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PHOTOS: And the winners are …

Mission’s Business Excellence Awards were presented to eight recipients
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Samantha Johnson of Alderwood Apparel receives the Small Business of the Year award from presenter Miriam Bozman of the Mission Downtown Business Association. / Bob Friesen Photo

The Mission business community came out in full force last Friday to honour their own. The Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce presented the 21st annual Business Excellence Awards out on Feb. 18 at the Clarke Foundation Theatre. Hosted by comedian Cliff Prang, the event handed out eight awards.

This year’s recipients were:

Customer Service

Arnold’s Shoe Repair

Exceptional Business

Lacey Developments

Resiliency & Recovery

Arch-Way Dance

Marketing and Communications

Mission City Farmers Market

Non-Profit Award

St. Joseph’s Food Bank

Small Business of the Year

Alderwood Apparel

U40 Entrepreneur of the Year

Art of Alchemy Hair and Beauty Salon

President’s Award

Vik Gill of The Fitness Lab

(Note: Arnold’s Shoe Repair and Art of Alchemy could not attend the awards ceremony. As a result there is no photograph of those two awards.)

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Gina Janus of Archway Dance receives the Resiliency and Recovery Award from presenter Ken Selvaraja of Lanka Jewels. / Bob Friesen Photo
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Vik Gill of The Fitness Lab receives the President’s Award from Mission Mayor Paul Horn. / Bob Friesen Photo
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Mike Gildersleeve of the Mission City Farmers Market receives the Marketing and Communications award from Karen Murtagh, publisher of the Mission Record. / Bob Friesen Photo
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Erik Lacey of Lacey Developments Ltd. Receives the Exceptional Business of the year award from presenter Manny Deol of Manny Deol Personal Real Estate Corporation. / Bob Friesen Photo
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Ron Leger of St. Joseph’s Food Bank receives the Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award from presenter Stephen Evans of Mission Community Skills Centre. / Bob Friesen Photo