For the first time, Burnaby-based brewery Dageraad Brewing has been nominated for not one but two Burnaby Business Excellence Awards.
Dageraad Brewing is just one of more than a dozen businesses in the running for a Burnaby Business Excellence Award, which will be presented at an annual gala in November hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade.
In all there are nine awards up for grabs, including Burnaby community spirit, business innovation, environmental sustainability, entrepreneurial spirit, healthy workplace, not-for-profit organization of the year, business person of the year, business of the year (up to 50 employees) and business of the year.
Both Dageraad Brewing and YVR Prep, which opened earlier this year, are nominated for entrepreneurial spirit and business of the year (up to 50 employees).
Also in the race for business of the year (up to 50 employees) is Aloha Pools, Nanotech Security and No Fear Counselling.
This year, there are five candidates nominated for business person of the year, including Bala Naidoo, Investors Group; Heidi Powell, GT Hiring Solutions; Ofir Vaisman, No Fear Counselling; Raminder Grewal, Keystone Environmental; and Ray Russel, Freshslice Pizza.
Last year Peter Legge, chairman and CEO of Canada Wide Media, was named business person of the year while it was Traction on Demand that took home the coveted business of the year award at the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards gala.
This year, Hemlock Printers, Binary Stream Software, Kardium, Keystone Environmental and Ames Tile & Stone have all been nominated for business of the year. The awards also recognize non-profits doing outstanding work in the community through the not-for-profit organization of the year award. Nominees this year are: Burnaby Community Services, Burnaby Family Life, Dixon Transition Society, Down Syndrome Research Foundation and New Vista Society.
Other nominees this year include:
Burnaby Community Spirit
- Binnie
- British Columbia Automobile Association
- Brentwood Town Centre
- No Fear Counselling
- Vancity
Business Innovation
- Clio
- Freshslice Pizza
- Kardium
- Nanotech Security
Environmental Sustainability
- City of Lougheed (Lougheed Town Centre)
- Hemmera, an Ausenco Company
- LifeLabs
- Rocky Mountain Soap Company
Entrepreneurial Spirit
- BC Bee Supply
- Binnie
- Dageraad Brewing
- YVR PREP
Healthy Workplace
- Beedie
- Clio
- GT Hiring Solutions
- Hemmera, an Ausenco Company
- Vancity
Tickets for the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards are on sale now. The gala is happening on Thursday, Nov. 1 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown. For more information call 604-412-0100.
