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Family Owned Business Awards

Name: Family Owned Business Awards
Start: 2025-08-27T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-08-27T19:30:00-07:00

Wed, Aug 27th, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

6th Annual Family Owned Business Awards

APPLICATION / NOMINATIONS OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND

LET US TELL YOUR STORY

We’re celebrating the incredible family-owned businesses that make the Central Valley thrive! If your company has been passed down for at least two generations and is headquartered in Fresno, Kings, Madera, or Tulare counties, we want to share your story.

Eligibility Requirements:

Multi-generational: Family-owned for at least two generations

Local Roots: Headquarters in Fresno, Kings, Madera, or Tulare counties

Apply for FREE and let us tell your story!

Application deadline is May 1

Application Instructions: While completing this application, please provide detailed and specific answers to every question. The more information you include, the better we can evaluate your submission.

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Applicant Contact Information

Your Email*

Your Name*

Senior Executive Name*

Company Name*

Job Title*

Company Address*

Phone Number*

Website URL*

Please provide additional contact information for senior executives. (e.g. assistant name and email)*

Additional Questions for Editorial Use

What will success look like for you in the next 5 years?*

Does this business qualify as a minority-owned business?*

What state or federal resources/agencies have you found most useful or helpful?*

What keeps you awake at night?*

As you look ahead next year, what is your most critical focus area and explain why?*

What’s the best decision you or a family member has made that has helped the company be more successful?*

Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to your younger self entering this business?*

What’s the biggest challenge you’re facing as a Central Valley small business (not necessarily an issue tied to being a family-owned business)?*

Awards

Has your organization won any local, state, or national awards? If yes, please elaborate.*

Community Service

Does your organization give back to the community? If yes, please elaborate.*

Volunteer board service? If yes, please elaborate.*

As part of our FOBA event, we would love to include family business photos that showcase the legacy, milestones, and memories of our honorees and their companies. If you have any photos you’d like to share, please upload them here.*

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Max. file size: 50 MB.

For more info, email: ashley@thebusinessjournal.com

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PROGRAM TIMELINE

JANUARY

Event marketing begins

MAY

Nomination deadline

JULY

Award honorees announced and profiled in The Business Journal

AUGUST

Honorees Reception

AUGUST

Winners announced in The Business Journal

CHECK OUT LAST YEAR’S FOBA 2025 Winners

Family Heritage – Bonadelle Neighborhoods, De Young Properties and McCaffrey Homes

Legacy Award – Caglia Environmental

Small Business Award- Lars Andersen & Associates, Inc.

Medium Business Award – Fresno Equipment Company

Large Business Award – Nichols Farms

PAST WINNERS	2021	2022	2023	2024
SMALL BUSINESS	Abe-El Produce	Ficklin Vineyards	A-1 Alternative Fuel Systems	Orloff Jewelers
MED BUSINESS	Valley Air Conditioning & Repair	Fresno Acura	Schuil Ag Real Estate	Inspiration Travel
LARGE BUSINESS	Valley Wide Beverage	Wawona Frozen Foods	Betts Company	DiBuduo & DeFendis Insurance Brokers, LLC
LEGACY AWARD	Sebastian	Wonder Valley Ranch Resort	Bar 20 Dairy and Larry Shehadey Farms	Baloian Farms

Please reach out to Ashley Webster-Rudolph for more information on the nomination process or sponsorship opportunities.

Call 559-490-3481 or ashley@thebusinessjournal.com

Details

Date: Wed, Aug 27th, 2025
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Organizer

Ashley Webster
Phone 559-490-3481
Email ashley@thebusinessjournal.com

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