Nomination time is open for the Prince Rupert and District Chamber's Business Excellence Awards

The road for local business operators to the Lester Centre's Business Excellence  Awards Gala got underway last week, as the Prince Rupert and District Chamber of Commerce opened the nomination process for the 2019-2020 Awards.

The online nomination opportunity for the twelve categories listed for this year began to accept submissions on November 7th with the window to submit your nomination open until Midnight on December 5th.

The Awards, which are a partnership between the Chamber and the Prince Rupert Port Authority will turn the process over to voters in December through February.

The BEA's for 2019-20 will be awarded on February 29th with showcase event at the Lester Centre of the Arts from 6 to 9 PM. Tickets are now available for the event for 30 dollars from the Chamber office in the Capital Mall building on Third Avenue West.

Among the categories for consideration this year:

Award for Dining Distinction
Community Involvement Award
Home-Based Business Excellence Award
Indigenous People's Entrepreneurship Award
Individual Customer Service Excellence
Industry and Manufacturing Excellence
Not for Profit of the Year
Professional Excellence
Retail Excellence
Rookie Business of the Year
Tourism and Accommodation Excellence
Young Entrepreneur of the Year

You can submit your nominations and see which local businesses have already been included in the roll call of the nominated from the Chamber website portal which you can explore here.

Those participating in the nomination process are reminded that even if a business you want to nominate is already listed, you can still log on to show them your support and add some thoughts on the level of service they provide to the community.

More details on the voting process to come and the Awards Gala program will be coming shortly from the Chamber. To get updates on the nomination process and the Awards program see the Prince Rupert and District Chamber's Facebook page.

For more items of interest on the region's Commercial sector see our archive page here.