M. Conley Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners
2019 Winner: Standard Plumbing & Heating
In 1900, a german-speaking Canton grinding foreman named Tom Grabowsky died of black lung disease. His son was only 10 years old and didn’t know what big things were in store for him. 60 years…
2018 Winner: Tower Indstries
When Todd Werstler’s father was in his 50s, health problems forced him to sell his Ace Hardware store and take a straight commission job selling cultured marble. During five years as the company’s only…
2017 Winner: Gervasi Vineyard
A young couple asked a hostess at Gervasi Bistro for directions to the elegant party Pavilion they’d heard so much about. Instead of pointing, the hostess took their arms and led them along a bricked…