Five Star Guitars, with stores in downtown Hillsboro and Tanasbourne, has won the Small Business Administration’s 2016 Oregon Small Business Person of the Year Award. This award is presented once a year to the nation’s top small businesses; one from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In making the announcement of the winning businesses, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet said: “These small business owners represent the best of the best and showcase daily their entrepreneurial spirit and what it takes to be successful in today’s evolving and competitive business environment.
Owners Jeremie Murfin, Geoff Metts, and Johnpaul Simonet will be formally recognized in Washington D.C. on May 1-2, where they will be awarded their individual awards along with the naming of 2016 National Small Business Person of the Year.
