CONWAY — Janice Crawford — executive director of the Mount Washington Valley Chamber of Commerce and an active community business leader — is this year's recipient of the Mount Washington Valley Economic Council's annual Bob Morrell award for civic entrepreneurship.
The award is to be presented by the Bob Morrell Committee at this year's annual dinner meeting of the economic council, set to be held at the Red Jacket in North Conway Nov. 15.
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