Pair of B.R. area businesses net national award

Covalent Logic of Baton Rouge and Triton Industries of Lottie are two of 75 businesses across the country named Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The chamber gives the award to businesses dedicated to the principles of free enterprise, restoring jobs and continued prosperity. As recipients, Covalent Logic and Triton Industries—the only two businesses in Louisiana to get the award—are in the running for the chamber’s Community Excellence Award, which goes to a small business that has demonstrated “outstanding achievements in promoting community excellence.” The public chooses the winner via an online vote that’s open here through March 15. The winner will be announced on May 22. Covalent Logic Principal Stafford Kendall has also been named the 2012 Young Businessperson of the Year by Business Report and Junior Achievement, and will be among the honorees at the 29th annual Business Awards and Hall of Fame banquet on March 20. Kendall was also a member of Business Report‘s 2011 Forty under 40 class, and you can read her profile here. Learn more about Triton Industries in a Business Report story from September here. See the full list of Blue Ribbon Small Business Award winners here.