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TouchVision's Customer Shurgard CEO Chuck Barbo Named Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year
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Shurgard CEO Chuck Barbo Named Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year
Award Follows Recognition as a 2001 Washington CEO Best Company to Work For
SEATTLE, December 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Shurgard Storage Centers Inc.CEO Chuck Barbo has been named Entrepreneur of the Year for the 2001 Ernst & Young Pacific Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.As recipient in the service category, Barbo is now eligible to participate in Ernst & Young's National Entrepreneur of the Year awards competition.
The Ernst & Young award follows on the heels of Shurgard's being named one of Washington CEO's "2001 The Best Companies to Work for in Washington State."Shurgard is named tenth in the large company category and is recognized by employees for leadership, organizational communication, working environment and decision-making and supervision.
"Although I received the award, it belongs to everyone associated with the company," said Barbo."We have always been a team, and together as a team we have developed a strong entrepreneurial culture."
Shurgard has always demonstrated a broad capacity for creativity and innovation in the development and implementation of its services.Though Barbo has been in the self storage industry for 30 years, he continues to promote creativity that fosters new and different ways of adapting to the changing economy.Barbo also recognizes that expectations for service in the storage business are low, and aims to provide greater service through Shurgard facilities and programs.
Examples of Barbo's innovative initiatives in service are numerous.