Great Bear Wins 2011 Small Business of the Year Award!

A quotation from the press release from nyc.gov:
Great Bear Auto Repair and Auto Body Shop, Flushing, Queens –Great Bear Auto Repair and Auto Body Shop was founded in 1933 and has been a landmark in the Flushing community ever since. Since 2007, the shop has been run by Audra Fordin, the fourth generation to operate the business and the first female to hold this position. When owner Audra took over for her dad, Bill Fordin, Great Bear started a free clinic called “What Women Auto Know” to teach how to maintain a car so that it has a longer life and needs less repairs. To date, more than 125 people have participated in the free workshop. Fordin also fixes the cars of members of her community who cannot always pay the full amount or, sometimes, anything. In the future, Fordin hopes to embrace new technology by hosting a charging station for hybrid and electric cars. She is also in the midst of developing a program to encourage young women in foster care who are aging out of the system to consider a career in auto repair.

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Audra Fordin Wins 2011 Female Auto Shop Owner of the Year

We are very proud to announce that Great Bear owner Audra Fordin has been named the 2011 Female Auto Repair Shop Owner of the Year. Congratualtions, Audra!