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Following a tough year for the nation s small businesses, Topeka leaders this week celebrated local businesses that weathered the storm and demonstrated excellence throughout 2020.
At the Greater Topeka Partnership s 40th Annual Small Business Awards ceremony Tuesday, six local businesses were chosen from among 18 finalists in six categories as award winners:
• Dialogue Coffee House was recognized as the Emerging Entrepreneur of Distinction.
• The Capper Foundation was honored with the Nonprofit Award of Distinction.
• TLJ Consulting was recognized as the Woman Business of Distinction.
• Evergy Plaza, which is owned and operated by the Downtown Topeka Foundation, received the Innovation Award.
• And Dobski & Associates Inc., which owns and operates 19 McDonald s throughout northeast Kansas, including nine in Topeka, was awarded the Capital City Business of Distinction.
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Statue of Teresa Cuevas, founder of Mariachi Estrella de Topeka, will be a welcome presence in downtown Topeka
By The Editorial Advisory Board
We’re delighted to hear of plans for a statue honoring Teresa Cuevas in downtown Topeka, near Evergy Plaza.
Cuevas was a force of nature, and Tuesday was the 101st anniversary of her birth. Cuevas, as The Topeka Capital-Journal’s Tim Hrenchir reported, was “the driving force behind Mariachi Estrella de Topeka, one of the first all-female mariachi bands in the U.S.”
Hrenchir continued: “Her family is working with the Downtown Topeka Foundation to honor her legacy by having a bronze, life-sized statue of Cuevas, who died at age 93 in 2013, put up.”