The polls have closed and the nominations for the 2017 Business Excellence Awards have been counted.
More than 170 nominations were received for this years’ six award categories that include the Power Of Small, The Big Bang, Local Focus, Educational Leader, Community Builder and Customer First awards.
Changes to the Business Excellence Awards program continue as the Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce aims to better align the awards to ensure consistency, transparency and better representation of the business community.
This years’ nominees who receive multiple nominations will be asked to accept the one category that best represents their business.
In total, 56 local businesses have been recognized and will be invited to accept their nomination at the 2017 Business Excellence Nominees Luncheon on Oct. 19, where nominees are treated to a special lunch with guest speaker Scott Armstrong.
Judging and community voting for the final award winners will run from Oct. 1 to 31. After the judging and community vote closes, the top nominees in each category will be announced with the final award winners to be announced at the Business Excellence Awards Gala on January 19, 2018.
“It is exciting to see many local businesses being recognized and many in multiple categories. It strengthens the argument that we do have some amazing, hardworking businesses in this community that help to shape our local economy,” said David Sawatzky, chamber president.
This year’s list of nominees include:
Akasaka Japanese Restaurant
Arsenault Tree Services
BC Redi-Rooter Ltd.
Beautiful U Boutique
Bella Sunless Tan & Eyelash Extensions
Bridgeview Dental Clinic
Casa del sol
Chartwell Carrington House
Chartwell Cedarbrooke
Community Futures North Fraser
ELKS Lodge
Empowered Living Service
English Tarts
Excalibur Electric
Fraser River Wines
Fronya Thrift Boutique
Game Changers Buy and Sell
Game-bit
Grab a Java
Habitat for Humanity
Heritage Park Pharmacy
Hillis on Mane
Hitch Flix Media
Infinus Technology
Inspire Me Fitness
LuLaRoe by Rita
Megan Faber Photography
Mission City Pizza
Mission Community Skills Centre Society
Mission Firefighters’ Charitable Organization
Mission Hospice Society
Mission Station Grill
Mission Towing
Mossy Creek and Co
Otter Co-op
Oxygen Yoga and Fitness
Platinum Beauty
Prolash
Prospera Credit Union
Redemption Hair Salon
Sandpiper Resort
Save On Foods
Soroptimist Abbotsford - Mission
Suzanne’s Junction Mall
TD Canada Trust
The Diape
The Mission Skating Club
The Stage
Tom Osterberg, Realtor
U&I Thai Fine Cuisine
Urban Valley Transport
Valley Acrylic Bath LTD
What’s On Mission
Y.E.T Young Entrepreneur Training
ZZ Cuts
For more information visit missionchamber.bc.ca.