Black Hills Leasing & Property Management Receives National Recognition as an American Small Business Champion

RAPID CITY, S.D., May 3, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Local business Black Hills Leasing & Property Management has been named a winner of The 2018 American Small Business Championship by SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer, expert business mentors. The Championship awarded this title to 102 entrepreneurs for their dedication to the success of their small businesses, awarding them with an all-expense-paid trip to a training and networking event, SCORE mentoring and publicity throughout the year, and a chance to win one of three $15,000 grand prizes, made possible with the support of Sam’s Club.

Black Hills Leasing & Property Management earned the title of American Small Business Champion by submitting an online application describing what makes their business one of the best small businesses in their community, and how they plan to use the prizes to grow their business. Nominations that garnered at least 100 votes were then presented to a judging panel of small business experts that determined 102 winners including Black Hills Leasing & Property Management.

Supporting entrepreneurs has been a part of who we are for nearly 35 years. Many of our members own a small business and we appreciate having the opportunity to help them as they find creative solutions to problems they face on a day-to-day basis. The 102 winners celebrated through the American Small Business Championship are excellent examples of how innovation, persistence, and knowing your customers can help an entrepreneur overcome obstacles and we congratulate them on their accomplishments.

Tracey D. Brown, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief Experience Officer at Sam's Club

Every new business faces challenges, especially when entering a competitive market. Black Hills Leasing and Property Management set about to find the right team of leasing agents, handymen and administrative staff to create a support network for their homeowners and tenants. Thanks to the mentoring by SCORE, Black Hills Leasing tripled their business this past year and is expected to double this coming year. They are looking forward to hiring additional staff and continuing to meet our community’s growing housing and vacation rental needs.

Black Hills Leasing and Property Management’s Owner Jamie Nowlin is incredibly proud of the work her team has done and thankful. “We would not be here if it was not for the wonderful people we get to work with - from owners that trust us with their investments to wonderful tenants, to our contractors and to friends that help promote our vacancies. We are here simply because of these people. I always say I am just the face that people get to see.” She is incredibly grateful to accept this honor from SCORE, which is helping her be the best business leader she can be. Her relationship with SCORE has been incredibly insightful, helping her and the team at Black Hills Leasing become more productive at marketing.

Black Hills Leasing & Property Management is also eligible to win one of three additional $15,000 grand prizes, by being named Grand Champion. A judging panel of small business experts will select three Grand Champions from the group of small business champions this summer. Selection will be based on how effectively Champions utilize their prizes to grow business revenue or operations, as well as how effectively the winners promoted the Championship in the media and social media.

To learn more about The American Small Business Championship and to view the complete list of Champions, visit www.championship.score.org.

About SCORE

Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 10 million aspiring entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE’s 10,000 volunteer business experts provide more than 450,000 free small business mentoring sessions, workshops and educational services to clients in 300 chapters nationwide. In 2017, SCORE volunteers provided more than 3.6 million hours to help create more than 54,000 small businesses and 116,000 full-time, part-time, owner and contractor jobs.

For more information about starting or operating a small business, visit SCORE at www.score.org. Follow @SCOREMentors on Facebook and Twitter for the latest small business news and updates.