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Two businesses will share top honours in Elizabethtown-Kitley this year.
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Seaway Veterinary Clinic and Thrifty’s were co-winners of the township’s 2024 Business of the Year award at the township’s Business Breakfast on Friday.
The township celebrated its top businesses at the Brockville Country Club in an event hosted by the municipality and its economic development committee..
“The Business of the Year Award honours businesses that have demonstrated excellence in their field, longevity, innovation and involvement in their community,” township officials said in a prepared statement.
Danae O’Neill, of Seaway Veterinary Clinic, and Lacey Lalonde, Bethany Gamble,
and Grace Neal of Thrifty’s, accepted the award from Mayor Brant Burrow and Steve Clark, the MPP for Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes.
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The two businesses are sharing an award that had four nominees this year. Also nominated were Blackscape Supply, and Chit-Chat Convenience.
In acknowledgement of the accomplishments of the nominees, the township’s economic development committee presented each in attendance with a certificate recognizing their excellence, officials added.
The event featured guest speaker Steve Duff, chief economist at the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness.
This was the 29th anniversary of the Business of the Year award, which was created in 1994 to recognize the contribution of local businesses. It was also the first time the awards event, typically a luncheon, was held as a breakfast.
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