Spotlights on Business. Well Crafted. Award Winners
On Dec. 5, 2023, the City of Hickory's Business Development Committee recognized nine businesses for their excellence and community engagement in Hickory with the Business. Well Crafted. Awards. Over the course of the year, the City will be releasing spotlight videos for each award recipient, showcasing what makes them a Business. Well Crafted.
This month, we put a spotlight on Home Instead and Exodus Homes/Works.
Home Instead
John and Joan Coffey own two Home Instead franchises in North Carolina with their corporate headquarters in the City of Hickory.
Exodus Homes provides 73 beds of faith based supportive housing for homeless people returning to the community from treatment centers and prison with a comprehensive array of services to help them learn a new way to live and become productive citizens of the community.
The City of Hickory welcomes Kari Dunlap to #TeamHickory as our new finance director. Dunlap started her new role with the City of Hickory on May 6, taking over as head of the Finance department as former Finance Officer Melissa Miller transitions into a new position with the City ahead of her planned retirement later this year.
As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Dunlap has an extensive background in professional accounting and governmental auditing. She spent 11 years of her professional accounting experience with Martin Starnes & Associates, CPAs, P.A. in Hickory, where she most recently served as a senior audit manager. During her tenure with Martin Starnes & Associates, Dunlap conducted the City of Hickory’s annual financial audits for the past nine years.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce is looking for the Top 100 Small Businesses in America.
The CO—100 is an exclusive list of the 100 best and brightest small and mid-sized businesses in America. These are businesses to watch — driving innovation, growth, and ingenuity in their communities and around the world.
The award program celebrates more than just your business’ bottom line; your ideas, challenges, community, company culture, customers, and overall growth are also taken into consideration. Ten finalists will receive $2,000 and America's Top Small Business of the Year will be awarded $25,000.
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The City of Hickory is committed to promoting business and economic development and offers a range of incentives to new and expanding businesses. For more information on available programs and incentives, visit Business Developmentor contact Dave Leonetti in the Office of Business Development at 828-323-7422.
