The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce nominates businesses, people and organizations "in greater St. Pete making a positive impact in the community," according to a press release. The actual awards will take place at The 600 Block's State Theatre on Aug. 31 at 6 p.m.
Here are the nominees; anyone can vote from July 24-Aug. 18.
Arts & Culture
American Stage Theatre Company
Dazzio Art Society Inc.
D-Gallerie
Florida CraftArt
The Florida Holocaust Museum
Great Explorations Children's Museum
Imagine Museum
Jannus Live
Morean Arts Center
The Palladium at St. Petersburg College
Eats & Treats
Annex 400 Beach
The Oyster Bar St. Pete
Parkshore Grill
Rococo Steak
Rubio's Coastal Grill
RumFish Grill
Ruth's Chris Steak House
Thirsty First Lounge
Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Wandering Whisk Bakeshop
Hot Spots & Hangouts
Caddys On Central
Ferg's Sports Bar & Grill
The Hollander Hotel
The Hotel Zamora & Castile Restaurant
The Landing at Jannus
Noble Crust
The Pelican Pub
Park & Rec
Station House St. Pete
Tyrone Square Mall
Community Conscious
Boley Centers, Inc.
Brain Tumor Alliance
CASA (Community Action Stops Abuse)
Children's Dream Fund
Heart Gallery of Pinellas and Pasco
Lutheran Services Florida Pinellas Head Start / Early Head Start Services
Modern Business Associates
My Hope Chest
Pet Pal Animal Shelter
Urban Yoga Foundation
Makers & Creators
2 Hungry Dogs Productions
3 Daughters Brewing
AndreaDawnDesign
ClearpH Design
Flourish. Magazine Style Photography.
Green Bench Brewing Co.
Imagine Home Organization
Mother Kombucha
St. Petersburg Distillery Company
Tangible Labs
Cool Companies: Small
Big Sea, Inc.
Bobby Poth Real Estate Group
Cyberlicious
DoMA Home Furnishings
Handcrafted Healing
Hartney Realty Firm
Orangetheory Fitness Downtown St Pete
Pronto Car Wash & Quik Lube
St. Petersburg Music Factory
The Symphony Agency
Cool Companies: Large
ASI – American Strategic Insurance
Catholic Charities, Diocese of St. Petersburg, Inc.
FIS
Goodwill Industries-Suncoast
Kobie Marketing
Paychex Inc.
Sun Country Cleaners
UPC Insurance
USAmeriBank
Wallace Welch and Willingham
Most Valuable ‘Burger
Bill Edwards (The Edwards Group)
Deputy Mayor Dr. Kanika Tomalin (City of St. Petersburg)
Dr. Savy Ford (Blossom Family Chiropractic)
Gina Wilkins (The Kind Mouse)
Greg Holden (Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.)
Jim Donatelli (Regions Bank)
Juliet Kyes (ActionCOACH Tampa Bay)
Michael Novilla (Founder of Entrepreneur Social Club)
Ryan Griffin (Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP)
Sean King (Solutions Behavioral Healthcare Consultants)
This article appears in Jul 13-20, 2017.