Over 160 nominations were made and now 94 unique nominees are being contacted to complete their award application.

The Fernie Chamber of Commerce has contacted the 94 nominees with an award application form. The form asks the business questions specific to the award they have been nominated for. For example, outstanding customer service award asks businesses to tell the judges how they provide great service and to include references to online review forums.

“Our goal is to have the businesses provide details about their operations relevant to the award. A panel of judges then review the details and score the details to the award criteria,” stated Patty Vadnais, Executive Director. The chamber solicits judges from outside of the Fernie area to remove local bias. In the past our judges have included university professors, business owners, and chamber executives from across the province and country.

The Business Excellence awards are about action and about what the businesses have accomplished. We gather as much experience data from the business as we can to identify businesses going above and beyond.

The public can get involved in the awards fun by voting for the People’s Choice Award. All nominees are entered to the people choice and voting takes place online.

Visit HERE to vote for your favourite nominee.

Business have until today, September 21, to complete their award applications. At that time, the information will be forwarded to the judges for scoring. On October 6, the chamber will announce the finalists.

Finalists will be celebrated at a VIP Reception on October 22 at Park Place Lodge. Winners will be announced at the Business Excellence Awards on October 26 at Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge.

The chamber thanks the many sponsors who make this event happen. North Coal, TECK, Super 8 Fernie, Capasiti Consulting, East Kootenay Community Credit Union, City of Fernie, Free Press, Telus, Community Futures East Kootenay, Columbia Basin Trust, Tourism Fernie, EK Employment, Western Financial Group, Rockies Law, Best Western Plus Fernie Mountain Lodge, Three Sisters Day Spa, Claris Media, and Island Lake Lodge.

Fernie Chamber of Commerce

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