Bluffton Center For Entrepreneurs Announces Business Plan Competition Winners

BLUFFTON — Five businesses were winners in this year’s Bluffton Center for Entrepreneur’s Ropp Triplett Business Plan Competition. Each business received a cash prize. Emerging Business Division winners include: •First place — Cutting Edge Woodcraft, Bluffton; owned by Nicholas Recker and Luke Keuneke; $4,000 •Second place — Art Me!, Ottawa; owned by Kirstene Adkins; $1,000 •Third place — SturdyBed LLC, Lima; owned by Barry McCullough; $500 Established Bluffton Business Division winners include: •First place – The Food Store; Jonah Agner and Nancy Corle, who plan to take over the business this spring; $1,000 •Second place – The Sports Warehouse; Natalie Mueller; $500 in gift-in-kind support With 12 contestants, this was the largest-ever field in the annual BCE event.