Special Features - Business Excellence Awards Nominee Edition

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BUSINESSES NOMINEES EDITION

BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY

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Time to unveil their business excellence

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he big night is almost here and anticipation has been building for months as the Abbotsford 2019 Business Excellence Awards Gala takes place Thursday, Nov. 21.

This year’s theme is Masquerade: Unveiling Your Business Excellence and it couldn’t be more apropos as the nominees nervously await the judges’ verdict. But just being nominated is proof that these local businesses have indeed stood above their peers over the past year, and recognition in the form of a Business Excellence Award their just reward.

Since the Business Excellence Awards started in 1996, more than 260 awards have been presented to businesses in Abbotsford. Congratulations are in order for those who have been nominated.

The 24th annual Business Excellence Awards sees 80 nominees in 14 categories from home-based businesses to new businesses, to both small and large established businesses. A new category has been added this year – Corporate Social Responsibility – and is being sponsored by UFV. This award recognizes an organization that demonstrates awareness and responsibility for the impacts of its business practices: decisions and activities on society, the community and the environment and shared value for all stakeholders.

The Business Excellence Awards recognize outstanding organizations and individuals in Abbotsford that strive for excellence in our community. The awards have been presented by the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce and the Abbotsford News since their inception.

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The Chamber of Commerce is the “Voice of Business” here in Abbotsford. They provide: • Support • Resources • Diversity • Balance • Advocacy • Professional association The Abbotsford News has been delivering local information and news to the community for 97 years, sharing stories about local businesses and their people. This award-winning newspaper also helps businesses grow through marketing efforts, delivering local news, information, products, services, and offers to doorsteps, desktops, tablets and cellphones.

And, throughout its 97-year-history, The News has always promoted local shopping, hence our connection to the annual Business Excellence Awards.

The Business Excellence Awards competition is juried, with nominees going through an interview process with a panel of judges. Ask any past winner of a Business Excellence Award and they will tell you it is one of the highlights of their professional career.

As you scan through the list of this year’s nominees, we invite you to stop by the businesses and visit their websites and social media accounts.

Get to know them if you don’t already, and, by all means, say congratulations.

Tickets are still available to the gala being held at Abbotsford Centre. We hope you will join us on Nov. 21 to celebrate the 24th annual Business Excellence Awards.

THANK YOU

for nominating us for Agriculture and Agri-Business Excellence!

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AND THE 2019 NOMINEES ARE ...

HOME-BASED TOURISM EXCELLENCE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE Sponsored by Tourism Sponsored by Blackwood Building Centre Ltd.

Abbotsford

MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURE AND PRODUCTION AGRI-BUSINESS EXCELLENCE EXCELLENCE Sponsored by Business Development Bank of Canada

The Tourism Excellence Award is granted to a hospitality-tourism business or The Home-based Business Excellence Award is granted organization that provides exemplary service, products to a home-based business that has demonstrated ex- or attractions to Abbotsford cellence and quality in their visitors. product and/or service.

• Abbotsford Agrifair • Champagne Dreams • Brambles by Tanglebank • Victoria Jane Fitness •C ampbells Honey Farm • Photoart by Simpson and Meadery •X pressions Plus Window • Maan Farm Experience Designs •Q uality Hotel and Conference Centre

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Sponsored by MNP LLP

The Agriculture and The Manufacturing and Pro- Agri-Business Excellence duction Excellence Award Award is granted to a busiis granted to a business ness that is considered a that has demonstrated out- leader in their industry and standing achievement in has made a positive contrimanufacturing or producbution to agriculture in Abing a product. botsford.

• Hub Fire Engines & Equipment • StructureCraft Builders • Vitalus Nutrition

• Archway Urban Farm • Golden Valley Foods • Goats Pride Dairy • Taves Family Farms

THANK YOU for nominating us for

THANK YOU! We are honoured to be nominated for

NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation is grateful for the support of the community!

Together we can continue to enhance health care in Abbotsford

Consumer Services Excellence!

SCOTT HEAL OWNER

We replace watch batteries!

Your Community. Your Hospital. Your Foundation.

