The local community was lauded at the Penticton Lakeside Resort this past weekend, as the Penticton Chamber of Commerce hosted its 37 Annual Business Excellence Awards.
The event, presented by Total Restoration Services, celebrated the outstanding contributions and achievements of businesses, non-profits, and individuals over the past year.
Ten awards were presented across a range of categories, including Best New Business, Non-Profit of the Year, Service Excellence, and Business of the Year.
Through a selection committee of 19 local business and community leaders, each nominee was reviewed, interviewed and assessed.
2024’s Business Excellence Awards were then presented to the following winners:
- oGo Float won the Marketing & Communications Excellence Award sponsored by Downtown Penticton Business Improvement Association.
- Detonate Brewing won the award for Hospitality Excellence, sponsored by Travel Penticton.
- Discovery House won the award for Not-For-Profit Excellence sponsored by Omland Heal LLP.
- Graphically Hip won the award for Community Builder Excellence sponsored by Penticton Western News.
- Belich’s AG Foods won the award for Service Excellence sponsored by Doane Grant Thornton LLP .
- Tickleberry’s won the award for Workplace Culture Excellence sponsored by South Okanagan Immigrant & Community Services.
- Stillfood Bistro & Cappuccino Bar won the award for New Business of the Year sponsored by Valley First, a division of First West Credit Union.
- Katie O’Kell of Serendipity Winery won the award for Young Professional of the Year sponsored by JCI Penticton & Brown Benefits.
- Kevin Smith of Kettle Valley Memorial won the award for Business Leader of the Year sponsored by TD Canada Trust.
- Okanagan Hockey Group won the award for Business of the Year sponsored by Community Futures Okanagan Similkameen.
- The family of Jerome Abraham, the former Executive Director of Discovery House, received the David Kampe Legacy Award in his honour.
Congratulations to this year’s winners!
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