15 Businesses You Adore: 2017 Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Winners
On February 4, hundreds of business owners and employees packed the lovely Dwight Hall to find out who won the 2017 Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.
This year, Powell River Living was a sponsor of the event, and presented two awards. As publisher of Home Grown, we were pleased to announce the Agricultural Award. And as publisher of Ferns & Fallers, we were also honoured to both introduce and award the first-ever forestry award.
Like a preview of the Academy Awards (coming up February 26), it was a night of suspense and celebration. But unlike the Oscars, you’ve definitely seen all of these contenders.
Without further ado, the envelope please:
Not For Profit
Winner: Powell River Brain Injury Society
Runner up: Powell River Loggers Sports Association
Large Business
Winner: City Transfer
Runner up: Pacific Coastal Airlines
QF’s Guy Sigouin presented the award for Customer Service – Hospitality – to Little Hut Curry’s Molinder Singh and Janmeet Kaur… who were very, very happy.
Customer Service – Hospitality
Winner: Little Hut Curry
Runner up: The Old Courthouse Inn
Second Runner up: Coastal Cookery
Mother Nature took top honours in the Customer Service – Retail category.
Customer Service – Retail
Winner: Mother Nature
Runner up: Big O Tires
Second Runner up: Pagani & Son’s, Shoes & Repairs
Professional Services
Winner: Dr Ashok Varma
Janet Lyon won runner-up in Home Based Business for Cottage Creek Bake Shop, which sells at Farmers Markets and out of her home Friday nights for ‘za.
Home Based Business
Winner: Banking on it Bookkeeping
Runner up: Cottage Creek Bake Shop
Second Runner up: Alice’s Fresh Pasta
Small Business
Winner: Canadian Marshall Arts Academy
Runner Up: Mother Nature
Second Runner up: Tla’amin Convenience Store
Agricultural Business
Winner: Myrtle Point Heritage Farm
Runner up: Funky Beets Farm
Tourism Business
Winner: Townsite Brewing Inc
Runner up: Beyond the Road Adventures
Employer
Winner: Jason Schreurs – Powell River Peak
Runner up: Melanie Alsagar – Sunshine Coast Health Centre
Second Runner up: Rob Villani – Villani & Company
Winning Business of the Year is a big deal, and the guys and from Tempco Heating and Cooling Specialists celebrated with an on-stage selfie.
Business of the Year
Winner: Tempco Heating & Cooling Specialists
Powell River Community Forest board members Bill Bird, Janet May, Rod Tysdal and Results-Based Forest Management’s Chris Liang accept the Forestry Award for excellence in sustainability and innovation.
Thichum Forest Products won runner-up for the new Forestry Award.
Forestry Sector
Winner: Powell River Community Forest
Runner up: Thichum Forest Products
Two Wheel Tech’s Derek Jantz takes the Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Entrepreneur of the Year
Winner: Derek Jantz – Two Wheel Tech
Runner up: Darren Edwards – Henderson Edwards Developments Ltd.
New Business of the Year
Winner: Pacific Point Market/Serious Coffee
Aboriginal Business
Winner: Tla’amin Convenience Store
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