Lynbrook business owners honored at Crest Hollow Country Club

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Joan and Barry Kornblum were honored at the 33rd annual Businessperson of the Year and Legislative Breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club on Oct. 20.
The couple owns C&L Plumbing Supply Inc., at 196 Merrick Road in Lynbrook, and was named the Lynbrook 2017 Businesspersons of the Year by the village’s Chamber of Commerce.
“It was very special to get the recognition,” said Joan, 59. “It’s nice to be recognized.”
Barry’s parents, Carol and Leonard, founded C&L Plumbing Supply in 1980 after he graduated from college. He and his wife started working at the plumbing store immediately after it opened. Now, they work with their daughter, Stephanie Kornblum Knight. The three family members support the Lynbrook Parent Teacher Association, local sports organizations, fire departments and various non-profit organizations.
“Whenever the village or the town calls about an event or a project, we come,” Barry said.

Barry, 60, is also one of the co-founders of the Little St. Nick Foundation, an East Rockaway-based organization that collects toys and distributes gift bags, made by children, to children in the emergency department of local hospitals. He also helps organize the foundation’s golf outing fundraiser each year.
According to Carol Burak, the president of the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, these charitable acts encouraged members of the chamber to select the Kornblums for this year’s Small Business Award. “As a chamber, we chose to honor them as a Small Business of the Year because of their involvement with the community,” she said.
The event went well, Barry said, adding that the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce was able to make the night special for the more than 680 people that were in attendance. He also said that he knew their company was going to get the award, but was not expecting it to feel so rewarding.
“It was more overwhelming than I thought it would be,” he said, adding that he felt validated for his work. “I was very proud to accept it from Lynbrook.”
For more information about the business, visit candlplumbingsupply.com or call (516) 599-6655.