THE HONORABLE MAYOR BELLE ISLE AND THE CITY OF ALPHARETTA COUNCIL PRESENT THE 5TH ANNUAL BUSINESS AWARDS RECOGNITION BREAKFAST LIST OF HONORED BUSINESSES AND CORPORATIONS SPONSORED BY 6 Degrees Group Alpharetta Flower Market Inc 5000 Florist (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Abbott Laboratories Alpine Bakery Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Bakery (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best; Dessert Forbes; Fortune 500 - Fortune (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Acsential Altria Group Inc 5000 Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Forbes Actimize, Inc. 2016 Best AML Compliance Solution Provider - Amazon Retail, LLC Waters Rankings Innovative Companies - Forbes; Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - Forbes; America's Best Adecco Employers - Forbes; World's Most Admired Companies Global 2000 - Forbes - Fortune; Fortune 500 - Fortune ADP Amdocs America's Best Employers - Forbes; Fortune 500 - Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Fortune; 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers - Forbes; Ground-breaking NFV Initiative - Global Working Mother magazine Telecoms Awards Aetna Antico Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Pizza (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Forbes AON Alcatel-Lucent Global 2000 - Forbes 2016 Wholesale Service Innovation for Seabras-1 New York to Brazil Subsea Cable Project - Telecoms Appen Media Group, Inc. Innovation & Technology Awards (GTB) 21 Individuals awards for Appen Media Group Staff (David Brown, Suzanne Pacey, A.J. McNaughton, Alpharetta Animal Hospital Kathleen Sturgeon, Hatcher Hurd) - Association of Veterinarian (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Free Community Newspapers Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce Application Development Resources, Inc. #2 Chamber of Commerce - ATL Business Chronicle Atlanta's Top 20 Women-Owned Firms - ABC's Book of Lists Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau Informational Services (Winner) - Appen's Best Aria Salon Spa Shoppe of the Best; AVA Digital Awards: Gold Award for Hair Salon (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Facebook engagement and honorable mentions for website and for digital campaign with Explore Georgia; Arrow Exterminators Marcom Awards: Platinum for Alpharetta Insider Pest Control (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Blog; Gold for Alpharetta Destination Video and Only in Alpharetta Campaign; Honorable Mention for Arthur J. Gallagher & Company Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau Facebook 2016 CFO Award for Douglas Howell - Finance Page Engagement and for the 2015 Alpharetta Visitors Monthly Guide; ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award Ashton Woods Homes, Atlanta Best Places to Work - Large Companies - ABC's Book Alpharetta Farmers Market (ABA) of Lists; Atlanta's Top 25 Homebuilders - ABC's Book Farmers Market (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best of Lists Assurity Staffing Group Bank of America Inc 5000 Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - Forbes; Fortune 500 - Fortune; 100 Best Companies for AT&T Corporation Working Mothers - Working Mother magazine Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Forbes; BB&T Insurance Services, Inc. Fortune 500 - Fortune, U.S. Residential Television Atlanta's Top 10 Property & Casualty Insurance Service Provider Satisfaction Study - J.D. Power & Brokers & Agents - ABC's Book of Lists Associates; Business Wireline Satisfaction Study (Small and Midsize Business) - J.D. Power & Benton House Associates Assisted Living (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best; Independent Living (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby’s International Realty Real Estate Brokerage (Winner) - Appen's Best of Best Buy the Best Appliances/Electronics (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Atlanta Fine Homes, North Atlanta Atlanta's Top 25 Residential Real Estate Offices - BIS Benefits, Inc. ABC's Book of Lists Atlanta's Healthiest Employers - Small Companies - ABC's Book of Lists Atlanta Fitness/One Life Gym/Workout Facility (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Bottomline Technologies Best 2016 IDC Financial Insights FinTech Rankings Top 100 - IDC Financial Insights Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates Gastroenterologist (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Bridgevine, Inc. 2016 Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies in Atlantic Properties Georgia - TAG Inc 5000 Brixmor Property Group, LLC ATOS Atlanta's Largest REITs (Retail) - ABC's Book of Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Midsize Lists; Top Owners of Atlanta Real Estate (Retail) - Employers - Forbes ABC's Book of Lists Avalon Brocade Communications Systems Date Night (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best; #100 America's Best Midsize Employers - Forbes; 2016 Entertainment Venue (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of Mobile Infrastructure Innovation for Virtual the Best; Shopping/Entertainment Plaza (Winner) - EPC-based Air-to-Ground High-Speed Data Service - Appen's Best of the Best; 2016 Finalist for New Telecoms Innovation & Technology Awards Developments - International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC); U.S. Maxi Awards: Traditional BurgerFi Marketing - Cause-Related Marketing GOLD for Burger (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best "Noon to Night" - ISCS; U.S. Maxi Awards: Traditional Marketing - Public Relations GOLD for Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company "#AvalonNeedsCFA" - ICSC; U.S. Maxi Awards: 100 Best Companies to Work For - Fortune; 50 Best NOI Enhancement - Partnership Marketing/ Workplaces for New College Graduates - Fortune; 20 Sponsorship SILVER for "Shared Values Create Best Workplaces for Gen X'ers - Fortune; 100 Best Value at Avalon" - ISCS Workplaces for Millennials - Fortune; 30 Best Workplaces to Retire From - Fortune; Atlanta's Top 25 Avaya Engineering Firms - ABC's Book of Lists 2016 Recognized Leaders in Customer Engagement Solutions, Best for Customer & Network Security Cabernet Implementation 2016 - TMT News Fine Dining (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best CalAtlantic Homes, Inc. Colonial Pipeline Company Atlanta's Top 25 Homebuilders - ABC's Book of Lists Atlanta's Healthiest Employers - Large Companies - ABC's Book of Lists; Atlanta's Top 50 Private Campbell & Brannon, LLC Companies - ABC's Book of Lists ATL Top Workplaces - AJC Comcast Carmichael Consulting Global 2000 - Forbes; Fortune 500 - Fortune IT Services (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Concept Software & Services CBRE Inc 5000 Data Centre Above and Beyond Award for CBRE Data Center Solutions - Datacloud Awards Ceremony - Cottonwood Estates BroadGroup Independent Living (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 100 Best Companies to Work For - Fortune; 100 Best Coyote Logistics Places for Women - Fortune; 100 Best Companies for ATL Top Workplaces - AJC Working Mothers - Working Mother magazine Cruise Planners Chinese Medical Center Travel Agency (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Acupuncture (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Crust Ciena Corporation Pizza (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best 2016 Fixed Infrastructure Innovation for AEConnect – Next-Generation Trans-Atlantic Davinci’s Donuts Connectivity - Telecoms Innovation & Technology Breakfast (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best; Donuts Awards (GTB) (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Best Cisco (Lancope) Diageo Americas Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers - Working Forbes; America's Best Employers - Forbes; 100 Best Mother magazine Companies to Work For - Fortune; Best Workplaces for Millennials - Fortune; 50 Best Workplaces for Dodge Communications, Inc. Flexibility - Fortune; Fortune 500 - Fortune; Best Atlanta's 20 Largest Public Relations Firms - ABC's Network Security Solution for Stealthwatch, Lancope, Book of Lists Inc. - SIIA CODiE Awards (Lancope) Donald Mitchell Designs Clayton Savage Interior Design (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Photographer (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Dr. Joseph Pausa Coca-Cola Refreshments Maxillo-Facial / Oral Surgery - Appen's Best of the Best Innovative Companies - Forbes; Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - Forbes; America's Dream House Painting Best Employers - Forbes; World's Most Admired Painter (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Companies - Fortune; Change the World - Fortune; Fortune 500 - Fortune DSYS Inc 5000 CodeForce 360 Inc 5000 Dwell Design Studio Best Places to Work - Medium Companies - ABC's Book of Lists; Atlanta's Top 25 Architectural Firms - ABC's Book of Lists Edge Solutions, LLC General Dynamics Inc 5000; 2016 Fast Growth 150 - CRN Magazine; Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Atlanta's 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies - Forbes; Fortune 500 - Fortune ABC's Book of Lists; Atlanta's Top 20 Women-Owned Firms - ABC's Book of Lists General Electric Global 2000 - Forbes; World's Most Valuable Brands - ENT Institute Forbes; America's Best Employers - Forbes; World's Audiologist/Hearing Aid Provider (Winner) - Appen's Most Admired Companies - Fortune; Fortune 500 - Best of the Best; ENT (Winner) - Appen's Best of the Fortune; Change the World - Fortune; 100 Best Best Companies for Working Mothers - Working Mother magazine Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) America's Best Midsize Employers - Forbes General Motors Global 2000 - Forbes; America's Best Employers - Equifax Forbes; Fortune 500 - Fortune Innovative Companies - Forbes; Global 2000 - Forbes; ATL Top Workplaces - AJC Georgetown Pediatrics Pediatrician (Runner Up) - Appen's Best of the Best Ernst & Young 100 Best Companies to Work For - Fortune;