Business award finalists named

Twenty-two Westside businesses and groups who excel in service and products were named as Ànalists for the Greater Westside Board of Trade’s Key Business Awards at a reception last week.

A View to Remember, Apothic Boutique Bed and Breakfast, Best Version Media, Central Okanagan Community Food Bank, Dance City Academy, Distinctly Kelowna Tours, Enviro-Dry Carpet and All Floors Cleaning, Galleria Fashions, Hergott Law, Home Hardware, Okanagan Business Excellence, PostNet, Precision Fencing, the Heritage Retirement Residence, the Medicine Shoppe, Total Restoration Services Inc., Vision Mechanical, West Kelowna Fine Cabinetry, West Kelowna Integrative Health Centre, West Kelowna School of Music, the Westbank Museum and Winmar Property Restoration were named as finalists, some in more than one of the 10 categories.

Following the reception at Volcanic Hills Winery, judges arranged to visit the sites of each of the Ànalists, and will then determine the winner in each category as well as select the Business of the Year from among the 10 category winners.

Find out the winners at the Key Business Awards Gala from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept. 20 at 19 Okanagan Grill and Bar.

As well, the Geoffrey Paynter Citizen of the Year, as determined by the Greater Westside Board of Trade directors, will be named.

Alex Draper will be the emcee again this year and along with a silent auction, there will be a live auction for four tickets to see Ellen DeGeneres in Vancouver.

Tickets for the gala cost $80 plus GST and are available through the Greater Westside Board of Trade’s website at gwboardoftrade.com.

BARB AGUIAR/Westside Weekly Branden Jewsbury of West Kelowna Fine Cabinetry is a finalist in the Young Entrepreneur and New Business categories smiles with Adria Perron of Winmar Property Restoration, a finalist in the Large Business category.

BARB AGUIAR/Westside Weekly Beth Lachmuth of Best Version Media, New Business finalist, with Jean and John Watson of Vision Mechanical Ltd, finalists in the Small Business and Platinum Service Provider categories

Jennifer LaRose and Monica Giesbrecht of the Heritage Retirement Residence chat with judge Greg Marshal before the finalists recognition ceremony begins.The Heritage is a finalist in the Platinum Service and Large Business categories.

Sue Willis of a View to Remember B and B, and Debbie Dupasquier of Distinctly Kelowna Tours hold up their finalist certificates in the Tourism and Hospitality category.

Darci Ritchey and Gordon Ficke from the Westbank Museum visit with Melinda Marsh of Maciel and Co. before the finalists announcement. The Westbank Museum is a finalist in the Community and Public Service category.

Teri Kanner, Lenetta Parry and Karen Girouard of the Central Okanagan Food Bank smile proudly with the food bank's finalist certificate for Community and Public Service.