Applications are being taken for this year's Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Past winners include such companies as Cold Stone Creamery and Grand Canyon Railway. The awards recognize businesses that demonstrate ethics, energy and excellence in entrepreneurship. Businesses are noted for creating a positive culture both internally and in the community as a whole. Also, this year, a new category called the Gary Trujillo Minority Enterprise Award is being added.

About 1,000 Valley business and community leaders are expected to attend the annual awards luncheon when the winners are announced Sept. 24 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix.

For more information on the center or an awards application, go to www.spiritofenterprise.org.

For sponsorship opportunities or awards luncheon reservations, please contact Gary Naumann at 480-965-0474 or SpiritofEnterprise@asu.edu.