Dynamic Evening

Springfield Business Journal honored its 2008 Dynamic Dozen on March 6 at Oasis Convention Center. More than 300 people gathered to celebrate the 12 honorees, who are, in ranked order, Cody Ventures LLC; Incredible Pizza Co. Inc.; Banta Foods; Southern Trades LLC; Jack Henry & Associates Inc.; CoxHealth; DeWitt & Associates Inc.; Russell Cellular; Hamra Enterprises; Protel Systems & Supplies Inc.; Healthcarefirst Inc.; and Covenant Church Furniture. Representatives of each company are pictured here; click here to view extra photos of the event.

At left, Cody Ventures Executive Vice President Curtis Jared accepts the No. 1 award. Cody Ventures, which does business as Cody’s Convenience Stores, has posted 723 percent revenue growth since 2005, topping out at $91 million last year.

At right, Hamra Enterprises chairman Sam Hamra brought to the event “Wendy,” aka Amber Stokes. Hamra Enterprises operates 25 Wendy’s stores in Missouri.