hair & Skin Salon; 2006 Spark Craft Studios; 2007 Princeton Printing; 2008 Dorie Clark, Clark Strategic Communications; 2009 Somerville Scout magazine; 2010 Taza Chocolate; 2011 Glenn Kulbako Photography; 2012 Powderhouse Productions; 2013 Brooklyn Boulders; 2014 Velir, Inc.; 2015 Voxel8; 2016 Formlabs; 2017 Somervelo; 2018 Parkour Generations; 2019 Bow Market
Excellence in Economic Development
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1996 Michael Capuano, Mayor; 1997 James Bretta, Todd Fontanella; 1998 The Cathartes Group; 1999 Wig Zamore, Hub Capital; 2000 Stephen M. Post; 2001 Peter Merrigan, Taurus New England; 2002 Somerville Housing Group David Aposhian, Margo Grossberg; 2003 S.F. Properties Inc. Gerald Cohen; 2004 Tufts University; 2005 Federal Realty Investment Trust; 2006 Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone; 2007 Kris Ogonowski; 2008 CRG West (CoreSite); 2009 Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership; 2010 Chronicle for Somerville feature; 2011 Federal Realty Investment Trust; 2012 Maxwell’s Green; 2013 John Harthorne, MassChallenge; Dr. Beverly Scott, MBTA General Manager; 2015 Partners Health Care; 2016 Greentown Labs; 2017 Governor Charlie Baker; 2018 Senate President Karen Spilka; 2019 Union Square Station Associates
John W. Fitzgerald Lifetime Achievement Award
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1996 William Shea; 1997 Harold Cohen; 1998 Thomas J. Kelly; 1999 Edgar Grossman; 2000 Joseph J. Vaccaro; 2001 Burton F. Faulkner; 2002 Tina DeLellis; 2003 Joseph Howard; 2004 Robert H. Arnold; 2005 Anthony Cota, Sr.; 2006 Martin Henry; 2007 Melvin Fraiman; 2008 Marshall Sloane; 2009 Joseph Smalarz; 2010 Sandra McGoldrick; 2011 Herb Chambers; 2012 Ray Zonghetti; 2013 Thomas Patrick Bent; 2014 Ken Kelly; 2015 Barbara Rubel; 2016 Nancy Busnach; 2017 Larry O’Toole; 2018 Jack Connolly; 2019 Mayor Emeritus Eugene Brune
