10th annual 5x5x5 Growth Awards ceremony held September 17, 2012

An awards ceremony and reception presented by Vermont Business Magazine and KeyBank was held Monday, September 17th, at the Double Tree Hotel in South Burlington. John Boutin, Publisher, Vermont Business Magazine, Scott Carpenter, President, KeyBank Vermont and Lawrence Miller, Secretary of Commerce and Community Development were on hand to present the awards.

 

The keynote speaker was Larry Blanford, President, CEO and Director of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters.

 

Since 1987 Vermont Business Magazine (VBM) has published each January the Vermont 100+, an annual ranking of Vermont’s largest local businesses based on annual revenues. From this data, VBM and KeyBank developed the 5x5x5 Growth Awards to honor the five fastest growing companies over the past five years by ranking the businesses in five major subcategories. This year was the tenth anniversary of the 5x5x5 Awards and a special category was established to honor the ten fastest growing companies over the last ten years. The other business sectors recognized Monday were Construction, Manufacturing, Technology and Service.

 

The 2012 5x5x5 Growth Award categories and winners: