[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 12, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E827]
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HONORING MAINE'S SMALL BUSINESS PERSONS OF THE YEAR: TRAPPER CLARK AND 
                           THOMAS STURTEVANT

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 12, 2010

  Mr. MICHAUD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
accomplishments of Trapper Clark and Thomas Sturtevant, the co-
recipients of the 2010 Small Business Association's, SBA, Maine Small 
Business Persons of the Year Award.
  The annual SBA Maine Small Business Person of the Year Award 
recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs for their contributions to the 
Nation's economy and for their personal achievements based upon staying 
power, employee growth, sales increases, current and past financial 
performance, product or service innovation, response to adversity and 
contributions to community. Trapper Clark and Thomas Sturtevant, co-
owners of the aluminum trailer manufacturing company Alcorn in Winslow, 
Maine, embody the spirit of this award.
  On March 1, 2006, Alcom got its start in a small section of an old 
mill with only a handful of employees. Five years and one recession 
later, the manufacturers inhabit a seventy-thousand square foot 
factory, employing eighty workers and serving over two-hundred dealers. 
As of last month, Alcom was supplying its ``mission line'' trailers to 
customers from New England, throughout Canada and as far west as Utah.
  Mr. Clark and Mr. Sturtevant have achieved remarkable growth even 
during these tough economic times. Alcom took on 25 new workers since 
last October, and Clark and Sturtevant have surpassed their projected 
sales and growth goals for 2010 inside the first three months of the 
year. Most impressively, with an ambitious business plan and expected 
sales of $44 million and 196 employees in 2013, Alcom has found a way 
to grow while still keeping their employee base in Maine.
  Madam Speaker, Alcorn is a remarkable Maine success story. Please 
join me in honoring Trapper Clark and Thomas Sturtevant for their 
accomplishments and their dedication to community.

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