2010 NAWBO Charlotte Awards

Nominations are now closed for this year’s awards.

The Rising Star Award is presented to a NAWBO member who has demonstrated entrepreneurial creativity and determination in successfully managing a business that is less than five year old.

The Woman Business Owner of the Year Award is presented to a NAWBO member who, for more than five years, has demonstrated strong leadership skills in growing and managing a successful business while also sharing those skills by participating in volunteer and civic activities.

The winners will be announced at this year’s Awards Program
May 4, 2010
6:00pm - 10:00pm 


The 2010 NAWBO Awards Celebration will be held at The Palmer Building…which is a restored Fire School that was built in the late 1930’s during President Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration, in an effort to employ people in the midst of the great depression. The Fire Chief at the time, Chief Hendrix Palmer, lobbied to provide firefighters with the best training facility in the country at the time. Many firefighters themselves aided in the construction of the building hauling materials from an old tannery on Burton Street and later excavating and finishing two-thirds of the basement. The grounds were also landscaped by firefighters which now boast breathtaking magnolias, oaks and pines….which will be in full bloom during our event! For thirty plus years, the facility acted as a training academy and it was also utilized as a social gathering place for dances and barbecues. It has now been restored to it’s full potential and has been added to the National Historical Registry.

We are planning to have three fabulous raffle prizes – which will be announced in the weeks to come.