Celebrating business

Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce awards handed out at annual gala

Summerside’s business community took a night off recently to celebrate all they’ve accomplished in the past year.

It was the 25th annual Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards and some stalwarts of the area’s economic ecosystem were slated for recognition.

Devin Bulger, a barber with Summerside’s The Humble Barber, took home the Standard Aero Employee of the Year Awards for his work.

“It means all the hard work I’ve been doing has paid off,” said Bulger after receiving his award.

“But It means I gotta keep working hard for Summerside, I gotta keep showing up to work and doing my best.”

Chamber President Sean Aylward said the awards are always an important event for the business community and are a time when they can all take a step back and celebrate some folks who do a lot for the community.

“There’s no shortage of good entrepreneurs amongst the candidates here right now,” said Aylward.

“Summerside is really good at celebrating our sports heroes – but I don’t think we celebrate our entrepreneurs nearly enough. The business community contributes a lot more than just brick and mortar and jobs,” he said.

There were seven awards handed out throughout the evening, which took place at the Loyalist Country Inn.

“Summerside is really good at celebrating our sports heroes – but I don’t think we celebrate our entrepreneurs nearly enough.” Sean Aylward

COLIN MACLEAN/JOURNAL PIONEER The 25th annual Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards were held recently. Among the winners was Devin Bulger, who took home The Standard Aero Award for Employee of the Year award.

COLIN MACLEAN/JOURNAL PIONEER Winners of the Greater Summerside Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards included, from rear left, Dave Caseley of Warren’s Carpentry, Dave and Duane MacDonald of Callbecks Home Hardware, Sue McGiveron of The College of Piping, Dan Kutcher of South Central Kitchen & Provisions, Sean Aylward of the Humble Barber, Devin Bulger of The Humble Barber and Ken Mister of Holman’s Ice Cream Parlour.