2020 Small Business of the Year: The Markets at Hanover

Small businesses, classified as those with no more than 40 full-time employees, play a crucial part in the economy and welfare of the Hanover community.  Today we recognize the Small Business of the Year, awarded to the business that best exemplifies sound principles of business success, personnel management, and community leadership and service.

This year’s small business of the year is the Markets at Hanover.

Under the leadership of Liz Johnides, the Markets at Hanover took a well-known building and turned it into a business incubator. In December 2013, The Markets at Hanover opened, offering small businesses

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a place to begin, expand, or explore a dream. Today, this year-round, climate-controlled building is home to around 30 small businesses.

Continuing to grow, expand, and develop even during a pandemic, the Markets at Hanover recently proceeded forward with its plans to nearly double their parking lot capacity, add solar to the building, and add a brewery and brew pub scheduled to open this year.

Always giving back to the community in some way, owner Liz Johnides has served on various boards within the community including: True North Wellness Services, The Chamber of Gettysburg & Adams County, and the Adams County Community Foundation. Liz currently serves as the Vice President of the Sweet Charities Committee. She was also the 2019 winner of the Hanover Chamber’s Community Leader Award, which is a true testament to her dedication to the Hanover area.

It has been a true pleasure watching small businesses grow and expand under the leadership of Liz and her team. A perfect example of that expansion while here at the Market is Artisans & Oak Wood Fired Pizza. Artisans & Oak started their business at the Markets and will soon realize their dream of opening a stand-alone restaurant with a liquor license. We are certain that many more businesses will share stories like this one in the years to come, all thanks to the Markets at Hanover. 

Please join us in congratulating the Small Business of the Year, the Markets at Hanover!

The Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Business Awards Ceremony virtually throughout the month of March. The event was presented by APPI Energy and KLK Welding.