The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce hosted its Chamber Gala on November 3, where they presented the 2023 SAGE Awards—the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence. Verizon presented this year’s event at the Scranton Art Haus Theater and Cinema Club.

Chamber board chair, Jerry Musheno, opened the ceremony by thanking all finalists, award sponsors, and Gala sponsors for their dedication to the NEPA community. The following were presenters for the evening— John Basalyga, owner of Scranton Art Haus, Marketplace at Steamtown, and JBAS Realty, and Robert McGuckin, manager–state and local government affairs for Verzion. Mike Castellano, special projects manager, United Way of Lackawanna, Wayne, and Pike Counties, served as the emcee for the evening.

The SAGE Awards honor outstanding local businesses for their talent, creativity, and innovation.
The Chamber received nearly 90 SAGE Award applications. A team of volunteers scored the applications. The top three scoring applications were named finalists.

The 2023 SAGE Awards offered a new category to highlight businesses and their significant milestones, the Milestone Awards. 14 businesses were recognized throughout the award show: DBA Architects, LLC, Fidelity Bank, Goodwill Industries of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Highland Associates, Ltd., Inspired Studio, Montage Mountain Resorts, Needle Law, PC, Outreach – Center for Community Resources, Ski Shack, Space Time Mead & Cider Works, Talerico’s Tropical Winery, Tobyhanna Army Depot, WVIA, and WNEP.

The Chamber congratulates all finalists and winners of the 2023 SAGE Awards. The winners in each category are: Business of the Year, Titan Tree Service, Inc.; Community Involvement Excellence, Tobyhanna Army Depot’; Customer Service Excellence, Tech42, LLC; Marketing & Communications Excellence, Honesdale National Bank; New and Emerging Business of the Year, LFG Life Fitness Goals; Nonprofit Organization of the Year, WVIA; Product & Services Excellence, Merut Construction; People’s Choice, United Sports Academy; Small Business of the Year, Ski Shack; Workplace Excellence, Woodloch Resorts.

The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce hosted its Chamber Gala in November, presenting the Fall 2021 SAGE Awards – the Scranton Awards for Growth and Excellence. This year’s event was held at the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center and sponsored by Fidelity Bank.

Chamber board chair, Deborah Kolsovsky, opened the ceremony thanking all finalists, award sponsors, and Gala sponsors for their dedication to the NEPA community. Emcee for the evening was Barry Snyder – formerly known as B-Ray with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre baseball franchise and now with the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne Counties.  Musical entertainment was provided by Lexington Entertainment and EJ the DJ.

The SAGE Awards honor outstanding local businesses for their talent, creativity, and innovation. The Fall SAGE Awards also included the IMPACT Awards, which were created to honor and recognize the innovation our local businesses employed due to COVID-19.

The Chamber congratulates all finalists and winners of the Fall 2021 SAGE Awards. The winners in each category are: Scranton Area Community Foundation, Best Practices in Community Involvement; Center City Print, Best Practices in Customer Service; Fidelity Bank of Dunmore, Best Practices in Marketing and Communication; Golden Technologies, Business of the Year; Scranton Tomorrow, Hometown Star; NeighborWorks of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Impact: Community Outreach; Golden Technologies, Impact: People and Culture; Montage Mountain Resorts, Impact: Products and Services.

Also, Reed Advisory Group, New and Emerging Business of the Year; Agency for Community EmPOWERment of NEPA, Non-Profit Organization of the Year; Friends of the Poor, People’s Choice, and Quest Studio, Small Business of the Year.