32900 Marshall Rd, Abbotsford 604 851 4890

info@fvhcf.ca www.fvhcf.ca

THANK YOU FOR VOTING

FREESTYLE FOR

CONSUmER SERVICES ExCELLENCE

VOTED ABBOTSFORD’S FAVOURITE JEWELLER 4 YEARS IN A ROW!

We offer outstanding craftsmanship and expert jewellery and watch repair. All work is done on-site by a Master Goldsmith and Master Watchmaker.

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Timemaster Jewellers 604.556.7740 | Located 2nd floor of Sevenoaks Shopping Centre

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AND THE 2019 NOIMINEES ARE ...

CONSUMER SERVICES EXCELLENCE (1 - 5 EMPLOYEES) Sponsored by Sevenoaks Shopping Centre

CONSUMER SERVICES EXCELLENCE (6 OR MORE EMPLOYEES) Sponsored by Scotiabank

The Consumer Services ExThe Consumer Services Excelcellence Award (6 or more lence Award (1 - 5 Employees) is employees) is granted to a granted to a business in any sector that provides outstanding ser- business in any sector that provides outstanding services to individual consumers. vices to individual consum• Altus Chiropractic ers.

• CM Signs • Arvi’s Salon • Freestyle Dance • Bakerview Financial Solutions • Lully’s Food Experience • Barberville • Time Master Jewellers • Breeze Laser and Medi Spa •B laine Bailey Sutton Group West Coast Realty

• Ambition Salon • Re.Pose Therapy • Just about Pets Wellness • Valhalla Pure • RDM Lawyers

Thank You

BUSINESS SERVICES EXCELLENCE

Sponsored by Prospera Credit Union

The Business Services Excellence Award is granted to an outstanding organization in the business-to-business sector.

• Allegra Printing • Sandman Hotel • Geowest Engineering • Zone Garage

UNDER 40 ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Abbotsford

The Under 40 Entrepreneur of the Year Award is granted to an individual, age 40 or under, who has demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial skills in building his or her own business, or as part of an existing business.

• Athena Leskun • Baneet Braich • David Harris • Nicholas Man • Casi Gill • Ryan Turner

THANK YOU FOR THE NOMINATION

“Manufacturing and Production Excellence”

for the nomination!

We are proud to have been in Abbotsford for over 25 years and enjoy creating the oohs and awe’s of life’s most precious events in a booming way!

Family Fireworks – Display Fireworks – Glow/Novelty

From mass timber buildings to footbridges, we engineer and build

Mystical Distributing Company Ltd. 2610 Progressive Way, Unit I Abbotsford, BC, V2T 6H9 Phone: 604-852-1152

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timber structures that showcase beauty and efficiency in design and construction.

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AND THE 2019 NOMINEES ARE ...

NON-PROFIT OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by Baker Newby LLP

DAVE HOLMBERG COMMUNITY BUILDER OF THE YEAR Sponsored by Abbotsford Hospice Society

The Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award is granted to a non-profit organization, charity or society that has made a significant contribution to make our community a better place to live, work or do business.

• Abbotsford Hospice Society • Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation • Canuck Place Children’s Hospice • Life’s Second Chance Thrift Store • Elizabeth’s Wildlife Centre Society • Menno Place • Fraser Valley Gleaners • Salvation Army Cascade

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

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NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by the University Sponsored by City of Abbotsford Economic Development of the Fraser Valley

This award recognizes an organization that demonThe Dave Holmberg Comstrates awareness and remunity Builder of the Year Award was created to recog- sponsibility for the impacts nize the achievements of in- of its business practices: dividuals who work tireless- decisions and activities on society, the community ly, passionately and collecand the environment and tively to help make change shared value for all stakehappen in our community. holders.

• Chris Gauthier • Badesha and Associates • Christine Wiebe • Sevenoaks Shopping • Josh Bach Centre • Gwen Settle • Van Belle Nursery • Dr. Andy Sidhu

The New Business of the Year Award is granted to a business established within the last three years that has demonstrated outstanding characteristics in all areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, management, marketing and service.

