Congratulations to Butler Downtown award winners
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, five businesses and individuals were recognized for their contributions to making downtown Butler a special place.
As we learned in the Thursday edition of the Butler Eagle, Butler Downtown held its annual awards celebration at the Penn Theater on Wednesday.
Jen Hundertmark was recognized as volunteer of the year, Johnny’s Distillery as the small business of the year. Joe Gray and his numerous businesses received the economic impact award. Butler Downtown also gave special recognition to the Masonic Victory Lodge No. 272. And a new award for food truck of the year was given to High on the Hog, a Westmoreland County-based business that received the most votes during Butler Downtown’s Foodie Fridays events.
Creating a vibrant downtown isn’t the work of any one person or business. Rather, it’s the result of coordinated work by multiple people and businesses all aiming for the same goal.
When that happens, it can create something that people want to be a part of and that will continue to grow.
Hundertmark explained exactly what that looks like in her acceptance speech.
“When you’re retired, you’re not held accountable to show up to anything. It becomes very obvious what’s a good fit and where you want to devote your time and energy,” Hundertmark said. “So, I started helping with Butler Downtown here and there a few years ago. Before I knew it, I was attending everything and having fun. Why wouldn’t you do that?”
Congratulations to Wednesday’s award winners and to everyone involved in Butler Downtown.
— JK
