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Community & Business Excellence Award nomination time
It’s that time of year again where we recognize the best and brightest in our community.
Nominations open on Tuesday, September 2 for the 2014 Fernie Community & Business Excellence Awards.
Nomination forms and boxes are available at the following locations: Fernie Chamber of Commerce Office; Fernie Museum & Info Centre; EK Employment office; Free Press office; City Hall front desk; Aquatic Centre; The Arts Station; Fernie Heritage Library - and can also be downloaded online from www.ferniechamber.com.
This year there are 10 different award categories and two exciting new awards: The Retail Excellence Award as well as the Employee of the Year Award.
These awards are sponsored by the Fernie Chamber of Commerce and EK Employment-Work BC respectively.
The other awards this year will be: Citizen of the Year, sponsored by the City of Fernie; Entrepreneur of the Year, sponsored by Community Futures East Kootenay; Outstanding Customer Service Award, sponsored by Fernie Alpine Resort; Fernie Business of the Year, sponsored by GPI Chartered Accountants; New Business of the Year, sponsored by GPI Chartered Accountants; Community Impact Award, sponsored by Finning; Community Tourism Achievement Award, sponsored by Tourism Fernie; Volunteer of the Year Award, sponsored by the Free Press.
The awards dinner will be held again this year at the Clubhouse Restaurant located at Fernie Golf & Country Club on Thursday October 23, with Riaz Meghji, co- host of Breakfast Television Vancouver as the guest speaker.
In his talk, Riaz Meghji documents memorable conversations that some of the worlds most fascinating figures have engaged in to achieve success and, more importantly, realize their true sense of purpose. Through intimate interviews, Meghji uncovers what makes for great, life-changing social intercourse.
This presentation is a candid and far-ranging look at how creative conversations can reinvent your business, reenergize your brand, and further develop your career.
Audience members are reminded that the potential to have a game changing conversation can occur at any given moment as long as we remain open to the possibility.
Fernie Chamber of Commerce
