Awards

Excellence in Entrepreneurship

Jim Erickson, president of Blue Mountain Quality Resources, received the Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award by the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County (CBICC). Each year the CBICC honors businesses in the community. The criteria for Entrepreneur of the Year include:

• A member of the CBICC
• Someone who has faced significant hardship(s) and overcame them OR
• Someone who has taken an existing business that was barely existing and turned it around to become a thriving business OR
• Someone who has started their own business and has turned it into a thriving business
• Someone who has given back to the community is a significant way

“This is such a great honor,” said Jim Erickson. “The success of Blue Mountain is the result of the hardwork and dedication of the entire team," continued Erickson.