OED to honor law firm, YMCA, university with awards

Ozaukee Economic Development will present its 2026 Business of the Year awards during a Thursday, Sept. 24, program.

The event, which will be at the Ozaukee Pavilion at the Ozaukee County fairgrounds in Cedarburg, includes an economic forecast by Paul Westphal and Bill Morse, moderated by OED board member Jim Winistorfer.

The businesses of the year are Levy & Levy S.C., in Cedarburg, the Kettle Moraine YMCA’s Feith Family Ozaukee YMCA in Saukville and Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon.

Levy & Levy, the small business of the year, was founded by brothers Don and Lowell Levy and provides legal services ranging from family to real estate to business law.

The firm has also supported projects such as the expansion of St. Mary’s Hospital in Mequon and the development of the Cedarburg Performing Arts Center, as well as organizations that include the Cedarburg Chamber of Commerce,Cedarburg-Grafton Rotary and Ozaukee Family Services.

The Feith Family YMCA, the medium-sized business of the year, has grown to more than 7,000 members since joining the Kettle Moraine YMCA in 2014.

The organization is undertaking a major update to its aquatics center, having raised more than $600,000 for the project, and is also improving its parking lot for better accessibility. 

The branch provides quality child care for Ozaukee County youths, including wrap-around care for local students, and works to make membership accessible through subsidized senior memberships and sliding-scale financial assistance.

Concordia University, the large business of the year, has been an economical and educational cornerstone of Ozaukee County since locating in Mequon in 1982.

The college, serves between 4,500 and 5,000 students and in 2011 became the third school in Wisconsin to offer a  doctor of pharmacy program. It added the Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center in 2019 and recently launched an expansion of its School of Nursing.

Tickets are $30, with a table for eight costing $225.

For more information or tickets, visit https://tinyurl.com/ym63zny3.