2019 EOY Winner: Lacey Coleman, Owner of Coastal Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning

Eric Clough, finalist and owner of eShore Sports, Lori McAllister, finalist and owner of The Daily Brew Coffee House, the Mayor of Snow Hill Gary Weber, Lacey Coleman, Winner and Owner of Coastal Comfort Heating & Air Conditioning, Palmer Gillis and Maurice Ames, Executive Director of MCE, Inc.

Jeremy Norton, Owner of Roadie Joe's Bar & Grill receives the "Entrepreneur of the Year" award for 2018 from Palmer Gillis Co-Owner Gillis Gilkerson

Pictured from left to right: finalists Kenneth Shockley, Owner of Unique Styles Custom Home Builders in Delmar, MD. and Christine Braughler, Owner of Acorn Market in Salisbury, MD; Entrepreneur of the Year Winner Jeremy Norton, Owner of Roadie Joe's Bar & Grill, Maurice Ames, Palmer Gillis

Entrepreneur of the Year finalists with local elected officials

Palmer Gillis Co-Owner Gillis Gilkerson, Jaime Windon winner and Owner of Lyon Distilling in St. Michaels, MD, George Koste-Executive Director MCE, Inc.

Palmer, Kim Scott, Owner of Great Gourmet in Federalsburg, George

Palmer Gillis, Kelly Jackson Owner of Emily's Produce in Cambridge, MD, George Koste

Finalists Bob Hammond Jr. of Atlantic Physical Therapy, Susan Purnell of Kuhn's Jewelers, and Johnny Shockley of Hoopers Island Oyster Aquaculture Company

Johnny Shockley of Hoopers Island Oyster Aquaculture Company was named this year's winner of the 2016 Palmer Gillis Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Pictured left to right: George Koste, Johnny Shockley, Palmer Gillis