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Winning Workplaces Announces the 2010 Top Small Company Workplace Award Finalists
Winners Announced in Inc. Magazine in June

Evanston, IL, March 9, 2010 – Winning Workplaces, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping small and midsized businesses create engaging and productive work environments, announced today the finalist organizations for its 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces Award, which it hosts in partnership with Inc. Magazine.

The Top Small Company Workplaces recognition project highlights those small organizations that engage their employees, create great work environments and, in turn, deliver improved results. Winning Workplaces received nearly 500 completed applications, which were pared down to 40 finalists.

In March, a national panel of management and small business experts chosen by Winning Workplaces will judge the finalists based on specific metrics and qualitative assessments of their success in creating the kind of workplaces that engage employees and deliver successful results. The winners of this award will be announced in the June 2010 issue of Inc. Magazine.

The 2010 Top Small Company Workplace finalists include the following:

• A Yard & A Half Landscaping LLC - Waltham, MA
• Akraya, Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA
• All4 Inc. - Kimberton, PA
• Alternate Solutions HomeCare - Kettering, OH
• Azavea - Philadelphia, PA
• Biomark Inc. - Boise, ID
• Cargas Systems - Lancaster, PA
• Chroma Technology Corp - Bellows Falls, VT
• Cooper Pest Solutions - Lawrenceville, NJ
• Daphne Utilities - Daphne, AL
• Dealer.com - Burlington, VT
• Dixon Schwabl - Victor, NY
• Fentress Architects - Denver, CO
• Finelite Inc. - Union City, CA
• Ginger Bay Salon & Spa - Kirkwood, MO
• Gongos Research - Auburn Hills, MI
• Honest Tea - Bethesda, MD
• LoadSpring Solutions Inc - Lawrence, MA
• M & E Painting - Loveland, CO
• MAYA Design Inc. - Pittsburgh, PA
• McGraw Wentworth - Troy, MI
• McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations - Nashville, TN
• Menlo Innovations LLC - Ann Arbor, MI
• NewAge Industries Inc. - Southampton, PA
• NY Jets - Florham Park, NJ
• Optimax Systems Inc. - Ontario, NY
• Patagonia - Ventura, CA
• Pool Covers Inc. - Fairfield, CA
• PortionPac Chemical Corporation - Chicago, IL
• Red Door Interactive Inc. - San Diego, CA
• Return Path Inc. - New York, NY
• SnagAJob.com - Glen Allen, VA
• StarTex Power - Houston, TX
• Tarlton Corporation - St. Louis, MO
• Tasty Catering - Elk Grove Village, IL
• The Booksource Inc. - St. Louis, MO
• The Sky Factory LC - Fairfield, IA
• Torch Technologies Inc. - Huntsville, AL
• Van Meter Industrial - Cedar Rapids, IA
• Workplace Benefits LLC DBA Workplace Options - Raleigh, NC

For more information on the 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces project, please go to http://www.winningworkplaces.org/topsmallbiz.

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About Winning Workplaces

Winning Workplaces (www.winningworkplaces.org) is an Evanston, IL-based not-for-profit, whose mission is to help the leaders of small and midsize organizations create great workplaces. Founded in 2001, Winning Workplaces serves as a clearinghouse of information on workplace best practices; provides seminars and workshops on workplace-related topics; and, inspires and awards top workplaces through their annual Top Small Company Workplaces initiative.