Please complete the appropriate nomination/s below with the name or business you are nominating as well as a short description of why the nominee should be considered for the award.

Spirit of Small Business: The nominee should be a business owned, operated and serving the Yorktown community above and beyond what’s normally expected.

Outstanding Contribution to Education: The nominee should be an educator in the Yorktown Community School System who has exhibited excellence in the classroom.

Excellence in Public Service: The nominee should be an employee of the Town of Yorktown who has displayed exemplary service to the community.

Community Impact: The nominee can be an individual or business that has created jobs, made a positive environmental impact, improved the quality of living for the community, or made visual improvements to their home or business within Mt. Pleasant Township or surrounding areas.

Legacy Achievement: This prestigious award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to service, leadership, and community impact. Their enduring dedication to the Yorktown Chamber and the broader community has left a lasting legacy of excellence and inspiration.

Chamber Volunteer of the Year: This award honors an individual who has generously dedicated their time, energy, and talents to support the mission of the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce, consistently going above and beyond to strengthen our business community.

Young Professional of the Year: This award recognizes an emerging leader under the age of 40 who demonstrates exceptional promise in their profession, a strong commitment to community involvement, and a passion for making a positive impact in the Yorktown area.

Each business/person may only win one time per category per lifetime.

Past Recipients

2024
Spirit of Small Business: Senior Helpers – Bree Hill
Outstanding Contribution to Education: Mrs. Julie Austin
Excellence in Public Service: Debra Marlow
Community Impact: Hometown Heating and Cooling

2023
Spirit of Small Business: Coffee Cravings – Teena Stevenson
Outstanding Contribution to Education: Jared Turner – YHS teacher
Excellence in Public Service: Don Johnson – sewage treatment operator
Community Impact: Frozen Boulder – Kyla Bartle
Lifetime Achievement: Ed Armantrout

2022
Spirit of Small Business: Farmhouse Creative
Outstanding Contribution to Education: Taryn McKnight
Excellence in Public Service: Kris Thornburg
Community Impact: Amy Carroll-Spangler, Christiana Mann, Kat Blankenbaker
Lifetime Achievement: Mary Ann and Steve Stroeh

2021
Public Service: Dr. Greg Hinshaw, Yorktown Community Schools’ superintendent
Education: Rachel Shively, Pleasant View Elementary School
Small Business: Amy Spangler, Mr. Mouse for her Yorktown Civic Green work
Community Impact: Nanci Perry, Yorktown Farmers’ Market
Lifetime Achievement: Becky Monroe, Yorktown Indiana Historical Alliance

2019
Small Business: US Architects
Education: Clay Arnett
Public Service: Lane Turner
Community Impact: American Legion Post 331
Lifetime Achievement: Barb Baker, Luminary

2018
Education: Mrs. Cathy Stagge, YES teacher
Small Business: Erin Hill of Lois Pearl
Community Impact: 5 Tool Academy, founded by Mark and Heather Taylor
Community Service: Erin Hurley, administrative assistant for Town

2017
Community Impact: Four for the Fourth’s Pete Olson, Chris Day, Christy Baker, Bob Ratchford
Public Service: Tim Caldwell and Ben Strunk
Education: Ryan Green
Small Business: e-Keeper Systems

2016
Small Business: Chris Day, Edward Jones
Public Service: Town manager Pete Olson
Education: Ben Buehler, Yorktown physics and chemistry teacher
Community Impact: Yorktown Council for the Arts

2015
Small Business: US Architects
Community Impact: Yorktown Church of the Nazarene
Public Service: Yorktown Fire Department Chief David Boone
Education: Shannon Riegle, YES 5th grade teacher

2014
Lifetime Achievement: Carolyn “Buffy” Grieves

2013
Citizen of the Year: Yorktown superintendent Jennifer McCormick