Please submit nomination(s) for excellence awards by 5:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 28, 2022 to info@somervillechamber.org
2022
Green Business Award ___________________________________
Non-Profit of the Year ___________________________________
Distinguished Service (to the Chamber) ___________________________________
Distinguished Service (Greater Somerville) ___________________________________
Business Interest Group of the Year ___________________________________
Excellence in Dining & Nightlife ___________________________________
Business Neighbor of the Year ___________________________________
Excellence in Public Service ___________________________________
Small Business of the Year ___________________________________
Excellence in Economic Development ___________________________________
John W. Fitzgerald Lifetime Achievement Award ___________________________________
1996-2021 POWDERHOUSE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Green Business Award: 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; 2021 SparkCharge
Non-Profit of the Year: 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; 2021 Food for Free
Distinguished Service (to the Chamber): 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; 2021 Kevin Gatlin
Distinguished Service (Greater Somerville) 2015 Alicia Barton, SunEdison; 2017 Evelyn Battinelli, Somerville Museum; 2018 Victoria I; 2019 Cindy Hickey; 2021 Keidric Roy
Business Interest Group of the Year: 1996 Restaurant & Entertainment BIG, Mark Gallagher Chair; 1997 Davis Square BIG, Maryann Heuston Chair; 1998 Union Square BIG; 1999 Davis Square BIG; 2000 Inner Belt BIG, Charles McKenzie Chair; 2001 Broadway BIG, Brett Henry Chair; 2004-2009 Dining & Nightlife Group, Ray Zonghetti Chair; 2010 Inner Belt Business Group [2011 award discontinued]
Excellence in Dining & Nightlife: 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; 2021; Jess Willis
Business Neighbor of the Year: 1998 Siraco Sharpening Service; 1999 Alibrandi’s Barber Shop; 2000 Lyndell’s Bakery; 2001 Mount Vernon Restaurant; 2002 Good Time Emporium; 2003 Redbones; 2004 Gentle Giant Moving Co; 2005 Cataldo Ambulance; 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; 2021 David Maher, Cambridge Chamber
Excellence in Public Service: 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; 2021 Denise Provost
Small Business of the Year: 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; 2021 RightHand Robotics
Excellence in Economic Development: 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; 2021 John Fenton, DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners
John W. Fitzgerald Lifetime Achievement Award: 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; 2021 Gilda Nogueira
Powderhouse Awards Deadline
Date and Time
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
