2013 Outstanding Business Achievement Award Finalists

· by Marily Butkovic

HAMILTON (March 4, 2014) – The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the 30th Annual Outstanding Business Achievement Awards (OBAA’s). The award
recipients will be announced at the Awards Gala ceremony on Monday, March 31, 2014, at Carmen’s Banquet Centre.

SMALL BUSINESS:
  • Rapscallion Rogue Eatery
  • McCallum Sather Architects
  • Red Hill Coffee Trade
LARGE BUSINESS:
  • Vrancor Hotels Group
  • Steeped Tea
  • Countrywide Recycling
IRONMAN (sustained performance over a period of minimum 15 years):
  • First Canadian Title Hamilton
  • Yale Properties
YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR (up to age 35):
  • Daniel Hyams, Fermata Inc.
  • Joe Acardi, Red Brick Rentals, Platform 302, Green Smoothie Bar
  • Christoph Benfey, Low Key Studio
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY:
  • FactorE Design Initiative
  • Orbital
NOT FOR PROFIT:
  • Good Shepherd Centre
  • Hamilton Artists Inc.
  • Innovation Factory
DIVERSITY:
  • DirectWorx
CENTURY: (serving Hamilton continuously for 100 years or more) all listed will receive a Century Award
  • Hamilton Golf and Country Club
  • TD Bank

The Hamilton Chamber would like to thank the sponsors of this year’s Outstanding Business Achievement Awards including our Major Sponsors OLG, Bell, Taylor Leibow, and Bank of Montreal, our Program Sponsor Cogeco, and our VIP Reception Sponsor Dan Lawrie Insurance.

Tickets for the OBAA’s are available for $850 for a table of 10, or $90 per person, plus HST.  Tickets are available from Whitney Simmons at the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce: w.simmons@hamiltonchamber.ca or 905- 522-1151 ext. 100.  Reception begins at 5:00 PM, with dinner at 6:00 PM.  Other event details and on-line registration for Hamilton Chamber members, available at: https://www.hamiltonchamber.ca

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Media Contact: Marie Nash, Creative Coordinator
m.nash@hamiltonchamber.ca or 905.741.7164

2013 OBAA Finalists Announcement