2011 Award for Business Excellence

(NAPERVILLE, Ill.) March 17, 2011 - Shane Beard, owner of the Naperville FASTSIGNS^® sign and graphics center, has been honored with a 2011 Annual Award for Business Excellence, in the retail category.

Presented by the Business Ledger, in conjunction with Daily Herald Suburban Business, the 21st Annual Awards for Business Excellence (AABE) highlight successful suburban businesses and organizations, honoring the people who make them successful. The AABEs are given for business achievement, growth and community involvement.

“Naperville is the perfect place to own a business - it is a caring community and a destination that many families and businesses call home,” said Beard. “To be recognized with a ‘Business Excellence’ award means a great deal to me and to my hardworking team. A main reason for getting into this business was to have an opportunity to ‘give back’ and to weave FASTSIGNS into the fabric of this community. I hope we can continue to do so for many years to come.”

Beard and his Naperville FASTSIGNS has been serving the visual communications needs of local businesses and organizations, since 1996. Throughout his tenure with FASTSIGNS, Beard has been an involved owner and mentor to many other franchise partners throughout the network.

FASTSIGNS^® helps businesses, organizations and events solve their visual communications and marketing challenges - large and small. From the simple… to the simply impossible™. The Naperville FASTSIGNS^® center provides consulting, file transfer, design, production, delivery and installation for a full range of custom sign and graphics solutions.