Aurora CO Business Recognition Awards

It is fun to read what businesses got the shout-out in Aurora CO  --- KUDOS!

Small, Small Business Award:

Envision Eye Care is a family-owned company that opened in 2015.  Their focus is on serving immigrant residents from all over the world.    Their other emphasis is on offering high-quality products and services at competitive prices, along with providing free eye exams & eyeglasses to nonprofits.

Community Impact Award:

Legends of Aurora is celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2020 and is known for its friendly atmosphere & hospitality along with community involvement.   Giving back is their philosophy and this father-son operation regularly donates food and funds to help out schools & nonprofits in Aurora.

Resiliency Award:

Winchell's Donut House is a family-owned business since 1993 and had to adjust their business during the pandemic.  They did, kept on all 9 employees and their store remains a destination for neighborhood families.

Innovation & Creativity Award:

The Wine Experience Cafe & Wine Cellar - as they had to adjust their way of doing business from hosting large dinner parties and packed special event nights to "dinners to go" and upscale takeout while maintaining social distancing.

Essential Heroes Honorable Mention Award:

Create Cooking School continued to excel while investing in technology and training to move to the online world and launching virtual classes with curbside ingredient pickup.

Essential Heroes Honorable Mention Award:

Village Exchange Center was able to assist deploy millions in relief funds and rental assistant to newly arrived residents and distributed over 450,000 pounds of food, 35,000 pounds of prepared meals & nearly 19,000 hygiene packages to 6,740 people most impacted by the pandemic and economic downturn.

Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center's Chuck Han Small Business Advocate of the Year Award:

Stephanie Mufic, the Business Services and Economic Engagement Supervisor at Arapahoe/Douglas Works, was majorly involved with the Recovery Task Forces for Arapahoe & Douglas counties to support the business community through the pandemic.