The UConn Family Business Program announces
this year's winners in the 10th annual Connecticut
Family Business of the Year Awards

The University of Connecticut Family Business Program announces this year's winners of the 2004 Connecticut Family Business of the Year Awards.  This prestigious award honors Connecticut family firms that embody core family values and the best of American free enterprise.  Twelve finalists were honored at the ceremony, which drew a crowd of nearly three hundred people, at the University of Connecticut's South Campus Rome Ballroom on Wednesday, November 17th, 2003.

The Connecticut Family Business of the Year Awards recognize successful family firms in three categories: micro-sized businesses, small-sized businesses and large-sized businesses.  Winners were chosen by a panel of judges and evaluated based on business success, positive family and business linkage, multi-generational family involvement, dynamic contributions to community and industry, and innovative business practices or strategies.  The 2004 Connecticut Family Business of the Year Award winners are:

Large Business Category (100+ employees)
1st Place:  Edart Truck Leasing; Hartford
1st Runner-up:  Bozzuto's Inc.; Cheshire
Finalist:  Acme-Monaco Corporation; New Britain
Finalist:  Schaller Auto World; New Britain

Leaning on the academic backbone of the highly-regarded University of Connecticut's School of Business, the Family Business Program is a self-funded organization that offers a unique opportunity for family businesses in the state to learn about the unique challenges that occur at the intersection of "family" and "business" from professionals and peers.  The Family Business Program is a “think tank” for family business owners, successors, family members and outside managers to gain exposure to new ideas and challenge, validate or reject ideas and ultimately incorporate best practices in their own family firms.