Chamber names finalists for Copper Cactus honors

Forty-nine businesses and six business leaders in Southern Arizona have been selected as finalists for the annual Tucson Metro Chamber Copper Cactus Awards awards, the chamber announced Tuesday. They are:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Best Place to Work Award finalists: Agape Hospice & Palliative Care; Agility Spine and Sports Physical Therapy; Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR; Metro Title Agency of Arizona; Nuanced Media; Pinnacle Plan Design; Raging Sage Coffee Roasters; Remedy Staffing; Simpleview; The Hotel Congress; The Lodge at Ventana Canyon Golf & Racquet Club; Trico Electric Cooperative.

Cenpatico Integrated Care Workforce Development Award finalists: DK Advocates; Keegan, Linscott & Kenon; Linkages Experience; Simply Clean & Green; The Solar Store.

CopperPoint Small Business Leader of the Year Award finalists: Darren and Eliza Bayliss, Maximum Impact Physical Therapy Services; Mitch Pisik, TM International; James A. Tress, Westland Resources; Bert Williams, Williams & Associates; Donald Zipperian, PACE Technologies.

Cox Business Growth Award finalists: Apex Window & Bath Accessories; Farhang & Medcoff; Micro Import Service; Northwest Pet Clinic; Port of Tucson; Re-Bath of Tucson; Total Care Connections; Undisputed Fitness & Training Center.

Nextrio Innovation Award finalists: AudioEye; G2Mobile; InduraPower / Elitise; Mobile Care Management; Old Tucson Company; Sinfonia Rx; Sundt Construction; The Hacienda at the River by Watermark.

Tucson Electric Power Charitable Non-Profit Business Award finalists: 390th Memorial Museum; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum; Arizona’s Children Association; Big Brother Big Sisters of Tucson; Eagles Wings of Grace; Educational Enrichment Foundation; Humane Society of Southern Arizona; Linkages; Make Way for Books; Our Family Services; Reid Park Zoological Society; Rialto Theatre Foundation; Southern Arizona Network for Down Syndrome; The Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter & Sanctuary; Tohono Chul; Tucson Youth Development.

The Copper Cactus Awards ceremony, presented by Wells Fargo, will be Sept. 9 at Casino Del Sol Resort. Tickets at TucsonChamber.org/CopperCactus .


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