Emily Plihal
Local Journalism
Initiative Reporter
Peace River & District Chamber of Commerce is asking for nominations to award exemplary businesses in the region a Davis Award.
Chamber of Commerce executive director Reilly Bassendowski says the awards are a way to recognize businesses in the Peace Country and their contributions to the community.
“Davis Awards are our small business awards,” she explains.
“It is really important to celebrate our business community and the contributions and impact that they have on our region,” she adds.
Awards include Business-of-the-Year (one to nine Employees and 10 or more employees), Community Impact Award, Outstanding Customer Service Award, Business Leader-of-the-Year, Young Entrepreneur Award, Marketer-of-the-Year, People’s Chamber Choice, and President’s Award.
“Each award has its own guidelines and criteria which can be found on our website,” Bassendowski says.
“Anyone can nominate a business and we recognize them at a dinner and awards presentation.”
Bassendowski says the Davis Awards Gala will be held on Jan. 25 to celebrate the award winners, their success and excellence.
In order to be nominated for an award, businesses must be in operation at the time of the awards.
Chamber staff reserves the right to reallocate nominees into the appropriate award category if the nomination is determined to be ineligible in the category submitted. Businesses do not need to be a chamber member to be nominated to win, although members will receive two extra points in the scoring process.
Bassendowski explains current board of directors do not participate on the judging panel, nor are they involved in any nominee or judging processes. Chamber staff are ineligible for nomination as they are involved in all nominee and judging processes.
Nominations will remain open for the awards until Nov. 8.
The chamber is comprised of nearly 200 businesses in the Peace Country.
If you would like to nominate a business for any of the awards or would like additional information, please visit www.peaceriverchamber.com.