Since the Conway Family Business Center of Central Ohio has been founded in 1998, they have provided support, insights and programming to help family owned businesses thrive and grow. 2009 marks the 11th year of Conway's Annual Family Business awards.
Optimum Print is the proud recipient of the Support of a Family Business Award. This award was achieved in recognition of the efforts made by Optimum to assist the IT consulting company R. Dorsey.
(From left to right - Optimum Companies CEO John Martin, Optimum Print President Dorothy Martin and R. Dorsey's Iggy Galli, Tim Cook and Robert J. Dorsey)On January 17th the R. Dorsey building was swept up in a blaze that attacked the Kingswood Building in Grandview Heights. At that time, two of R. Dorsey's employees were working on a software update for Optimum. They received the news at the same time as Optimum's president, Dorothy Martin.
In response, Optimum opened it's doors and allowed R. Dorsey to operate out of consolidated offices within Optimum's headquarters building. Dorothy Martin stated that "We knew R. Dorsey was struggiling with insurance. When you have everything burn to the ground, it's a long processes in learning to recover from that. We wanted to help them, and I think it's important for small business to help each other out."
Aproximatley 10 R. Dorsey employees worked inside of Optimum's building until a new Worthington office opened in late September. "We really enjoyed their company." said Dorothy. "Once a month, we do a potluck, we invited them, and they brought food. I think with today's economy, we need to be supportive and from partnerships with small businesses. We need to help each other."
