The nominees for the 2011 Business Excellence Awards were released Friday morning.
Business of the year with more than 15 employees:
Fraser Valley Building Supplies
Canadian Tire
Royal Bank
Cedarbrooke Chateau
Prospera Credit Union
Mission Springs Brewing Company
JBS Ltd.
Business of the year with less than 15 employees:
Kesteven Dental Care Studio
Lloyds Dry Cleaner
Woodlawn Funeral Home
Fountain Tire
Mission Automotive
Waarden Automotive Ltd.
A. H. Senae Inc.
Sue’s Copy Place
World Odyssey Travel
Business leader of the year:
Vicki Gould, Canadian Tire
Mindy McPherson, Top Producers
Cal Crawford, Landmark realty
Sean Melia, Prospera Credit Union
Rhett Nicholson, Sue’s Copy Place
Carol & Lloyd Davies, Davies Sand & Gravel
Non-profit of the year:
Fraser Valley Humane Society
Mission Hospice Society
Community Futures
Big Brother Big Sister Mission
St. Joseph’s Food Bank
Women’s Resource Society
Rotary Club of Mission Mid-Day
Customer experience:
Mission Safeway
Sue’s Copy Place
Embers BBQ House
Mr. Mikes Steakhouse
Kesteven Dental Care Studio
Swing Optical
Mission Springs Brewing Company
The Mission Barbers
Magnolias on Main
Fraser Valley Building Supplies
DBC Construction Ltd.
Connect Hearing
Murdoch’s Book Shoppe
Home-based business of the year:
K.R. Zehner Auger Services
A-Plus – Paul Hockridge
Coast Eagle Consulting
Ann Harper Inc.
Clever Canadian Couponing
Mady Graphic Design
A. H. Senae Inc.
Sheila Barry, Vision 2000
Entrepreneurial excellence:
The Mission Barbers
Blackberry Kitchen
Coast Eagle Consulting
Kesteven Dental Care Studio
Young entrepreneur of the year
Rhett Nicholson, Sue’s Copy Place
Laura Sigurdson, Iron Lotus Yoga
Ilona Klimczak, Coast Eagle Consulting
Taneane Twele, Taneane Twele Photography
Asvind Mani, Mission Automotive
Over the next month nominees will be judged by a panel who will individually rate each nominee based on the criteria of the award. Scores are tallied and the winners will be awarded at the Business Excellence Gala on Friday, Oct. 21.
Tickets for the gala are available at www.missionchamber.bc.ca.
