The Wake Forest University Center for Private Business presented the annual N.C. Family Business of the Year and Legacy awards on May 19 on campus. Recipients included: Charlotte-based Smith Turf & Irrigation, National Wiper Alliance in Swannanoa, Illuminating Technologies in Greensboro and Colton Groome & Co. in Asheville. The Flow family of Winston-Salem received the Legacy Award. Flow Automotive CEO Don Flow and his father, Vic Flow, president of Flow Lexus, participated in a panel discussion at the awards ceremony. The center recently changed its name from the Wake Forest Family Business Center.
Photos by Ken Bennett
