The Greater Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce presented its 1999 Small Business of the Year Award to #1 Properties Friday. The award was one of four presented during the annual Small Business Awards Luncheon at the Hitching Post Inn. Charlie West, one of the partners of #1 Properties, said he was excited about receiving the award, but it was too bad Kim and Larry Sutherland, founders of #1 Properties, weren’t able to accept the award. "I think we try and go a little bit beyond what is normal service for a real estate firm," West said. "But also outside of real estate we do a lot of things for the community. I think all of it together is the culmination of many things that helps us be as successful as we are." Wolfe said, "They have, in a competitive industry, taken a business and built it to a preeminent firm." The award was given to #1 Properties not only for the leaps and bounds it has made as a growing small business over the last few years, but also for the contributions it’s made to many organizations in Cheyenne such as Juvenile Diabetes, Prevent Child Abuse Wyoming and the Laramie County United Way. "The award reflects an opportunity for the chamber to recognize businesses that are here to contribute to building the community," Wolfe said.

Recipient of the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle Reader's Choice for best Cheyenne Real Estate Agency 7 years running

Recipient of the 1999 Sam Walton Small Business Leader award