2024 BBB Awards for Excellence! Now accepting nominations!

BBB announces a call for nominations for the 2024 BBB Awards for Excellence, which honors businesses and charities who demonstrate superior integrity, reliability, and trustworthiness. All BBB Accredited Businesses and Accredited Charities who have a physical location within the nineteen (19) counties served by BBB Central East Texas are eligible to be nominated and to receive a prestigious BBB Award.

These awards are presented to BBB Accredited Businesses and Charities in recognition of their outstanding commitment to exceptional standards in relationships to their consumers, employees, suppliers, competitors, shareholders, and surrounding communities. Seven awards are presented to East Texas businesses and nonprofits, including one minority-owned business, one business start-up and one business which is owned by a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces.

“The BBB Award for Excellence is designed to not only promote the importance of building trust, but also the willingness and efforts made by outstanding businesses and charities to help contribute to an honorable marketplace.” Mechele Agbayani Mills, President and CEO of BBB Serving Central East Texas said. “BBB Awards are watched by an average of over 80,000 viewers, and we are so grateful that we have the opportunity to shine a spotlight on and tell the stories of local businesses and non-profits who are role models in our community.”

Nominations for businesses are due November 13, 2023.  Any Accredited Business or Accredited Charity operating in BBB’s service area is eligible to be nominated. The East Texas community will select this year’s recipients via online vote. The 2024 BBB Awards will be announced on KLTV in February of 2024.
Thirty-one organizations were nominated for the 2023 BBB Award for Excellence. The 2023 BBB Awards for Excellence winners were:

Nonprofit Category: East Texas Food Bank
Large Business Category:  East Texas Refrigeration Company
Mid-size Business Category:  Cut Up Debt, LLC
Small Business Category: Sidnetworks
Minority-Owned Business Category: BobaLoompia
Spark Award Winner: Mosquito Hunters
Veteran-Owned Business:  Kelly’s Tattoos
Individuals and business owners can nominate businesses by completing the nomination form found on bbb.org. For sponsorship information, please contact Rachelle Ewart, at (903)508-6146.