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February 28, 2022 | Tom Ballard

Winners of this year’s “Pinnacle Business Awards” announced at press conference yesterday

The Knoxville Chamber, in conjunction with UScellular, announced the winners of the 2022 “Pinnacle Business Awards” at a press conference yesterday morning. The winners are as follows:

  • “Small Business Excellence” – TN Fireplace & Chimney;
  • “Mid-Sized Business Excellence” – Lirio (see most recent teknovation.biz article here);
  • “Large Business Excellence” – Red Stag Fulfillment (see most recent teknovation.biz article here);
  • “Woman-Owned Business Excellence” – ICC International;
  • “Minority-Owned Business Excellence” – Hopewell Helping Hands;
  • “Impact Award” – Grow, A Shane Archer Concept (see most recent teknovation.biz article here);
  • “Innovator Award” – Carbon Rivers (see most recent teknovation.biz article here);
  • “Young Entrepreneur Award” – Katy Richardson, Neighborhood Barre; and
  • “James A. Haslam, II Leadership Award” – Hallerin Hilton Hill.

We’ll have a much more detailed round-up on each of the winners in this Saturday’s edition of Teknovation Weekend.


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