The how and why of success
The Venice Area Chamber of Commerce has almost 1,000 members, representing 35,000 employees.
Fifty-nine of the 64 business of the year finalists were represented at Friday's event. They were responsible for more than 3,600 full-time employees.
“While talking to our finalists, we heard about their 'why’ and how they applied that to their mission statement,” said Angela Snyder of First International Title who, along with Nick Choat of Sport Clips Haircuts of South Sarasota, served as masters of ceremony for the awards. “We learned about many of the challenge each business faced this past year dure to the pandemic and how they had to pivot to overcome the challenges.