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2008 Business Owner of the Year Winner & Finalists
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Winner
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Roberta Farnum, Home Instead Senior Care
Roberta Farnum is co-owner of Home Instead Senior Care in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County. The company's services include companionship, personal care, meal preparation, laundry, errands, light housekeeping, and transportation. Home Instead's goal is to offer respite to family caregivers and to help seniors remain independent and at home for as long as possible. Home Instead Senior Care in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County employs over 250 CAREGivers and has served the needs of more than 1600 seniors and their families in Mecklenburg County.
Roberta was instrumental in starting the North Carolina chapter of the National Private Duty Association which helps guide best practices in the home care industry. In addition, Home Instead’s annual Be a Santa to a Senior program has provided over 12,000 gifts to 4,000 isolated and financially challenged seniors in the county over the last 4 years.
In 2004, the National Association of Women Business Owners in Charlotte named Roberta as it’s Rising Star. In addition to the Charlotte Business Journal 2004 Women in Business Achievement Award, Enterprising Women magazine presented Ms. Farnum with its 2005 Enterprising Women of the Year Award.
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Finalist
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Elaine Creasser, Tile Collection
In 1992 Elaine came up with the idea of a tile business based on her own frustrating experience in trying to find unique tile in Charlotte for her own home. Using a credit card for $20,000 in start-up capital, Elaine has followed her instincts to develop Tile Collection into a $14 million company with 55 employees today. Tile Collection provides total turnkey services for tile and natural stone from design and selection to installation. A 7,500 s.f. showroom presents the area’s most extensive tile, granite, and natural stone selections. The company also has a 10,000 s.f. fabrication facility, specializing in custom countertops, vanities, and fireplaces in granite and natural stone.
This year Tile Collection celebrates 16 years in business. The company has been voted among Charlotte’s Best in numerous showhouses and publications. Elaine has been named Trade Member of the Year from the Interior Design Society and has been a finalist for NAWBO-Charlotte Woman Business Owner of the Year. Elaine’s business philosophy is focused around hard work, honesty, and optimism. She is a true believer in the company’s role in the community is to make a difference, be it in their industry, marketplace or for those less fortunate. Her company has given more than $110,000 in monetary donations, installations and products over the past 12 months to Charlotte Rescue Mission, Crisis Assistance Ministry, Blessings in the Storm and community schools. She considers her husband and their children, Matthew and Jennifer, as her greatest accomplishments and sources of drive and inspiration.
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Finalist
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Lindsay Daniel, Lindsay Daniel Architecture, Inc.
Founded in 1990, Lindsay Daniel Architecture specializes in couture architecture for residential customers utilizing an exclusive three-tier service system. The depth of staff expertise is also unique to residential architectural firms, offering in-house structural, certified specification writing, and construction estimating. With including Interior Architectural services to the menu of in-house services, this holistic team approach is distinctive to the residential market and puts Lindsay Daniel Architecture in a class by itself.
Lindsay is a recipient of the Charlotte Business Journal’s Women In Business Achievement Award in recognition of her significant business accomplishments. The firm’s work has resulted in several industry awards including two consecutive yearly designations as Best In Show from the Home Builders Association of Charlotte’s Excellence in Remodeling Awards. Lindsay served for six years on the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission as Chairman of the Design Review Committee and later as Commission Chairman for two years. The firm has designed elegant additions/renovations to two of our state’s national historic treasures: Morrocroft Mansion (Governor Morrison’s home in Charlotte) and the Chairman Blake House (president’s home for Davidson College).
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