Biz bits

- Lisa Turner Maddox has received the William Steinway University award from Steinway & Sons Pianos for completing the sales training and factory orientation with honors in New York.

- Marion Hester received the companywide Agent of the Month award for February at Century 21 Larry Miller Realty for achievements in listing, sales and customer satisfaction.

- The following Center For Primary Care family physicians were Best Doctors in America for 2007-08: Dr. Tracy R. Barefield, Dr. Robert M. Clark, Dr. Priya S. Deshpande, Dr. Paul M. Fischer, Dr. Robert C. Franklin, Dr. Julia E. Hendrich, Dr. David M. Jester, Dr. Denise S. Kennedy, Dr. Phillip S. Kennedy, Dr. Richard W. Livingston Jr., Dr. Leslie J. Pollard Jr., Dr. Edwin H. Scott, Dr. Robert A. Suykerbuyk, Dr. Rebecca A. Talley and Dr. Jay A. Tomeo .

- Gordon Stewart , owner of Gordon Chevrolet in Augusta, has been awarded the General Motors Dealer of the Year Award for achievements in high volume sales and customer satisfaction. Competition for the award is limited to 115 of the 6,700 GM dealers in the country.

- Nineteen sales associates from Century 21 Larry Miller Realty received National Annual Awards from Century 21 Regional Director Desota Wilson for achievements in service and sales performance in 2007.

- David Bullington , a mortgage loan officer with Queensbor-ough National Bank & Trust, has received the 2007 Gold Award by the Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia for excellence in mortgage banking.

- Linda F. Bragg , a representative of Modern Woodmen of America in Millen, Ga., has been named to the 2007 President's Club for achievements in life insurance sales.

- The Aiken Small Business Development Center at the University of South Carolina Aiken received the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2008 Small Business Development Center Excellence & Service Innovation award for exceeding performance milestones.