Business people from across town came together Saturday night to enjoy the Smithers Chamber Community & Business Awards.
Attendees bid on silent auction items while enjoying hor d’oeuvres and listening to the live band, which was only silenced when awards were being handed out.
When all was said and done, Hy-tech Drilling took home two awards including Environmental Business of the Year.
Company Chairman Harvey Tremblay accepted the award and said it was special to take this one home.
“The environmental award is very meaningful to us. It’s not something that we win every day, and a drilling company, it’s not what you’d expect every day, but it’s very valuable to us to be recognized for that sort of thing,” he says.
Here is a list of all the winners:
Business of the Year: Bulkley Valley Wholesale
Business Person of the Year: Gary Huxtable – BV Electric
Citizen / Volunteer of the Year: Aleila Miller
Customer Service Excellence – Business: Smithers Sausage Factort
Customer Service Excellence – Individual: Duane DeVries (BV Credit Union and Safeway)
Environmental Business of the Year: Hy-Tech Drilling
Family Friendly Business of he Year: Aspen Motor Inn
Home Based Business of the Year: Horn Craft Music – Michael Nelligan
Major Contributor to Arts and Culture: Smithers Secondary School Theatre Arts Team (Mike Doogan Smith, Hans Saefkow, Heather Lytle)
Public Service Excellence: Icount High School
Technology Innovation: Hy-Tech Drilling
Tourism Excellence: Alex Bussmann (Oscar’s Source for Adventure)
Young Entrepreneur of the Year: Jeremy Roth (Alpenhorn Bistro & Commodity Juicery)
Telkwa Business Leadership Award – Kimberley’s Kitchen
Award of Excellence:
Residential: Smithers Community Services Association 6 patio homes at 3955 2nd ave
Commercial: Smithers Mall
Mixed Use: 1012 Columbia Street
