Charles Stocking winner of local Jefferson Award

The National Jefferson Awards are recognized as the Nobel Prize for public and community service. Charles Stocking, president and CEO of Principle Business Enterprises, was honored as a local winner of the Jefferson Award on March 12, 2008.  

The Jefferson Awards were created in 1972 by the late Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Senator Robert Taft, Jr., to highlight the works of unsung heroes. A network of newspapers and television stations in local communities all across the country honor volunteers for civic and neighborhood improvement.

Corporate Citizen of the Year

Principle Business Enterprises was awarded Wood County’s Corporate Citizen of the Year during the Wood County Economic Development Commission meeting with more than 450 guests present on March 19, 2008.  

When PBE moved to Wood County in 1974, there were 15 employees and a 30,000-square-foot facility. Today, the company employs 215 and the facility is over 160,000 square feet.

The award for Principle Business Enterprises was accepted by CEO and President Chuck and Carol Stocking.

“We love Wood County,” said Chuck Stocking, CEO of the company. “It’s a great place. It’s the greatest place on earth to grow a family and a business.”