The Greater Dufferin Chamber of Commerce held its annual Business Excellence Awards gala dinner and awards ceremony last Thursday at Hockley Valley Resort.
Dozens of nominees from a wide variety of commercial, manufacturing, service and not-for-profit endeavours across Dufferin County were represented in 14 award categories.

The winners of the awards are as follows:
• Agriculture Business Excellence, sponsored by the Town of Shelburne economic development committee – JAY·LOR Fabrication Inc.

• Chamber Member Excellence, sponsored by Carters Professional Corp., – Stephen Elliott of Egan Funeral Home Baxter & Giles
• Community Business Student Award, sponsored by TD Canada Trust – Melissa Gunn of Robert F. Hall secondary school
 
• Community Service and/or Not For Profit Excellence, sponsored by Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants and Consultants –
Choices Youth Shelter and Theatre Orangeville
 
• Customer Service Excellence, sponsored by Meridian Credit Union –
Mochaberry Coffee & Co.

• Dufferin Woman of the Year, sponsored by Marlin Travel – Barbara Gardiner of Meridian Credit Union
 
• Entrepreneur Business Excellence, sponsored by Best Western Orangeville Inn & Suites – RaDeana Montgomery of The Perfectly Pampered Prince & Princess

• Environmental Excellence, sponsored by Town of Orangeville – Jemev Environmental

• Home Builder Excellence, sponsored by Greater Dufferin Area Home Builders’ Association
–  Sunvale Homes
 
• Industrial/Commercial Business Excellence (25 or less employees), sponsored by RBC Royal Bank – Whispering Pines Landscaping

•Industrial/Commercial Business Excellence (in excess of 26 employees), sponsored by Scotiabank – Avertex Utility Solutions Inc.

• Manufacturing Business Excellence, sponsored by Dufferin County Manufacturers Association
– Woolwich Dairy Inc.
• Retail/Service Business Excellence, sponsored by Patti Reid, Chamber Group Insurance – Dairy Queen; and
 
• Chairperson’s Award, sponsored by Egan Funeral Home Baxter & Giles Chapel – Tony Maxwell of Headwaters Media.