The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2011 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. The organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups.
The Huntersville Edward Jones office is at 107 Commerce Center Drive, Suite 202. For more information, call Kathryn Chapman, Senior Branch Office Administrator, at 704-948-5549 or visit www.edwardjones.com.
Medical condo project nears full capacity
Owner and broker-in-charge Nick O'Shaughnessy of O'Shaughnessy Realty & Development Inc., reports that his Gilead Medical Center condominiums in Huntersville are nearly fully occupied.
Located about one-third mile west of Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville, the 17,000-square-foot building is now home to Horizon EyeCare and Foot & Ankle Associates, with one 4,000-square-foot unit remaining.
O'Shaughnessy says Horizon EyeCare plans to move into and open its first-floor space in early spring of next year, while Foot & Ankle Associates' upfit of its second-floor condo is nearly complete and should open in the next few weeks.
Gilead Medical Center is at 15419 Hodges Circle in Huntersville. For more details, contact O'Shaughnessy at 704-765-5131.
Movin' on up at Aquesta Bank
Cornelius-based Aquesta Bank announced last week that Erin Gee has been promoted to branch manager in Davidson from her former position as relationship banker at the Brawley School Road branch in Mooresville.
Prior to joining Aquesta, Gee was a service manager with Wachovia Bank. She has 17 years of banking experience.
Chris Ingram has been promoted from teller at the Cornelius branch to the Brawley School Road branch as relationship banker. Ingram holds a BS degree in finance from UNCC and has been with Aquesta a little more than one year. While at the Cornelius branch, he was recognized with several outstanding service awards.
Also with Aquesta for about one year, Mary Bossenberger has been promoted from part-time to full-time teller at the Cornelius branch.
White joins MSU Mooresville campus
Douglas A. White, Ed.D., has joined the faculty of Mountain State University's Mooresville campus in the Charles H. Polk School of Leadership and Professional Development.
"Dr. White has served our students as an adjunct faculty member for more than a year, and we're very pleased to be able to bring him on board full time," says Dallas Bragg, executive director of the Mooresville campus. "MSU is growing in the Mooresville-Hickory region, and his strong background in leadership will help us meet that demand."
White has spent a great deal of his career with not-for-profit organizations, including 11 years in higher education in both faculty and administrative capacities. He served 14 years as an associate minister, and is a former small business owner in the construction industry.
A native New Yorker, White holds a doctorate in leadership, a master's degree in religious education, and a bachelor's degree in psychology. He and his wife have three grown children — one serving in the U.S. Navy and two in college.
MSU's Mooresville campus is at 517 Alcove Road, just off I-77 at Exit 33. For more information, call 704-664-3343 or visit www.mountainstate.edu.
— Compiled by Lori Helms
