Prairie Family Business Association, an outreach center of the Beacom School of Business, will host the Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award and Legacy Tour in Moorhead, Minnesota on Dec. 8. The legacy tour will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Lillestol Research where the Lillestol Family will provide a tour of their facility and will share their family business succession story.

Following the legacy tour, an award reception will be held at the Courtyard Marriott Moorhead beginning with a social at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and the award presentation will follow.

Serenity Assisted Living, Inc. in Dilworth, Minnesota, is being honored as the 2016 recipient of the Edward Shorma Award.

The Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award was established in 2015, to acknowledge and celebrate the importance of family-owned businesses to the economy and the region. This award recognizes multi-generational family businesses with practices and policies that positively impact local business, as well as the neighboring community.

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