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Enduring Business Of The Year
Sweet Tooth Cakes and Pastries is the vision of Chef Steve Thomas, intending to provide his community with high-quality, specialty desserts. Chef Thomas has worked as a Head Pastry Chef for many well-known hotels including JW Marriott, The Vista Hotel, Hilton International, and the Gaylord Hotel. In 1996, he made the decision to leave the hotel industry to pursue his dream of having his own shop, with the help of his brother, Ricardo. Since Sweet Tooth’s opening, it has stood the test of time as a community favorite, but Chef Thomas knew that Sweet Tooth could offer more. In 2012, through a partnership with Chef Thomas’ wife, Sara, Sweet 2th Cafe & Catering, opened with an extensive array of savory menu choices. More than anything, Sweet Tooth advocates for transparency in business, because it is the simplest way to build connection and being connected to the community means everything.
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Technology Business Of The Year
Lanier Electronics Group, Inc. (Lanier), is a small certified minority owned and operated technology firm founded in 1992 by Darrell and Jane Lanier. Headquartered in Prince George’s County, MD, Lanier is a one stop shop for delivering IT solutions and takes pride in exceeding our customers expectations. Services provided includes data communications, network infrastructure, security and access control, structured cabling and audio visual services. We design, install, test, configure and maintain systems for our valued clients in the Baltimore and Washington, DC areas. We are licensed in MD,DC,VA and DE and possess various minority business certifications in each jurisdiction. We have excellent references and past performance in K-12, higher education, healthcare, utilities and retail. Our motto at Lanier, is doing right things, the right way, and we believe as our company grows, the community should benefit. That’s why we fund and sponsor local non-profit organizations in Prince George’s County and also provide workforce development initiatives to train the next generation of technicians.
