Westside Board of Trade names award finalists
Winners of Key Business Awards to be announced Nov. 2
From wineries and a hotel to a yoga studio and logging company, the list of finalists for the Greater Westside Board of Trade’s Key Business Awards is diverse.
The board of trade is switching things up this year by releasing the names of the 26 finalists in alphabetical order, but not the categories in which they’re nominated. Some of the finalists are nominees in more than one category, and some categories have only one or two finalists.
The categories are: tourism/hospitality, community and public service, Aboriginal, new business, young entrepreneur, small business, large business, platinum service provider, sustainable green business and performing arts. The finalists are:
— Art in the Park (Allan Waidman and Louise Lambert)
— Best Western Wine Country Hotel
— Bylands Nursery
— Ciao Bella Winery
— Distinctly Kelowna Tours
— Enviro Dry Carpet & All Types of Floor Cleaning
— First Class Auto Glass & Upholstery
— Fifth Avenue Auto
— Floramaxx Technologies
— Galleria Fashions
— Kalala Organic Winery
— Off the Grid Winery
— Oh Natural Foods
— PostNet — Revive Nails Bar
— Room to Dance
— Rose Valley Veterinary
— Shift Power Yoga
— Snap Photography
— Stickle & Strawn Optometry
— Studio 9
— Heritage Retirement Residence
— Tronson Logging
— Uncorked Wine Tours
— West Kelowna Warriors — Winmar Restoration. A reception for finalists, members of the board of trade and the wider community will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Volcanic Hills Winery.
Tickets, $20, have to be purchased ahead of time by calling 250-768-3378 or emailing accounting@gwboardoftrade.com. Admission includes a glass of wine, appetizers and a cash bar.
Winners will be announced at the Key Business Awards gala Nov. 2 at 19 Okanagan Bar & Grill at Two Eagles Golf Course.
Alex Draper, the director of business operations for the Westside Warriors and owner of Shut Out Sports Collectables, will be the master of ceremonies.
Tickets for the gala are available for $80 at the same phone number and email address listed above.