{"id":80857,"date":"2017-05-16T19:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80857"},"modified":"2017-05-15T22:14:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T02:14:17","slug":"oneida-county-business-wins-sba-small-business-excellence-award-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=80857","title":{"rendered":"Oneida County business wins SBA Small Business Excellence Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured from left are Patrick MacKrell, NYBDC; Matthew Nicholl, Berkshire Bank; Tim Halpin, Halpin\u2019s Fuel Service, Inc.; and Bernard J. Paprocki, SBA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One local small business was recognized during National Small Business Week at the U.S. Small Business Administration\u2019s 19 annual Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon in Syracuse Friday, May 5.<\/p>\n

Small businesses are selected for the Excellence Awards based on their company\u2019s longevity, innovation, sales growth, increased employment, ability to overcome adversity or community contributions.<\/p>\n

Berkshire Bank honored Halpin\u2019s Fuel Service, Inc., owned by Tim Halpin and based in Forestport, with a 2017 Small Business Excellence Award. Halpin\u2019s Fuel Service, Inc. is a locally owned and operated fuel company in Forestport. The company is a local supplier in this area of the north country.<\/p>\n

Halpin\u2019s Fuel provides excellent service and has developed loyal customers throughout the rural communities of Floyd, Holland Patent, Remsen, Barneveld, North Utica, Deerfield, Boonville, Old Forge, Forestport, and Brantigham. Halpin\u2019s sales and customer base are very stable. The business prospers through a family effort with Tim overseeing the day-to-day operations and his wife Karen overseeing the office and billing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 19th Annual Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon gives us the opportunity to celebrate our business community leaders for their small business successes,\u201d said Bernard J. Paprocki, SBA Syracuse district director. \u201cEntrepreneurs find success not by avoiding failure but by dreaming the impossible and taking chances. From Main Street stores to cyber merchants and all the companies in between, small businesses keep our economy innovative and vibrant.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One local small business was recognized during National Small Business Week at the U.S. Small Business Administration\u2019s 19 annual Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon in Syracuse Friday, May 5. Small businesses are selected for the Excellence Awards based on their company\u2019s longevity, innovation, sales growth, increased employment, ability to overcome adversity or community contributions. Berkshire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-l29","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/HalpinsFuelService_BerkshireBank_ExcellenceAward_2017.jpg?fit=1500%2C1200&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}