We are proud to announce that two business members of the Laceyville Business Association collaborated and created an international award winning rack card / brochure design. The prestigious award was issued in Antwerp, Belgium and the design won first against 19,000 applicants.

From the Rocket Courier:

Tunkhannock Business Group Reaps Prestigious Award for Brochure - 10/30/2008

“We’ve been wanting to get Tunkhannock on the map, but we didn’t consider a map in Belgium."— Rich Santee

The Tunkhannock Business and Professional Association (TBPA) has been notified that its promotional brochure is an international award winner.

The brochure, “Come Home to Tunkhannock,” received a first place Regional Award of Excellence in the 2008 International Best Brochure Competition. The contest is sponsored by the International Association of Professional Brochure Distributors.

The contest results were announced in Antwerp, Belgium, by Bill Deering, the organization’s president, at its annual meeting. The Tunkhannock brochure was entered in the contest by Pennsylvania on Display, a division of Getaways on Display.

From a field of nearly 19,000 brochures, the Tunkhannock entry was among a list of 63 finalists. The entries were evaluated through competitive comparisons using the specific criteria of headline quality, construction, content and overall appeal. The judges were industry professionals representing the United States, Mexico, Canada, Europe and South Africa.

The brochures are a part of TBPA’s promotions to attract visitors to the Tunkhannock area and have been distributed to sites along Interstates 80 and 81, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and at visitors’ centers throughout Northeast Pennsylvania. The brochure features the natural beauty of the area, as well as promoting three major events in Tunkhannock: Christmas in Our Hometown, Tunkhannock Founders’ Day and Airing of the Quilts.

“We’ve been grinning all day,” said Rich Santee of TBPA. “We’ve been wanting to get Tunkhannock on the map, but we didn’t consider a map in Belgium. The credit goes to Cheryl Carnright of Carnright Design and to Ken Patton of Legal Blank Printery. They produced the final product. They are the talent.”

The promotional brochures were funded in part through a grant from the Wyoming County Room Tax Fund through the Endless Mountains Visitors’ Bureau. The Tunkhannock Business and Professional Association currently has 137 members from the greater Tunkhannock Area.