HomeGrown Tours MVI owner Dolores Borza has been chosen as a winner of the 2017 American Small Business Championship, hosted by SCORE, the nation’s largest network of volunteer expert business mentors, and supported by Sam’s Club, a leading U.S. membership club serving small businesses since 1983. According to a press release, the championship awarded this title to 102 entrepreneurs for their dedication to the success of their small businesses.
Ms. Borza was recognized for the addition of wheelchair-accessible tours to her present roster of private and custom tours. “Last year was my first year,” she said. “Before acquiring the bus I have, one day I was approached by a man in a wheelchair, wanting a tour with his two friends. It was very challenging transferring him into the car and his chair. Because of his transfer difficulties, he opted out of viewing most of the sights that required him to leave the vehicle. ‘I’ll just look at pictures,’ is what he said. At that moment, I understood the need for accessible tours here on Martha’s Vineyard, and began my quest.”