Twelve Tarrant County businesses are finalists for the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce's annual Small Business of the Year Awards.
Finalists were chosen from 83 nominees and 38 applicants. They are judged on growth and performance, strategies and practices, customer service, business challenges, innovative approaches and community involvement.Business owners and representatives will be honored at a Chamber Business After Hours event from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel downtown. Awards will be presented at a reception before Mayor Betsy Price's State of the City address Feb. 23 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.Here are the finalists by category:Emerging business: Ellerbe Fine Foods, farm-to-table restaurant, market and catering; McCune Construction Services Group, construction management services; and Peloton Land Solutions, planning, engineering and land development.1-10 employees: Elements Of Architecture, architecture design, planning and management; IFC Benefit Solutions, insurance brokerage; and Rhodes Securities, investment brokerage.11-50 employees: Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford, architectural planning and design; O.B. Macaroni Co., pasta maker; and Texas Jet, an executive terminal for private aircraft.51-150 employees: Downtown Garage, auto repair and tires; Harris Packaging Corp., box and carton manufacturer; and Professional Flooring Supply, flooring materials and installation tools.A deal on a Baja visitLooking for that last-minute gift for the person who has almost everything? Jet Solutions of Richardson has a holiday offer on a private jet for that really special someone.It's the Flexjet 25 Jet Card - Baja Adventure edition. For just $137,000, cardholders get 25 hours of private jet travel almost anytime during the year on a Learjet 40 XR aircraft operated by the Federal Aviation Administration-approved charter carrier.They also get a four-day, three-night April getaway at the world-class Las Ventanas resort on the tip of Baja California, where Jet Solutions and Flexjet, the private jet fractional ownership arm of Learjet builder Bombardier, have lined up a weekend of golf and fine dining.The cards are limited and must be bought by Jan. 30. For more info, call 866-934-6042 or visit www.flexjet25.com/baja.VentureDocsVentureDocs, a provider of Web-based customized legal documents for startup companies, is now an acceleration client of TECH Fort Worth, a nonprofit business incubator.VentureDocs, founded in May, automates the drafting of legal documents for technology startups and their investors. Products include corporate formation and founder documents for new Delaware and Texas corporations, stock option plans and agreements, and sophisticated convertible note and preferred stock financing transactions.VentureDocs can be used by entrepreneurs, incubators, investors, venture capitalists and their attorneys. As part of the relationship, TECH Fort Worth bought VentureDocs access for its other incubation and acceleration clients."We don't want to replace the attorneys, just make them more efficient," said Bo Sartain, the attorney who is founder and CEO of VentureDocs. Sartain's law firm, Sartain PC, started in 2005.Sandra Baker, 817-390-7727sabaker@star-telegram.comScott Nishimura, 817-390-7808snishimura@star-telegram.comBarry Shlachter, 817-390-7718barry@star-telegram.comHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
