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You won't want to miss this! The Legacy Continues: 2025 Family Business Awards & Summit. This year, we are combining two great events for one can't miss afternoon honoring our family business community and benefitting from the knowledge acquired over six generations of family business from a special guest speaker. Family Business Awards: Join us as we recognize the winners of the 2025 Family Business Awards presented by Commonwealth Credit Union. 

These awards honor excellence in family business operations, building continuity, community and philanthropy, education, and continuing the rich legacy of family businesses in our community. Honorees will be recognized in each of the following categories: Generations of Excellence Emerging Family Business Innovator Legacy Builder Round Table Luminary Commonwealth Credit Union Excellence in Community Impact Family Business Community Catalyst Family Business Legacy Family Business Summit: Legacy in Real Time: Leading from Within in Multi-Generational Family Business Anne Bauer, President and CEO of Racket, a 6th generation family business, will be joining us for our Annual Summit to talk all things family business! 

Learn how this organization evolved from a supply post on the Oregon Trail to an international airline supplier! Anne will share with us her family's legacy, including transitions for their families' 3rd, 4th, and 6th generation family businesses, and her passion for working with other family businesses as a certified business coach and podcast host. In this powerful and deeply personal keynote, Anne Bauer invites audiences behind the scenes of what it really takes to sustain, lead, and evolve a family business across generations. As the 6th-generation owner of a business founded in 1891 -- and someone who has worked for, with, and alongside her parents, siblings, and spouse -- Anne brings unparalleled depth, insight, and empathy to the unique challenges family-run businesses face. 

Event Agenda: 

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Registration/Networking 

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM: Welcome 

1:50 PM - 2:50 PM: Keynote 

2:50 PM - 3:15 PM: Annual Meeting/Year in Review 

3:15 PM - 4:25 PM: Family Business Awards 

4:25 PM - 5:30 PM: Cocktail Hour 

Tickets: https://app.glueup.com/event/the-legacy-continues-2025-family-business-awards-summit-144643/#tickets