Some of the Tri-Cities best businesses and non-profits will be sharing the spotlight on Oct. 30 when the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce honors its Business Excellence Awards nominees during lunch at the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club.
The following nominees will be recognized:
Small Business of the Year
A3Creative Solutions, Anytime Fitness, Aurifex Jewellers, Beyond the Grape, Caydance Studios, Chic & Unique Event Design, Coquitlam Florist, D. Kwasnicky and Associates Inc., Eden West Fine Food & Gifts Ltd., Engineered Bodies, Hair We Are Beauty Boutique, Maurine Sequin Realtor, Mobil1 Lube Express Port Moody, Montridge Financial, Sharon Perry Chartered Accountant, The Cotton Candy Kids, Trophy Centre.
Business of the Year (10-50 Employees)
Alliance Printing, Caffe Divano, Coast Therapeutic and Sports Massage, Community Fire Prevention Ltd., Denis E. Boyd & Associates Inc., International Submarine Engineering.
Business of the Year (50+ Employees)
Dynamic Structures, Earls Restaurant Port Coquitlam, Home Instead Senior Care, Natural Factors, Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd., Sysco, Westwood Honda.
Community Spirit Award
Envision Financial, Hair We Are Beauty Boutique, John Wolff, Investors Group, Kelly Strongitharm, Ruben's Shoes, Scot Masse, Mardon Insurance Brokers, Sharon Perry, Sharon Perry Chartered Accountant Inc., Smithrite Disposal, Vancity Savings Credit Union.
Not-for-Profit of the Year
Access Youth Outreach Services, Blue Mountain Quilters Guild, Place Des Arts, Société francophone de Maillardville, Soroptimist of the Tri-Cities, Tri-City Transitions Society.
Business Leader of the Year
Anita Wilson, Coast Therapeutic & Sports Massage, Curt Allison, Express Employment Professionals Coquitlam, Ken Catton, Pacific Coast Terminals Co. Ltd., Lisa Smith, Mint Hair Lounge, Thomas L. Spraggs, Thomas L. Spraggs & Co. Law Corporation.
The selection process to choose the finalists will begin after the Nominees' Luncheon. Finalists will be announced by the end of 2014. Winners will be awarded at the chamber's annual gala at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver Theatre on Jan. 31, 2015.
