{"id":44516,"date":"2020-01-09T10:04:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T15:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=44516"},"modified":"2020-01-09T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:21:09","slug":"yutzy-family-honored-with-local-chambers-farm-family-stewardship-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/yutzy-family-honored-with-local-chambers-farm-family-stewardship-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Yutzy family honored with local chamber&#8217;s Farm Family Stewardship award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A local family was among five area business figures to be honored at the 2019 Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet in early January. Windcrest Holsteins, in Timberville, and the Yutzy family won the Farm Family Stewardship Award. <strong>Dave<\/strong> <strong>&#8217;82<\/strong>, his wife <strong>Jewel<\/strong> <strong>Risser &#8217;82,<\/strong> and their two sons, <strong>Ben<\/strong><\/em> <em>&#8216;<strong>06, MA &#8217;17 (organizational leadership)<\/strong> and <strong>Aaron &#8217;10<\/strong>, as well as Aaron\u2019s wife <strong>Andrea Bowman<\/strong> <strong>&#8217;10<\/strong>, are all Eastern Mennonite University graduates. Windcrest Holsteins hosted a Business Networking Breakfast for the EMU alumni community in 2018. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other alumni recognized by the chamber for business leadership include, most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/judith-trumbo-82-is-the-harrisonburg-rockingham-chamber-of-commerce-business-person-of-the-year\/\"> 2018 Businessperson of the Year Judith Trumbo &#8217;82<\/a>,  <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/hans-harman-02-president-momentum-earthworks-earns-entrepreneur-year-local-chamber-commerce\/\">2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Hans Harman &#8217;02<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/devon-c-anders-88-named-business-person-of-the-year-in-january-2014\/\">2014 Businessperson of the Year Devon Anders &#8217;88<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"highlight highlight-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/family-owned-dairy-works-towards-eliminating-electricity-bill-with-largest-private-solar-power-installation-in-virginia\/\">Read more about the dairy&#8217;s solar initiative.<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the media production company Beau Baker, Jon Hollif and Andy Vanhook worked for closed in 2011, they decided to found Appeal Production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly a decade later, the trio have expanded their video production business and won the 2019 Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve grown every year,\u201d Vanhook said. \u201cAnd I think we\u2019ve grown more involved with the community every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four other local business figures took home awards from the packed dinnertime banquet at the Hotel Madison and Shenandoah Valley Conference Center in Harrisonburg on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Yutzy family of Timberville won the Farm Family Stewardship award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt validates what we do every day,\u201d said <strong>Dave Yutzy<\/strong>. Yutzy, along with his wife, <strong>Jewel<\/strong>, and their children, <strong>Aaron<\/strong>, 31, and<strong> Ben,<\/strong> 34, work on family\u2019s 1,450-cow farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn many ways you could say we\u2019re selfish environmentalists,\u201d Yutzy said with a laugh. \u201cWe want to maintain the land that we have so it\u2019s productive for our own uses and for future generation\u2019s uses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/11\/110215-Windcrest-Holsteins-Solar2-NF.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/11\/110215-Windcrest-Holsteins-Solar2-NF.jpg 450w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/11\/110215-Windcrest-Holsteins-Solar2-NF-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Andrea and Aaron Yutzy with son, Levi, in front of one of their dairy barns outfitted with solar panels in 2015. The solar initiative was, at the time, the largest privately owned array in the state. (Nikki Fox\/Daily News-Record)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Businessperson of the Year award went to Sarah Elson, the director of business relations for Massanutten Resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was stunned, to be honest with you,\u201d Elson said with a laugh. \u201cWhen Frank [Tamberrino, head of the chamber] called me on the phone, I thought he was prank calling me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elson said she focused the most on team development throughout 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt just really helps me know that I am making a difference in what I\u2019m doing,\u201d she said of the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Jones, an advertiser at WHSV-TV3 and Harrisonburg city councilman, won the Diversity Business Leadership award \u2014 making Jones the second recipient of the honor, first given out last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones was key in organizing the chamber\u2019s first workforce diversity event at the Lucy F. Simms Continuing Education Center in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the business community\u2019s responsibility to reach out to those individuals to let them know about the bountiful amount of opportunities available to our veterans, individuals that suffer from mental and physical disabilities, people of color, leadership roles for women and the like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With nationwide unemployment at record lows, employers are searching harder and harder to find employees. The June chamber event was aimed at informing employers how to best tap into the diverse labor resources available in the Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe the chamber is really headed in the right direction,\u201d he said. The business development group is \u201cworking to be as inclusive as possible with a variety of businesses, nonprofits and community members and leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Community Champion award was given to Richard \u201cDick\u201d Morin, the former president of the Page-Shenandoah Newspaper Corp. and former editor and general manager of the Daily News-Record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morin said he was pleased to have won the award, especially because his son and daughter-in-law were able to attend the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had a good ride,\u201d he said of his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 87-year-old has been involved with a number of local organizations, such as the Harrisonburg Rotary Club and the Rockingham Public Library board and for 38 years was on the board of directors for the Shenandoah Valley Economic Education board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Morin\u2019s career in publishing began in the military, where he managed a military publication and was won over by the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned an awful lot and said, \u2018Oh boy, here\u2019s a career,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for Baker, Hollif, and Vanhook, the award is no invitation to rest on their laurels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re investing a lot in how we\u2019re going to grow next year,\u201d Hollif said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t see this as the end of the race,\u201d Vanhook said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local family was among five area business figures to be honored at the 2019 Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce annual awards banquet in early January. 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