• Ambition Salon • Fraser Valley Bandits • Aminate Environmental • Iron Cycle • Ashdown Capital • South Fraser Animal Hospital • Bureaux • Sweet Legs with Katie • Cheam Wellness Group • VRKade • Coastal Bins

L.I.F.E. (Living In Freedom Everyday) is a Christian, not-for-profit society & a registered charity established to support women overcome their substance addiction.

We could not operator without the support of the community and the many volunteers who keep our store going!

A 100% of the profits from from LIFE’S Second Chance Thrift Store provide approximately 30% of operational dollars; which help women thrive not just survive.

Please consider giving a financial gift today! www.liferecovery.ca or by calling 604.855.4440.

Life’s Second Chance Thrift Store

31550 S Fraser Way #7, Abbotsford, BC V2T 4C6 Monday-Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm • Closed Sunday

Thank you for continuing to support the hard-working farmers of British Columbia.

The Lepp Farm Market team is proud to serve the people of Abbotsford and Mission!

Rob & Charlotte Lepp

leppfarmmarket.com 33955 Clayburn Rd. 604.851.5377 Abbotsford, BC

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ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (20 OR MORE EMPLOYEES) (1 - 19 EMPLOYEES) Sponsored by KPMG Enterprise

Sponsored by the Abbotsford News

The Established Business of The Established Business of the the Year Award (20 or more Employees) is granted to a busiYear Award (1 - 19 Employees) ness established more than is granted to a business esthree years, that has demontablished for more than three strated outstanding characteryears, that has demonstrated istics in all areas such as peroutstanding characteristics in formance, leadership, innovaall areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, manage- tion, management, marketing and service. ment, marketing and service.

• Champagne and Lace • Nature’s Pickin’s • First Page Marketing • Red Lotus Spa • Hub Motor Service • Tracycakes Bakery and Cafe

• Clearway Rentals • Klassic Catering • Ledgeview Golf and Country Club • Lepp Farm Market • Mystical Distributing • New Leaf Total Wellness Centre

Magnuson Ford captured the Established Business of the Year (20+ Employees) at last year’s Business Excellence Awards.

ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (20+ We’re thrilled to be EMPLOYEES) nominated for Consumer Services Excellence!

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The award three years tHank you for nominating tics in allOwners areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, An Luu, Physiotherapist us for agricultural and and Dr. Trang Luu, Chiropractor agri-Business excellence! management, marketing and service.

Connecting People, Nature and Food 32920 Ventura Avenue | Abbotsford Archway Urban Farm is a teaching ysio .com/ 604-853-3212 | https://altuschiroandph altuschiroandphysio.com altuschiroandphysio ysio.com .com www. altuschiroandphysio.com garden designed for growing market crops in the downtown core.The farm Magnuson Ford, owned and operated by the Magnuson is a social enterprise partnership family, will have been in businessWe 10are years as of April 2019. with Archway Community Services thrilled to be that uses growing food to connect Magnuson sells and leases new Ford cars andfor trucks as well nominated with individuals and the community. as all makes of pre-owned vehicles. They have a vibrant parts,

MAGNUSON FORD

THANK YOU!

ContaCt Info farm@archway.ca 604.859.7681

Hours of operation 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday-Friday May 1 - Oct 31

Tourism Excellence! accessories and service department.

In 2017 to date in Our well-appointed hotel and and newlyconference is perfect 2018, they are the number onerenovated volume sellingcentre Ford dealership for guests attending a conference, wedding, or special event.has helped in B.C. They believe their customer-friendly process address grow their business. They have hosted “Drive One for Quality Hotel &more Conference Centre 2408 Montvue Ave 36035 N Parallel Abbotsford Abbotsford V2S 2C4 Community Events” than any other FordRoad, dealer in Canada (Beside main Archway Building) 604-870-1050 with 113 events and helped to raise over $407,000 for local schools, churches, charities and organizations.

