This year's

applicants were judged by school board chairman Debbie

Condon, state representate Kathy Cox, county commissioner

Greg Dunn, Chamber president Elissa Hall, development

authority chairman Randy Hayes, assistant superintendent

of Eeducation Fred Oliver and the Spirit of Industry

chairman Nancy Price.

Applicants

were judged in two areas: economic impact and industry's

citizenship.

Two awards

will be annouced: companies with 50 employees or more and

companies with fewer than 50 employees.

In the

economic impact category, industries were judged on

company stability and current investment in plant,

property and equipment within the county.

Industries

were judged in the second area with such criteria as

employer's participation in educational, civic and

charitable organizations.

Submitting

applications for the award this year were Florida Rock

Industries, Inc. Tyrone quarry; Gallopade International;

Trimph Motorcycle America, Limited; Cooper Lighting;

Hella, Inc.; Hoshizaki America, Inc.; Lawson Mardon and

Panasonic MCUSA.

The winners

will be announced at an awards banquet Oct 26 at the

Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in Peachtree City.

Last year's

large company winner, Panasonic, went on to capture the

state-wide award