Past Annual Award Recipients

1999 - Washington Jaycees

2000 - RAGBRAI Committee

2001 - Bob Toland

2002 - American Cancer Society- Relay for Life

2003 - Lil Perry

2004 - Karen Gorham

2005 - Karen Van Osdol

2006 - Kevin Yoder, Washington Booster Club

2007 - Evelyn Lukavsky

2008 - Washington Volunteer Fire Department & Their Families

2009 - Lee Buchholz

2010 - Rachel Nicola & Dave Stoufer

2011 - Craig Rembold

2012 - Washington County Safe Coalition

Business of the Year Award presented by the Washington Chamber of Commerce

1999 - Fansteel Washington Manufacturing

2000 - Hy-Vee Food Stores

2001 - Goodwill Industries

2002 - Washington State Bank

2003 - Winga’s Restaurant

2004 - Modine Manufacturing

2005 - Engineered Building Design

2006 - Café Dodici

2007 - Pohaku

2008 - Washington County Hospitals and Clinics

2009 - Wolf Floral; Central Park Community Center; Jaz It Up! & Ameriprise Financial Advisors

2010 - Golden Crest Realty

2011 - Hamakua Place

2012 - Washington County Extension Office

2013 - Riverside Casino & Golf Resort

2014 - No Awards Given

2015 - Greiner Buildings, Inc.

2016 - Sitler’s LED Supplies

2017 - WCDC, Inc.

2018 - DeLong Construction, Inc.

2019 - Hills Bank

2020 - KCTC

2020 - Paneless Window Cleaning: Emerging Business of the Year

2021 - Jacqueline Arreola, LLC

Citizen of the Year Award presented by the Washington Chamber of Commerce

1999 - Donna Manfull

2000 - John Prochaska

2001 - Phil Kneen

2002 - Yale Jarvis

2003 - Chuck Gibson

2004 - Sherry Renoux

2005 - Mike Zahs

2006 - Kelly Swift

2007 - Linda McNeil

2008 - Margaret Wolf

2009 - John & Mary Jo Hays

2010 - Ed Raber

2011 - Bonnie Boshart

2012 - Jim Gorham

2013 - Max Cousins

2014 - No Awards Given

2015 - Jolisa Weidner and Jan Gallagher & Bob Youngquist

2016 - Erin Smith

2017 - Debbie Stanton

2018 - Lonny Milligan

2019 - Nancy Adrian

2020 - Illa Earnest

2021 - Michael Moore

Volunteer of the Year presented by the Washington Chamber of Commerce

2016 - Genie Davis

2017 - Pam Green

Harvey Holden Special Service Award presented by the Washington Economic Development Group

1998 - Harvey Holden

1999 - Keith Lazar

2000 - Joe McConnell

2001 - John Prochaska (in memorium)

2002 - Washington Country Conservation Board (for Mar Park Education Center)

2003 - Washington Airport Commission

2006 - Washington County Hospital Trustees

2007 - Washington Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Renewable Energy LLC

2008 - Friends of Lake Darling State Park; Whitesell Corporation

2009 - Wellman Area Foundation; Washington Community School Board; Modine Manufacturing

2011 - Hog Slat (for opening of new manufacturing plant)

2012 - SmartScripts

2013 - Modine Manufacturing

2014 - Kirkwood Washington Regional Education Center

2015 - Bazooka Farmstar

2016 -Washington County Riverboat Foundation

2017 - Brava Tile

2018 - City of Kalona; Kalona Cooperative Technology Company

2019- Open Gates Group; YMCA of Washington County; Riverside Casino & Golf Resort

2020- Brenneman Pork, Washington County Hospitals & Clinics

2021 – Washington County Public Health

Best Renovation presented by Main Street Washington

2008- Outside In, Shear Expressions, and Earthly Blessings Storefronts

2009- Washington Title and Guaranty

2010- Bodywrx Fitness Center

2011- Insurance on the Avenue

2012- Up-Town Auto Wash

2013- Washington Depot

2014 – Zeiglar Billiard Hall – Ann C. Williams

2015 – State Theatre

Business Partner of the Year presented by Main Street Washington

2008 - Washington Evening Journal

2009 - KCII Radio

2010 - Washington State Bank

2011 - Washington Lion’s Club

2012 - West Chester Savings Bank

2013 - Bodywrx Fitness Center

2014 – Community 1st Credit Union

2015 – Hy-Vee

2016 - City of Washington Parks Department

Volunteer of the Year presented by Main Street Washington

2008 - Don & Marge Kline

2009 - Mary Ann Drain

2010 - April Cuddeback

2011 - Judy McKowen

2012 - Jeff Vetter

2013 - Jean Wehr

2014 – Virginia McCurdy

2015 – Alissa Levy

2016 - Karen Kuhlman

2017 - Don Kline

2018 - Brent Kromrie

2019 - Tim Elliott

2020 - Lyle Moen

2021 – Maddie Widmer

Best Business Success Story presented by Main Street Washington

2008 - Custom Impressions and Peregrine Productions

2009 - Fareway

2010 - Backyard Candle Co.

2011- McDonald’s

2012 - JP’s 207

2013 - Powercom Motor Controls

2014 – Marshall’s Furniture and Flooring

2015 – RePurpose It!

2016 - Knee Deep Solutions

Right Foot Award by Main Street Washington

2013 - Amy Vetter