Monday, June 19, 2006

Breckenridge Chamber Awards Business and Employee of the Year

Friends Welcome, Breckenridge's communitywide guest service program, honored Breckenridge Ski Enterprises (The North Face Store and Main Street Outlet) as the 2006 Business of the Year and Kathy Franklin as the 2006 Employee of the Year.

The presentations took place the evening of Friday, June 16, at the Breckenridge Town Party at the Riverwalk Center.

Known as much for their energetic ads as their customer service, The Main Street Outlet is one of two businesses under the Breckenridge Ski Enterprises umbrella. Owners Steve and Susan Lapinsohn have been in business in Breckenridge for 14 years and are extremely proud of the way their employees level of customer service set their businesses apart.

"They consider themselves town diplomats," commented Nissa Erickson, Friends Welcome director.

The Employee of the Year, Kathy Franklin, received $4,300 in prizes from local businesses. Franklin has been a Reservations Specialist with ResortQuest for two years, but is more wildly known in the Summit Daily's Summit Up section at the "angel in a blue coat."

The blue coat is a ResortQuest logo coat she wears all the time, while going out of the way to help visitors.

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