Seventy-eight businesses and individuals have received nominations for the 2018 Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce business awards.
All of them will be celebrated by the chamber at a nominees luncheon at Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club on Nov. 6. Judges will whittle the nominations to between three and five finalists for each category with the winners announced at an awards banquet at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver on Jan. 26, 2019.
The 2018 nominees are:
Business of the Year (1-10 employees): Anytime Fitness Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam; Beanery Coffeehouse and Eatery
Butter Studios; Columbia Driver Training Centre; Coquitlam Wine Kitz; Dragonfly Events and Rentals; Façade West Salon; Galactic Entertainment; Golbey Law; Jamie Banfield Design; Joanna Moss Photography; Kristi Mutka, Dominion Lending Centres - Mountain View; Ledgers (Coquitlam); MPower Lives Company; Remix Hair Studio; Renata Steele, Sutton Group Realty; Seasonal Leaf Interior Design; Serenity Homeopathic Clinic; Strive Health + Performance; and Western Sky Books,
Community Spirit Award: Angela Calla, Angela Calla Mortgage Team, Dominion Lending Centres; Coquitlam Wine Kitz; Golbey Law; Joanna Moss, Joanna Moss Photography; Remix Hair Studio; Renata Steele, Renata Steele – Sutton Group Realty; Joseph Choi, ShelfGenie; Wesbild Holdings Ltd.; Sandy Burpee, Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group.
Business Leader of the Year: Barbara Ferchuk, Arthur Murray Dance Studio; Beatrice Sallis, Bio Solutions Inc.; Gabriel Wong, Westcoast SCI; Jamie Banfield, Jamie Banfield Design; Jamie Cuthbert, Rocky Point Kayak; Josh Bath, Josh Bath - Keller William ELITE Realty; Judith Castillo, Tri-Cities Cleaning Services; Linette Nadeau, Dragonfly Events and Rentals; Paul Droulis, Canadian Tire Coquitlam.
Business of the Year (11-30 employees): Bio Solutions Inc.; Kleiner Services Inc.; Longevity Graphics; Spacca Napoli; The Giggle Dam Dinner Theatre; Tirecraft Port Coquitlam; Westcoast SCI.
Business of the Year (30-plus employees): Community Fire Prevention; John B Pub
Dominion Lending Centres; POCO Building Supplies; Altac Services; Inno Foods; Moore and Russell Heating.
Not-For-Profit of the Year: Baker's Corner Preschool; Charlene Reaveley Children's Charity Society; Community Integration Services Society; Community Ventures Society
Coquitlam Firefighters Charitable Society; Coquitlam Public Library; Crossroads Hospice Society; I AM SOMEONE Ending Bullying Society; Kinsight; New View Society
One Girl Can; SHARE Family & Community Services Society; Société Place Maillardville Society.
Young Professional of the Year: Byron Vallis, Mariner Brewing; Caitey Gilchrist, Caitey Gilchrist Creative; Cassie Curtis, Cakes n Sweets Bakery; Harry Dhaliwal, TD Canada Trust; Liz Naccarato, NaccFitness; Mary Kleiner, Kleiner Services Inc.; Paige Petriw, Spotlight Events; Scott Salling, F.I.T. Academy
Environmental Steward of the Year: Ethical Waste Services; Kwikwetlem First Nations; Serenity Homeopathic Clinic; Vancity Savings Credit Union - Tri-Cities Branches; West Side Pest Control.
For more information go to tricitieschamber.com
