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30 Hartford Business Journal • September 26, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com OF NOTE HELMAR WOLF NAMED SOUTH WINDSOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR Helmar Wolf, CEO of the Mill Restaurant Group, has been selected as the 2016 South Windsor Chamber of Commerce's Business Person of the Year. Helmar has been a champion of South Windsor business, and a supporter of many community groups and nonprofits, including the chamber. He will be honored at the Chamber's Business Person of the Year Ceremony at Maneeley's Banquet Facility. • • • LAZOWSKI TAPPED TO CHAIR NATIONAL PARKING GROUP Alan B. Lazowski, chairman, CEO and founder of Hartford's LAZ Parking, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Washington, D.C.-based National Parking Association (NPA). Lazowski took office Sept. 19 for a two-year term. During his tenure, Lazowski and the board of directors will focus on education, research and advocacy to build strong parking communi- ties in the private and public sector. Lazowski promised to continue implementing relevant tools and best practices to show commitment to the industry across all levels. Lazowski co-founded LAZ Parking in 1981 while attending the University of Connecticut. Since then, LAZ Parking has grown into a national hospitality parking company with revenue in excess of $1 bil- lion and more than 10,000 employees. • • • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE NAMED MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOL BY VICTORY MEDIA Manchester Community College has been named a military friendly school by Victory Media Inc., for 2017. The list recognizes the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to accommodate America's military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus. • • • LONGTIME CT REVENUE SERVICES EMPLOYEE RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE Ken Gorenstein, a 33-year veteran of Connecticut's Department of Revenue Services, is being honored with its "Service Excellence" award. Gorenstein, who started his career with DRS in 1983, has rec- ommended permit process changes that have generated $35 million in revenue since July 1, 2013, DRS Commissioner Kevin Sullivan said. The DRS Service Excellence Award was first given in 1997 to agency employees nominated by a taxpayer or co-worker. • • • STATE'S TRANSPORTATION CRASH REPORTING PARTNERSHIP GARNERS AWARD The Governor's Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has awarded the Connecticut Department of Transportation and UConn Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC) a national award for their joint reporting of crash data. Officials from the CTDOT and the CTSRC accepted the Peter K. O'Rourke Special Achievement Award in the Field of Highway Safety on Aug. 31 at the GHSA annual meeting for CTDOT's motor vehicle crash reporting system and CTSRC's development of the Connecticut Crash Data Repository, DOT Commissioner James P. Redeker said. In just over two years, the two partnering agencies have developed a statewide electronic crash reporting system based on the national model minimum uniform crash criteria that provides real-time crash data to all highway safety users. Crash report processing times have been reduced from 16 months to two weeks as a result, he said. Please Note: All electronic submissions for Accolades should be sent to news@HartfordBusiness.com. For more information about the Hartford Business Journal's Accolades Page, please visit www.HartfordBusiness.com. ▶ ▶ The Connecticut Society of CPAs New and Young Professionals Group recently held its seventh annual Charity Kickball Tournament at Norton Park in Plainville. The event drew 100 new and aspiring CPAs and raised $1,825 to benefit Foundation for Life. Donations from the tournament will be used to purchase bikes for local children in need. ▶ ▶ New Country Motor's third annual "Stuff a MINI to the Max" campaign provided hundreds of Hartford Public School students with brand new backpacks filled with school supplies. Six MINI Cooper cars filled with school supplies rolled into the Welcome Center Family Services office of Hartford Public Schools where they were greeted by crowds of children, parents and Hartford officials. Pictured (from left) are: Sam Herman, New Country MINI; Richard Wareing, chairman of the Hartford Board of Education; Luke Bronin, mayor of Hartford; Minnie Gonzalez, state representative; and Beth Schiavino Narvaez, superintendent of Hartford Public Schools. HARTFORD YARD GOATS GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY CT CPAS HOLD CHARITY KICKBALL TOURNAMENT NEW COUNTRY DONATES SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO HARTFORD STUDENTS ▶ ▶ Members of the Hartford Yard Goats staff, including General Manager Tim Restall, recently spent the day building a greenhouse in partnership with the Keney Park Sustainability Project. The greenhouse will help to provide fresh produce, and agricultural and environmental programming to school partners throughout the city. ACCOLADES & MORE Helmar Wolf