The Christian County Chamber of Commerce has recognized 15 local businesses and organizations with Compass Awards to celebrate the best of small businesses in the community.
These awards were presented Tuesday night at the Compass banquet at the Silo Event Center.
- Agriculture — Christian County Cooperative Extension Service
- Residential — Pennyroyal Interiors
- Health & Wellness — Hopkinsville Family YMCA
- Spirit of Entrepreneurism — Trip M Hospitality (Margaret Prim, Mindy Hargrove and Mallory Lawrence)
- Nonprofit — United Way of the Pennyrile
- Friend of Community — Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County
- Specialized Service — The Silo Event Center
- Food Service — Butter and Grace
- 2025 Quality Service Award — The UPS Store, Hopkinsville
- Retail — Herb Hays Furniture
- Century — Flynn Enterprises
- Sunset Award — The Farmer’s Daughter
- Industrial/Commercial Service — White’s Auto Mall
- On the Horizon — The Book & Bottle Shop
- Friend of Small Business — Mayor James R. Knight Jr.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
