The Pima County Small Business Commission has announced the winners of the 2022 Small Business of the Year Awards. The Commission presents the awards yearly, judging nominees on criteria such as company culture, positive impact on Pima County, and community involvement.
Pima County honored three small businesses/nonprofits that have demonstrated their commitment to the community by presenting the 2022 Small Business Awards at the March 21 meeting of the Pima County Board of Supervisors.
The three 2022 winners, based on a vote of the Small Business Commission, are:
- Arizona Construction Trades is a local non-profit winner of the 2022 SBA award for non-profits. ACT works to support, promote, and advocate for the local construction industry of Southern Arizona.
- Crema Coffee was named the 2022 Rural Business of the Year. The husband & wife team has created a place where everyone is welcome and treated with kindness and love.
- Catalina In-Home Services is the 2022 recipient in the Urban Business category and is a locally owned and operated home care specialist serving Pima County for over four decades. Catalina’s care model combines trained caregiving, expert nursing coordination, and quality administrative management for a personalized home care experience.
Past Winners
- 2021: Make Way for Books (non-profit); Marcus Engineering, LLC (urban); Why Not Travel Store, LLC (rural)
- 2020: Coffee Times (business); Homewatch CareGivers of Southern Arizona (nonprofit); Treasures 4 Teachers of Tucson (nonprofit)
- 2019: Rural Award - Westgate Garden Design; Urban Award – Cabling Solutions Group; Non-profit Award – (No award presented at the Commission’s discretion.)
- 2017/2018 (combined): Rural Award – Miura Contracting; Urban Award – Kool Air Manufacturing; Non-profit Award: Pima Community College Small Business Development Center
- 2016: Rural Award - Vistoso Automotive; Urban Award - Plum Windows & Doors, Inc.
- 2015: Rural Award - Bling by Design; Urban Award - Aztera
- 2014: Rural Award - Golden Goose Thrift Store in Catalina; Urban Award - The Planning Center
- 2013: Rural Award - Ajo Transportation; Urban award - Casa de los Niño’s Thrift store
- 2012: Joint Technical Education District
- 2011: Gasoline Alley, an automobile repair and restoration business in Green Valley