Nominees for Kitchener Waterloo Business Excellence Released

The Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce has just released the list of nominees for the annual Business Excellence Awards.

Congratulations to everyone who is nominated!

I want to specially recognize a number of my friend’s who are nominated, inlcuding Fiddleheads, Gowlings, Rick Baker, Kurt Wissent, Mandy Dennison, Jason Kipfer, Stemmler Meats, Nutrition for Learning,  Leo Tobi, Bingemans, City of Kitchener and Paul Demarco, among others.

I am grateful that our company Keller Williams is nominated for Business of the Year and for best Workplace Training. We are the only real estate firm nominated for excellence!

Essence of Renaissance 2010 Business Excellence Awards Gala

March 3, 2010

The Gala event of the year to recognize Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce members who have made exceptional contributions through their involvement and leadership for the betterment of our community. 

Congratulations to the following nominees:

Business of the Year (Under 20 Employees)

Anytime Fitness
Keller Williams Golden Triangle Realty Inc.

Arbour Soft Tissue Centre
LawyerLocate.ca Inc.

Bulldog Fire & Security
Mindscape Innovations

Caudle’s Catch Seafood Ltd.
Prior Resource Group

Divine K-9, The Art of Dog Grooming
Seven Shores Urban Market & Café

Fiddleheads Health and Nutrition Inc.
Verses Restaurant

GeoSmart Energy Inc.
Xylotek Solutions Inc.

Business of the Year (Over 20 Employees)

CIBC
MTE Consultants Inc.

Covarity
Second Foundation Consulting Inc.

Eastforest Homes
TD Canada Trust

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Union Gas A Spectra Energy Company

KPMG LLP

Environment Award

Cartridge World
Residential Energy Efficiency Project

Enerliv Inc.
Stemmler Meats & Cheese Inc.

Enermodal Engineering Ltd.

Innovation Award

Agfa HealthCare
Manulife Financial

Christie Digital Systems Inc.
Maplesoft

DALSA Corporation
The Children’s Museum

Drayton Entertainment
UW School of Pharmacy

KW Symphony

Michael R. Follett Community Leader Award

Rick Baker
Jane Jantzi

Brian Bazely
Gerry Remers

Machelle Denison
Rosemary Smith

Barbara Hill

Non-Profit/Charitable Award

Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation
Volunteer Action Centre

Leadership Waterloo Region
Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre

Nutrition for Learning
YMCA of Kitchener-Waterloo

United Way of Kitchener Waterloo

Volunteer of the Year Award

Mandy Dennison
Rob Sonada

Neil Doran
Leo Tobi

Jason Kipfer
Don Wales

Julie Langham

 

Waterloo Region Immigrant Employment Network (WRIEN) Award

Christie Digital Systems Inc.
Focus for Ethnic Women

City of Kitchener
The Walter Fedy Partnership

Workplace Training Award

Advocate Insurance Group
Keller Williams Golden Triangle Realty Inc.

Bingemans
Lutherwood

Grand River Hospital
Workforce Planning Board

Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Benjamin Bach
Lina Shamoun

Paul Demarco
Kurt Wissent

Kandas Hilker

Congrats to everyone!

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