Coffelt Sign Company co-owner Staci Hamman says Friday was a positively overwhelming day for her and her family.
That likely has a lot to do with Coffelt being named as the 2023 Emporia Area Chamber’s Business of the Year award recipient. Hamman says the recognition is a sign of validation for her, her family and the staff of Coffelt.
Since 1949, the business has embodied the motto of original owner Laurence Coffelt “pay attention to the details.” Hamman says the embodiment of this ideal has helped to see them through many turbulent times.
In 1961 the business was purchased by husband and wife Nelson and Donna Coffelt who maintained ownership until Nelson’s death in 2005. Since that time, their daughter Staci Hamman and her husband Rick have maintained ownership of the “second generation business.”
Hamman says more than anything, she hopes the honor would have put a smile on her parent’s faces.
Coffelt will be officially recognized during the chamber’s 125th annual meeting Friday, Jan. 20 inside of the Emporia State University Memorial Union. The meeting will also include the presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award to Jim Kessler as well as the Volunteer of the Year and Community Impact Award, honorees for which will be announced at a later time.
