Capitol Shine Honored at the 29th Annual Arlington Best Business Awards

PHOTO: 2015 Chair Kevin Shooshan, Capitol Shine Founder & CEO Rob Mukherjee, Owner and President Bonnie Flippin, Chamber President & CEO Kate Roche. Photo courtesy: Arlington Chamber of Commerce.

Arlington’s business community celebrated the best in business at the Arlington Chamber of Commerce’s 29th Annual Arlington Best Business Awards, held on May 19 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. This annual event recognizes the most illustrious and accomplished businesses that have made significant contributions to the Arlington community. Included in those honored was Capitol Shine, winner of the 2015 Retail Small Business of the Year Award.

“Capitol Shine has proven that it meets the tough criteria for winning this coveted award,” said Kate Roche, Arlington Chamber President & CEO. “The Chamber is pleased to present this award to them, and our community is fortunate to have such a quality organization operating in Arlington.”

Arlington Best Business Award recipients are nominated by the Chamber membership and chosen by a committee of past award winners. Criteria for this prestigious award are as follows:

· Must be a viable, on-going, full-time business, which has experienced significant growth or stability over its business life.

· Must be well known and thought of by its customers or clients for consistently delivering exceptional quality or service.

· Must be a leader in the industry in Arlington OR must have a significantly unique approach to delivery of its goods or services.

· Must have displayed an interest in and concern for the Arlington community – Either corporately or through its employees backed by the company.

“We are truly honored to receive this prestigious award from the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Capitol Shine would not only like to thank our amazing clients, but also our outstanding staff, the other businesses in the community, and the city of Arlington. We look forward to continuing to deliver our quality auto-detailing and paint protection services in Arlington, Virginia as well as in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Thank you.” - Rob Mukherjee, Founder & CEO, Capitol Shine

In addition to Capitol Shine, others in the community who won a 2015 Arlington Best Business Award were:

• Alectrona - 2015 Technology Small Business of the Year
• Crystal City Sports Pub - 2015 Business of the Year
• Culpepper Garden - 2015 Nonprofit Small Business of the Year
• LMO Advertising - 2015 Business of the Year
• Pavlov Financial Planning - 2015 Home-Based Business of the Year
• Rosslyn BID - 2015 Service Small Business of the Year
• Yuck Old Paint, LLC - 2015 Green Business of the Year