• Bob and Barb Moved to Middle Township in 1998 from Maryland where he was a District Vice- President for State Farm Insurance.  He has been with State Farm for 27 years as an agent, progressing to upper management before eventually purchasing the former Gene Sanders State Farm Insurance Agency here in town.

        

• Bob’s commitment to his family, his business and his employees, his church, local government and his community exemplifies the type of person deserving of this award.  He and Barb have three children, Jeremy, Timothy and Megan and 1 grandson with another on the way.  Tim is also owns a State Farm Agency.

• Bob is a parishioner at Our Lady of the Angels Church where he is as a member of the Knights of Columbus and has served in each council position including 2 years as Grand Knight.  He chairs the Annual Golf Tournament and is involved in fund-raising for a capital building project.  He is also a Eucharistic Minister.

• His insurance business employs five people.  He performs 911 emergency planning and household expense planning workshops at local schools.  He sponsors local sports teams, does an annual Child Safety ID program at the Harvest Festival and is extremely involved in the Special Olympics.

• As you all know, Bob served as president of this organization for 8 years and in that time he refused to be nominated as BPOY.  His time has finally come and we are proud to name Bob Noel the 2010 Business Person of the Year.

• Owner of Mitch Nichols Enterprises

• Member - Lighthouse Church, Building and Mission Committees

• Member - Middle Township Chamber of Commerce since 1994

• Cape Assist – 2007 - 25^th Anniversary Honoree

• Past Member – Middle Township Kiwanis

Mitch Nichols was deeply moved to be voted the Middle Township Business Person of the year.

Mr. Nichols is the owner/operator of Mitchell Nichols Enterprises, an excavating and demolition company established in 1993.  He also operates two complimenting businesses, Jersey Property Management Company and Harbor View Landscaping and altogether employs 20 people.  Born in Woodbury, NJ, Mitch attended Middle Township Schools, graduating in 1983.  Mitch worked in the commercial fishing industry for some 10 years prior to his business ventures.  He helps to fund raise and supports the many programs of Cape Assist, a substance abuse prevention agency and has donated his time and equipment to their building project.  He travels with the Lighthouse Church Missions Team to the Dominican Republic where they have built a church and continue to teach people to develop work skills.  He also devotes time to the Prison Ministry helping inmates plan their re-entry into society.

Mitch also donated his time and equipment to Habitat for Humanity, providing excavating services for no cost.  Mr. Nichols married his wife Jill in 2002 and together they have five children.  They enjoy family outings camping, riding ATV’s and NASCAR.  Weekends are spent transporting the kids to numerous sporting activities.