Congratulations to the winners of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce 2023 Business Excellence Awards!
The Burlington Chamber of Commerce hosted its 2023 Business Excellence Awards, presented by RBC, on May 23, 2023, recognizing leadership and distinction within the community. More than 400 attendees joined us to celebrate the finalists and winners of our 2023 Business Excellence Awards.
“We are delighted to be back at the Burlington Convention Centre this year! We took a different approach on the format last year and following the feedback from our members, the response was to bring the event back to its original format.” Stated Randall Smallbone, Chair of the Board of Directors. “Thank you all for joining us this evening and congratulations to our 2023 Business Excellence Awards finalists!”
This year, the Business Awards Task Force was tasked with the challenge of presenting nine Awards of Excellence. The Chamber named 24 local organizations as finalists of awards in a variety of categories. Award nominations were based on overall business excellence and the criteria include excellence in business leadership, community contributions, entrepreneurship, employee welfare, innovation, and market growth.
The Burlington Chamber of Commerce’s 2023 Business Excellence Award Winners are:
- Retail & Wholesale: She’s Got Leggz inc.
- Not-For-Profit: Burlington Soccer Club
- Service, Small: Oakstone Wealth
- Service, Large: Spectrum Airways
- Food, Beverage & Tourism: Backed By Bees
- Young Entrepreneur: Dale Gray – Creature Comforts HVAC Inc.
- Heritage Award: Burlington Public Library
- Women Business Leaders: Nancy Romic – Shifra Homes Inc.
- Employer of the Year: Ritestart Limited
2023 Mayor’s Award: The Pink Project
2023 Burlington Economic Development Award for Excellence in Global Business: ABS Machining Inc.
2023 Burlington Economic Development Award for Excellence in Innovation & Technology: Innovia GEO
2023 Burlington Economic Development Award for Excellence in Retail Innovation: Stillwater Float Centre
A sincere thank you to our event sponsors and all who attended this year’s 2023 Business Excellence Awards Gala. It was wonderful to be able to celebrate business excellence with our community. Congratulations to our 2023 Business Excellence Award winners!