Editor’s Note: We offer long term sponsors the opportunity to speak to you in their own voice. Any such post is clearly marked as sponsored, like this one. We hope you enjoy this post — because it means a lot to the small business winner in this Awards program.

Your votes have been counted, and the winner of the Shine A Light program is Sacred Wind Communications, a telecommunications company bringing phone and internet service to the Navajo people in Albequerque, New Mexico. American Express and NBC Universal are proud to support small businesses, which are the driving force behind growth and innovation in the American economy. They partnered to create the Shine A Light program to honor standout small businesses everywhere.

Thanks to your votes, Sacred Wind Communications will receive $100,000 in grant and marketing support from American Express.

American Express and NBC Universal are thrilled to congratulate all three finalist business owners and all the hard-working small businesses that were nominated.

Tune in on Sunday morning to see the winner on the “Your Business” show on MSNBC!

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