2024 Business Excellence Awards Finalists & Recipients
The 2024 Business Excellence Awards, sponsored by Bell, were handed out at the awards ceremony at Showplace Performance
Centre on October 29th. The annual ceremony was presented by the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce, and is designed to publicly recognize and honour local businesses who have demonstrated a passion for excellence.
In all, almost 50 businesses and individuals were profiled in 22 categories, with recipients announced live on stage (see the attached list).
The Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce also announced its annual Business Citizen of the Year recipient at the awards ceremony. As the Chamber of Commerce is a business-to-business organization, the role that a nominee for the Business Citizen of the Year Award has had in the business community is extremely important. The Chamber of Commerce also recognizes the importance of volunteerism within the broader community. The 2024 recipient is Phillip Jolicoeur! Phillip joins a long list of Business Citizens of the Year who have all made a significant contribution to the community.
(finalists listed alphabetically)
4-Under-40 Profiles, in memory of Kathy Windrem sponsored by BDO Canada LLP
Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
• Dr. Taylor Bonner
• Joe Curry
• Hillary Flood
• Dylan Radcliffe
Businesswomen of the Year sponsored by Women’s Business Network of Peterborough
Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
Entrepreneur
• Rosalea Terry (nectar co.)
Organization
• Heidi Popov (Kawartha Gymnastics)
Business Citizen of the Year
sponsored by Nexicom
Congratulations to this year’s recipient!
• Phillip Jolicoeur (PJ The Marketing Guy, Phillip Jolicoeur Entertainment, Photo Booth Fun)
Business Student Leadership Prizes
sponsored by Peterborough and the Kawartha Economic Development
Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
• Ali Jammal (Trent University)
• Joylyn Johnson D Souza (Trent University)
• Swarna Latha Mareedu (Fleming College)
Commercial Development or Renovation sponsored by City of Peterborough
• Ashburnham Realty
(The Railyard Development)
• The Canadian Canoe Museum – Recipient!
• Holmes Riseley LLP (823 Park St. S.)
Customer First
sponsored by TD Bank Group
• The Boardwalk Board Game Lounge
• Couture Candy – Recipient!
• McLeod’s EcoWater
Employer of the Year
sponsored by LLF Lawyers LLP
• Engage Engineering
• Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law
Advisory – Recipient!
Entrepreneurial Spirit sponsored by
Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory
• Green Street Inc.
• nectar co.
• Wanderlight Alpaca Experience – Recipient!
Peterborough County Farm Family of the Year sponsored by Peterborough County Federation of Agriculture
Congratulations to this year’s recipients!
• Scott, Paula, Jason & Shelby Cornish
(Whiskey Lane Livestock)
Green Initiatives sponsored by County of Peterborough
• Camp Kawartha – Recipient!
• Cheeks Ahoy
• Dietrich Homes
Health & Wellness sponsored by Peterborough Regional Health Centre
• Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy
• Flow Spa – Recipient!
• Trent Health in Motion
Hospitality sponsored by Kawartha Credit Union
• Levantine Grill
• Millbrook Mercantile – Recipient!
Local Focus sponsored by Trent University
• Lang Pioneer Village Museum – Recipient!
• Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
• OmniWorx Design
Marketing & Promotion sponsored by The Peterborough Examiner
• Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine
• Harmony for Healing
• nectar co. – The Viral Keepsake Campaign – Recipient!
Micro Business sponsored by Herod Financial Services
• The Chocolate Rabbit – Recipient!
• Millbrook Mercantile
• Peterborough Disability Tax Services
Immigrant Entrepreneur of the Year sponsored by Fleming College
Congratulations to this year’s recipient!
• Sama Noor Yousafzai (Goodies on Mews)
Not-for-Profit sponsored by D.M Wills Associates Ltd.
• Five Counties Children’s Centre
• Habitat for Humanity Peterborough & Kawartha Region – Recipient!
• Kawartha Gymnastics
Professional Services sponsored by Swish Maintenance Limited
• Acceptance Nurse Psychotherapy – Recipient!
• Gauvreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory
• Holmes Riseley LLP
Retail sponsored by RBC Royal Bank
• Dan Joyce’s Retailing Limited
• Paris Marine – Recipient!
• Shop The Lake Inc.
Skilled Trades sponsored by Charlotte Products Ltd.
• R & M Smith Contracting – Recipient!
• Tom’s Heating and Cooling
Tourism sponsored by OLG
• Beachwood Resort
• Kawartha Country Wines
• Lang Pioneer Village Museum – Recipient!
For further information contact: Lindsay Walker-Chiarelli
lindsay@pkchamber.ca
Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce
