What’s the most popular business in Port Coquitlam?
According to the 3,200 votes cast last month, it’s Richelle Nail and Spa.
Last week, the Prairie Avenue beauty service clinched the People’s Choice prize at the 6th annual PoCo Best Biz Awards held at the PoCo Inn and Suites.
Richelle Nail and Spa won nearly 800 clicks in the online poll that also saw 100 nominations placed for 61 businesses in four categories.
Based on the responses, the jury selected: Inno Foods - Good Seed Mission as the Entrepreneur of the Year, a new category; PoCo Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Clinic as the Small Business of the Year; Caitey Gilchrist Creative as the Home-based Business of the Year; and Live to Play Sports (formerly Norco) as the Big Business of the Year.
The jury — made up of city and business representatives — also gave honourable mentions to Northpaw Brew Co., Anytime Fitness, Joanna Moss Photography and Code Electric. Dominion Lending Centres came in second for the People’s Choice Award.
“I was on the selection committee and can tell you we had some very difficult decisions to make,” said Coun. Glenn Pollock, in a news release. “It is really impressive to read about all the good work our business community is doing.”
Sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, the awards event was launched in 2013 to recognize the contributions of PoCo businesses and to encourage residents to shop locally.
To see who was nominated, visit portcoquitlam.ca/bizawards.
