Providence-based Embolden, a Web design and development company, and Ann-Marie Harrington, its founder and president, were recently selected to receive three prestigious awards. The U.S. Small Business Administration presented Embolden with the Rhode Island Minority Business Enterprise of the Year award; the Northern Rhode Island YMCA selected Harrington for a Women of Achievement Award; and, for the third year in a row, Embolden won the Alfred P. Sloan award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. As part of a Rhode Island salute to small businesses, Embolden, a woman-owned business, received the minority business award “in recognition of your success within a highly competitive industry, and your efforts in fostering the development of other minority and women-owned enterprises by having demonstrated a willingness to assist these firms whenever possible.” The YMCA award selected Harrington for her work toward the economic empowerment of women and said, “She practices an entrepreneurial spirit.” The Sloan award is part of When Work Works, a nationwide initiative to highlight companies that have made real commitments to using workplace flexibility as a tool to enhance the success of businesses and employees.