The Tri-City Regional

Chamber of Commerce announced its Business on a Roll Award

winners March 27 during its annual meeting and awards luncheon in

Kennewick.

Winners were Knutzen Engineering of Kennewick (10

or fewer employees), Petersen Hastings

of Kennewick (11 to 50 employees) and Gravis

Law of Richland (more than 50 employees).

The awards

recognize businesses achieving success in 2018.

Award

recipients are businesses demonstrating growth in revenue/income or employees;

actively seeking involvement in the Tri-Cities community; and receiving

recognition as a model business for others through national or industry awards.

All nominees had to be

members of the chamber and could self-nominate.

Other awards handed out at

the ceremony included the regional chamber’s Board of Directors S.T.A.R. award,

which was presented to Paula Linnen, executive director, external affairs,

Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for her service, time, attitude

and reliability.

Charles “Mort” Mortimer

received the Tom Powers Ambassador of the Year award for his time spent

volunteering with the regional chamber.

The Tri-Cities Cancer Center received

the Community Impact Award and Washington River Protection Solutions took

home the Corporate Impact Award for their support and financial

contributions to the regional chamber, respectively.