The 28th Annual Williams Lake and District Chamber of Commerce handed out some hardware over the weekend.
Executive Director Tamara Garreau said they received a record submissions for the 28th Annual Business Excellence Awards.
“We had over 200 people in attendance in the Gibraltar Room and prior to the event 153 submissions were sent to us. Almost close to 80 businesses were nominated so it was a great night.”
Garreau said there were five judges that went through the list which took them about a week to go through and they send their first and second choices of who they think the winner should be in each category.
“The venue was incredible. I thought the Gibraltar room was fitting,” Chamber President Paul French said, “There was lots of room for that many people, they weren’t crammed. The decorations went well with the theme “Northern Lights”and everyone seemed to have a good time. It’s just a way to recognize what the business community does throughout the year.”
To go along with the Canadian theme for the evening, French said they had a couple of RCMP officers there in their red surge handing out the awards just like the Grey Cup.
Garreau said the Chamber is already working on the 29th Annual Business Excellence Awards.
“The committee is going to meet and we’ll sit down and list all the things we thought went well and we’ll the list the things that didn’t and the things we need to work on to improve. That has to be done and do it as quick as we can so we remember what they were,” French said.
He added that the Chamber wanted to celebrate the success of those businesses, that’s what we really try to push for.
Here are the 28th Annual Business Excellence Award winners and their categories:
Not for Profit (Sponsored by WL & District Credit Union): Lakers Go Bus
Retail Excellence (Sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada): Seamaiden Boutique & Dress Hire
Newsmaker of the Year (Sponsored by WL Tribune): Willie Sellars
Production & Manufacturing (Sponsored by Atlantic Power): Schickworks Signs & Stitches
Tourism & Hospitality (Sponsored by WL Visitor Centre): Osprey Nest
Greatest Improvement (Sponsored by Evolve CPA): Scout Island
Hugo Stahl Memorial (Sponsored by City of WL): Brian Hansen
Service Excellence (Sponsored by WL & District Chamber of Commerce): Lo’s Florist
Ken Wilson Chamber Business of the Year (Sponsored by MNP LLP): Community Futures Cariboo Chilcotin
Business of the Year (Sponsored by Community Futures Cariboo Chilcotin): Progressive Printers
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