WE ARE INNOVATORS
Gary Justice Business Excellence Award winners are named each year by the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and honored
at the Annual Meeting and Membership Banquet. Honorees are proven leaders in their industries and have positively impacted the business community.
Small Business of the Year
2023 Woodland Hills Golf Club view video
2022 Head Pediatrics view video
2021 Nacogdoches Floral Company
2019 Southside Animal Clinic view award acceptance video
2018 TWIGS & TIN view award acceptance video
2017 SERVPRO® of Lufkin/S. Nacogdoches County view award acceptance video
2016 The Hospice Shop of East Texas view award acceptance video
2015 Shelley’s Bakery Café view award acceptance video
2014 Party ‘N Things view award acceptance video
2013 Jack Backers College Bookstore view award acceptance video
2012 Heart of Texas view award acceptance video
2011 Kline’s Printing view award acceptance video
2010 Laine’s Hallmark Shop view award acceptance video
2009 Glass Castles Stained Glass Studio & Gifts view award acceptance video
2008 Shannons Pools view award acceptance video
2007 Point A Media, Inc. view award acceptance video
2006 Citizens 1st Bank view award acceptance video
2005 Fredonia Hotel view award acceptance video
2004 University Rental view award acceptance video
2003 Best Water Store
2002 Lehmann Eye Center
2001 Dyes’ Country Katfish
2000 R&K Distributors
1999 Mize Department Store
Medium Business of the Year
2023 UBank view video
2022 Laird Funeral Home view video
2021 Manpower Group
2019 Casa Tomas view award acceptance video
2018 Charles Pool Real Estate, Inc. view award acceptance video
2017 Newk’s Eatery #1057 view award acceptance video
2016 Banita Creek Hall view award acceptance video
2015 Mast Motorsports view award acceptance video
2014 Wingstop view award acceptance video
2013 M & S Pharmacy view award acceptance video
2012 Austin Bank view award acceptance video
2011 Hydrex Environmental view award acceptance video
2010 First Bank & Trust East Texas view award acceptance video
2009 Axley & Rode, LLP view award acceptance video
2008 Cotton Patch Café view award acceptance video
2007 The Daily Sentinel view award acceptance video
Large Business of the Year
2023 Motorhomes of Texas view video
2022 Nacogdoches Independent School District view video
2021 Eaton Cooper Power Systems, Inc.
2019 Pilgrim's Pride Corporation view award acceptance video
2018 Excel Car Wash, Inc. view award acceptance video
2017 NMC Healthcare Network view award acceptance video
2016 Nacogdoches County Peace Officers view award acceptance video
2015 Clear Springs Restaurant & Auntie Pasta’s view award acceptance video
2014 Rex Perry Autoplex view award acceptance video
2013 Drewery Construction, Inc. view award acceptance video
2012 Hotel Fredonia view award acceptance video
2011 Tipton Ford, Inc. view award acceptance video
2010 J.E. Kingham Construction Co. view award acceptance video
2009 NIBCO, Inc. view award acceptance video
2008 Elliott Electric Supply, Inc. view award acceptance video
2007 Bright Coop, Inc. view award acceptance video
2006 Brookshire Brothers view award acceptance video
2005 Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital view award acceptance video
2004 Commercial Bank of Texas, N.A. view award acceptance video
2003 Etech
2002 Stephen F. Austin State University
2001 HEB
2000 BancorpSouth/Nacogdoches Medical Center
1999 Texas Farm Products
Non-Profit of the Year recognizes active organizations with a proven record of demonstrating community consciousness with civic/community involvement.
2022 Solid Foundation Association
2022 Nacogdoches HOPE (Helping Other People Eat) view video
2021 Love In the Name of Christ
2019 Boys & Girls Clubs of Deep East Texas view award acceptance video
2018 Nacogdoches Area United Way view award acceptance video
2017 Nacogdoches Treatment Center view award acceptance video
