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In September, The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber honored local small businesses and individuals during the 40th Annual Small Business Awards Gala, held in the Von Braun Center’s Saturn Ballroom. It was a beautiful event and could be described as the “OSCARS for Huntsville”.

The Catalyst was honored to be the presenting sponsor for The Emerging Business of the year, an award to a start up company that has been in business for less than 3 years. CEO Lisa May presented the award to Cahaba Federal Solutions. The program honored small businesses across industries. Congratulations to all the winners:

• Community Impact Award: ChurchStreet Family Businesses
• Professional/Technical Services Business of the Year: Transcend, The Fearless Company
• Construction Industry Business of the Year: Mighty Dog Roofing
• Nonprofit of the Year: AGAPE of North Alabama
• Minority-Owned Business of the Year: ReLogic Research, Inc.
• Young Professional of the Year: Connor McLeod, SpaceFactory, Inc.
• Arts & Recreation Business of the Year: Pinot’s Palette
• Veteran-Owned Business of the Year: Stratagem Solutions, Inc.
• Hospitality Services Business of the Year: Good Company Cafe
• Engineering/Defense Business of the Year (Small): SkyfireAI
• Engineering/Defense Business of the Year (Medium): ITC Defense Corp.
• Engineering/Defense Business of the Year (Large): Science & Engineering Services (SES)
• Small Business Champion of the Year: John Schmitt, iXpressGenes, Inc.
• Retailer of the Year: Haley’s Flooring & Interiors
• Emerging Business of the Year: Cahaba Federal Solutions
• Health/Social Services Business of the Year: Cove Chiropractic, Inc.
• Woman-Owned Business of the Year: Cortina Solutions, LLC
• Russell G. Brown Executive Leadership Award: Sameer Singhal, CFD Research Corporation