The Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, Advanced Business Equipment, and the Advocates for Small Business will present the 2009 Sky High Growth Award to 56 small businesses that have experienced outstanding growth in sales and/or employment over the last several years. These 56 businesses collectively represent over 2000 full-time jobs, over 500 part-time jobs, and multi-millions of dollars in gross sales.

The program will be held Thursday, October 29, at the Education Center in the North Carolina Arboretum located off of Brevard Road. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with Luella’s Bar-B-Que, cocktails, networking, and special entertainment. The awards ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m.

The following companies will be honored as 2009 Sky High Growth Award winners:

• Advanced Business Equipment
• Aeroflow, Inc.
• A.L. Odom Locksmiths, Inc. (3 year winner) 
• American Security Shredding (4 year winner) 
• Applied Solutions Group, Inc. (4 year winner) 
• The ARD Group 
• Asheville’s Fun Depot (4 year winner) 
• Asset Protection Network, Inc. (3 year winner)
• AVL Technologies (2 year winner) 
• Bank of Asheville (2 year winner) 
• BlackBird Frame & Art 
• Blue Ridge Pharmacy (2 year winner) 
• Carolina Furniture Concepts (4 year winner)
• Carolina HR Partners, Inc. (3 year winner) 
• Carolina Mountain Roofing & Construction, Inc. (9 year winner) 
• Charlotte Street Computers (4 year winner) 
• The Chocolate Fetish, Inc. 
• CMG Promos, Inc. 
• Debits & Credits Accounting, Inc. 
• Diamond Brand Outdoors 
• The DM Shop, Inc. 
• EfficiencyLab 
• First Restoration Services of Asheville LLC (2 year winner) 
• Go Minis Portable Storage (3 year winner) 
• Greene, Smith, Roddy & Co. P.A. 
• Hayes & Lunsford
• Highland Brewing Co., Inc. (2 year winner) 
• HomeTrust Bank (7 year winner) 
• Industries for the Blind (7 year winner) 
• IntelliSound (6 year winner) 
• i Play, Inc. (2 year winner)
• Irene Wortham Center 
• Johnson, Price and Sprinkle PA (2 year winner) 
• King Bio, Inc.
• Luella’s Bar-B-Que LLC
• LuLu’s Consignment (2 year winner)
• Marcos Pizzeria, Inc.
• More Space Place (4 year winner)
• Mosaix Group (2 year winner)
• OnTrack Financial Education & Counseling (2 year winner)
• Palmer Wahl Instrumentation Group (2 year winner)
• The Pet Vet on Patton 
• Phoenix Properties 
• Plasticard-Locktech International, LLP (9 year winner) 
• Prudential Lifestyle Realty (5 year winner) 
• The Residences at Biltmore 
• Second Gear 
• Sophie Magazine (2 year winner) 
• Southern Community Bank 
• State Farm – Bill Russell Agency (3 year winner) 
• Summit Marketing Group 
• Sundance Power Systems, Inc. 
• TLC for You, Inc. (2 year winner) 
• Trout Insurance (2 year winner)
• Two Men and a Truck at Asheville (2 year winner) 
• U.S. Lawns of Asheville 
• YMCA of Asheville (3 year winner)