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THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS

PRESENTING SPONSORS:

Baker Newby LLP Abbotsford Hospice Society City of Abbotsford Economic Development KPMG Enterprise The Abbotsford News University of the Fraser Valley

SILVER SPONSOR PWC Star 98.3/Country 107.1

PLATINUM SPONSORS TD Bank Group RDM Lawyers LLP

GOLD SPONSORS

Blackwood Building Centre Ltd. Tourism Abbotsford Business Development Bank of Canada MNP LLP Sevenoaks Shopping Centre Scotiabank Prospera Credit Union The Rotary Clubs of Abbotsford

2018 BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS

ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (20+ EMPLOYEES)

CONSUMER SERVICES EXCELLENCE (6+ EMPLOYEES)

ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (1 - 19 EMPLOYEES)

UNDER 40 YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

TOURISM EXCELLENCE AWARD

• Magnuson Ford

• Xtreme Talent Dance Company • Boardwalk Cafe and Games

• Mike Adkins

• Ben Mitchell

• Singletree Winery

• In as Much Community Society

www.abbynews.com SPECIAL SPONSORS HOME-BASED BUSINESS OF

Wine: Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Nominee Plaque Table: First Page Marketing Dinner: Waterstone Law Group LLP Decor: Champagne Dreams

THE YEAR

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION EXCELLENCE

Abbotsford News

• Phone Doctor

BUSINESS SERVICES EXCELLENCE • Paul Carter Auto Ltd.

• Columbia Cabinets

PhotoArt by Simpson Lepp Farm Market Mt. Lehman Cheese Co. Singletree Winery

AGRICULTURE & AGRI-BUSINESS EXCELLENCE • Mt. Lehman Cheese Co.

CONSUMER SERVICES

Xtreme Talent Dance Company won the Estbalished

Door Prize Courtesy of Lanka Jewels ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE (20+ ESTABLISHED OF THEcategory YEARat(1-19 EXCELLENCE (1 -YEAR 5 EMPLOYEES) Business of theBUSINESS Year (1-19 Employees) last

EMPLOYEES) year’s Business Excellence Awards.

SPONSORED BY THE ABBOTSFORD NEWS

SPONSORED BY KPMG ENTERPRISE

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The award is granted to a business established more than three years that has demonstrated outstanding characteristics in all areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, management, marketing and service.

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Magnuson Ford, owned and operated by the Magnuson family, will have been in business 10 years as of April 2019.

Magnuson sells and leases new Ford cars and trucks as well as all makes of pre-owned vehicles. They have a vibrant parts, accessories and service department. In 2017 and to date in 2018, they are the number one volume selling Ford dealership in B.C. They believe their customer-friendly process has helped grow their business. They have hosted more “Drive One for Community Events” than any other Ford dealer in Canada with 113 events and helped to raise over $407,000 for local schools, churches, charities and organizations.

for nominating us in the Corporate Social Responsibility category!

It is an honour to serve our community, and have the continued support from our clients and professionals.

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Proud to be nominated for Business Services Excellence!

Xtreme Talent Dance Company is a place of community, not competition, where they strive for excellence, not perfection.

Their focus is to build kids up to be the best version of themselves while teaching them to celebrate with those around them – teaching them strong work ethic, the reward of hard work and the value of community.

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Thank You

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• Ace Tank Services

DAVE HOLMBERG COMMUNITY Non-Profit Organization of the BUILDER OF THE YEAR Year

Aldergrove Credit Union

DIAMOND SPONSORS:

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POLYUREA & EPOXY COATINGS Residential Garage Floors • Basement Flooring Solutions • Commercial & Retail Floor Coatings Pool Deck Resurfacing • Porch & Patio Deck Coatings • Parking Lots & Warehouses FAVOURITE Garage WallBUILDER Panels & Storage • Custom Enclosed Trailer Coatings DAVE HOLMBERG COMMUNITY OF Cabinets HOME-BASED BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

NOTARY SERVICE

THE YEAR

604-615-1824

SPONSORED BY BLACKWOOD BUILDING CENTRE zonegarage.ca www.zonegarage.ca

SPONSORED BY ABBOTSFORD HOSPICE SOCIETY

The award was created to recognize the achievements of individuals who work tirelessly, passionately and collectively

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