COMMUNITY
NEWS
Staff Report~
11/23/2011
The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce Anthem North Gateway has announced
four nominees for their 2011 Small Business Person of the Year Award.
Nominees include: Bob Andringa, Network of Anthem Area Assistance
Providers; Casey Cottrell, Daisy Mountain Painting; Tony Gutowski,
Gutowski Cabinet Works; and Tamara Lee, The Caepe School.
The winner will be announced at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Ironwood
Country Club in Anthem at Ironwood Grille. The event is free for members
of the chamber of commerce and costs $15 for non-members.
Nominees were selected by the Chamber membership and must be residents
or own a business within the Anthem North Gateway area. Nominees are
selected on their community involvement, innovation and business accomplishments.
The following is an overview of the four community members up for
the award event:
Bob Andringa, Network of Anthem Area Assistance Providers. As the
chair of The Network of Anthem Area, Andringa serves as the leader
for this growing community collaboration, which works with 500-plus
volunteers to help neighbors in need. These organizations meet monthly
in an effort to learn more about one another's services, to leverage
resources, and to find common ways to communicate their services to
the community.
Casey Cottrell, Daisy Mountain Painting. As the owner of a residential
painting company, Cottrell donates his services to help improve his
community, including painting the underpass between Diamond Canyon
School to the other side of Anthem Way in Anthem, where the kids walk
daily. Working with the Network of Anthem Area Assistance Providers
(NAAAP), each quarter in 2011 he has donated his company’s painting
services to Anthem residents who could not afford to keep up with
the painting requirements of the community’s HOA policies. He also
started the Hands Across Anthem benefit for Katie Wagner.
Tony Gutowski, Gutowski Cabinet Works. Over the last several years
Gutowski has been focused on increasing support for the Pioneer Arizona
Living History Museum. He has focused his efforts on raising funds
and awareness for the museum which was recently acquired by the City
of Phoenix .
Tamara Lee, The Caepe School. As head of school at The Caepe School,
Lee and her partners, Darren Lee and Marc Hayes, strive to create
a top-notch private school environment for their students, while at
the same time educating children on the importance of helping those
less fortunate. To put this philosophy in action The Caepe School
is working to sponsor children from Haiti’s Apocalypse School, with
the goal of bringing these children to Anthem for a quality education
and an opportunity to learn more about our culture.
For information on the event contact Debbie Drotar at ddrotar@phoenixchamber.com
or 602-495-6483.