Purple Cherry Architects Recognized Among Top 100 Regional Minority Businesses

Annapolis, MD  November 16, 2009 - Purple Cherry Architects is proud to announce that Cathy Purple Cherry, AIA, LEED AP, Principal and Owner of the firm has been selected to receive the prestigious Top 100 Minority Business® Enterprise Award.  In its fourth year, this program is designed to acknowledge and pay tribute to outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia.  Ms. Cherry was among those being celebrated at an awards ceremony that took place at the Inn and Conference Center at University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Maryland on Sunday, November 15, 2009.

 A panel of distinguished judges chose Purple Cherry Architects from fourteen hundred nominations.  Selection was based on entrepreneurs who demonstrated outstanding achievement in four key areas:  entrepreneurship, client satisfaction, professional and community contributions.  This year's ceremony host organizations are the Maryland Governor's Office of Minority Affairs; The Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity, the University of Maryland University College; Southwest Airlines, greiBO media and the Parren J. Mitchell Foundation for Talent and Education.  "Purple Cherry Architects is so pleased to be recognized as one of the region's Top 100 minority businesses," said Cathy Purple Cherry.  "With close to twenty years of doing business in the mid-Atlantic region, Purple Cherry Architects is committed to providing continued exceptional design services for our clients through strategic and innovative practices."