Betsy Allen attended a luncheon ceremony where JRL Ventures/Marine Concepts was selected as the winner of the 16th Annual Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award.  The award, coordinated and sponsored by BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company, recognizes small businesses that have overcome adversity to achieve success.   Cape Coral-based JRL was among five local small businesses chosen by business leaders as award finalists. The others were: Arthur Printing, Cape Coral; EnSite Inc., Fort Myers; Florida Weekly, Fort Myers; and West Coast Home Health Care Agency, Naples.

Betsy enjoyed lunch with Kathryn Kelly, Executive Director of The Heights Foundation and Larry Reubling, CEO of LaRue Pest Control.

Pictured L to R:  Candace Carlson, Betsy Allen, Morgan Grimes,
Noelle Melanson and Cyndie Grimes
 

The Southwest Florida Blue Chip Community Business Award is endorsed by the Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce, Cape Coral Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte County Economic Development Office, Christian Chamber of Southwest Florida and Beyond, City of Cape Coral Economic Development Office, Economic Development Council of Collier County, Edison State College, Englewood-Cape Haze Area Chamber of Commerce, Florida Gulf Coast University, Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, Gulfshore Business, Hodges University, Lee County Economic Development Office/Horizon Council, Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce, Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce, Sanibel & Captiva Islands Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, The Chamber of Southwest Florida, The Greater Fort Myers Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and The Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce.