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<p>PLAINS TWP. &#8212; More than 500 business and community leaders attended the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Annual Dinner on Tuesday to honor top companies and allow members to network.</p><p>The Times Leader Media Group accepted one of the evening&#8217;s major awards, the 2018 Legacy Business of the Year.</p><p>The dinner at the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino &#8212; considered the premier event hosted by the Chamber &#8212; recognized 10 businesses and community organizations.</p><p>The theme for the night was &#8220;Connect. Elevate. Engage.&#8221;</p><p>Wico van Genderen, Chamber president and CEO, explained the &#8216;Elevate&#8217; aspect as a way &#8220;to recognize the strong businesses doing the right thing so we can award them and they can inspire others.&#8221;</p><p>The &#8220;Engage&#8221; portion of the evening included keynote speaker and nationally renowned economist Steve Moore.</p><p>Van Genderen also spoke about the city&#8217;s resurgence in recent years.</p><p>&#8220;I think our best days are ahead of us,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We have seen a renaissance in the city and we have about 3,000 to 4,000 jobs slated to come to the area in the next 24 months. The unemployment rate is at an all-time low since the 1960s.&#8221;</p><p><strong>&#8216;Very special&#8217;</strong></p><p>The Times Leader was awarded the Legacy honor for its 111 years of continuous service to the area.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve received numerous newspaper industry awards over the years for investigative reporting and design, but this award is very special to us,&#8221; said Kerry Miscavage, Times Leader Media Group vice president, sales and marketing. &#8220;111 years means something to our community and we are excited about our future &#8216;legacy&#8217; as well.&#8221;</p><p>Publisher Mike Murray thanked his employees while he accepted the award.</p><p>&#8220;It is a proud person standing up here tonight being able to say I lead this team,&#8221; said Murray. &#8220;I thank every single person that works for us because without them we wouldn&#8217;t be here tonight.&#8221;</p><p>Lindsay Bezick, COO of the Chamber, said it was &#8220;really special&#8221; to honor the newspaper.</p><p>She said the dinner also served as a way for the younger demographic to network with experienced business and community leaders.</p><p>Many students from the local colleges attended, including King&#8217;s freshman Scarlett Spager.</p><p>&#8220;There are so many influential people here tonight,&#8221; said Spager, 18, of Old Forge. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s really important for younger people to collaborate and communicate with older people and seek advice so we can work towards a better future.&#8221;</p><p><strong>Award winners </strong></p><p>&#8226; Charitable Organization of the Year &#8212; Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA</p><p>&#8226; Pride of Place &#8212; Wilkes University, AllOne Health, Children&#8217;s Service Center of Wyoming Valley and Luzerne County Courthouse.</p><p>&#8226; Healthy Workplace &#8212; Peoples Security Bank &amp; Trust</p><p>&#8226; Emerging Business of the Year &#8212; Building at 900 Rutter</p><p>&#8226; President&#8217;s Milestone Achievement Award &#8212; Martz Group</p><p>&#8226; Lifetime Achievement Award &#8212; Christopher Borton of engineering firm Borton-Lawson</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Times Leader Media Group publisher Mike Murray speaks at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber&#8217;s Annual Dinner on Tuesday after the company received the Legacy Business of the Year honor at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Township. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Times Leader Media Group publisher Mike Murray speaks at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber&#8217;s Annual Dinner on Tuesday after the company received the Legacy Business of the Year honor at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Township. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Christopher Borton, of Wilkes-Barre engineering firm Borton-Lawson, recieved the Lifetime Achievement Award at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber event at Mohegan Sun Pocono. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards3-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Christopher Borton, of Wilkes-Barre engineering firm Borton-Lawson, recieved the Lifetime Achievement Award at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber event at Mohegan Sun Pocono. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards4-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">A giant Lite Brite board was part of the fun at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber&#8217;s Annual Dinner to honor business and community leaders Tuesday at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Township. The Lite Brite board reads: &#8216;Elevate the Valley.&#8217; </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards4-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>A giant Lite Brite board was part of the fun at the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber&#8217;s Annual Dinner to honor business and community leaders Tuesday at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Township. The Lite Brite board reads: &#8216;Elevate the Valley.&#8217; </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards5-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Renowned economist Steve Moore was the keynote speaker at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Annual Dinner at the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo3>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_TTL111418awards5-1.jpg</photo3><caption3>Renowned economist Steve Moore was the keynote speaker at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Annual Dinner at the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino. </caption3><photoCredit3>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit3></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_awards1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Times Leader Media Group publisher Mike Murray and vice president of sales and marketing Kerry Miscavage, center, accept the Legacy Business of the Year Award from Barbara Maculloch, president of Community Bank N.A., at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Annual Dinner at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo4>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/web1_awards1-1.jpg</photo4><caption4>Times Leader Media Group publisher Mike Murray and vice president of sales and marketing Kerry Miscavage, center, accept the Legacy Business of the Year Award from Barbara Maculloch, president of Community Bank N.A., at Tuesday&#8217;s Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce&#8217;s Annual Dinner at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Tuesday. </caption4><photoCredit4>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit4></div></div>
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Times Leader Media Group honored as Legacy Business of Year