ACF Named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)ACF Named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)ACF Named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)ACF Named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)
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October 19, 2020
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ACF Named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho)

ACF named Small Business of the Month by U.S. Senator Jim Risch

In February, 2016 ACF received the "Excellence in Business" Award for 2016 by the Idaho Small Business Development Center. The award was given during the Small Business Development Center's 30 Anniversary luncheon held in Boise, Idaho. State Senator Dean Mortimer, R-Idaho Falls, presented the Region VI award during the luncheon. Ken Koller, ACF's President/COO accepted the award for the company.

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