So-called "Spirit of the Chamber" awards went to Tami Ross of the Original Basket Boutique for her role as a member of the Education Advocacy Committee; Charles Sueing of Nationwide Insurance/The Sueing Agency, for small-business leadership; Joyce Searcy, Bethlehem Centers of Nashville, for two years of work on the chamber's Education Report Card Committee; Doug Brandon of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker for supporting Partnership 2010's economic development work; and the top "Spirit of the Region" award to Tom Negri, general manager of the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, for his work on the chamber's push to defeat an English-only Metro ordinance.
There also was a presentation of the Chamber of the Year Award to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce from Mick Fleming, president and CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, a national group that honors innovative chambers around the country.
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