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October 13, 2016 | 44 pages
Elizabethtown-Kitley salutes its business community By TIM RUHNKE
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Billings Automotive Sales and Service is the recipient of the Elizabethtown-Kitley 2016 Business of the Year Award. The honour was presented at the township economic development committee’s annual luncheon held at Cedar Valley Golf and Country Club on Thursday, Oct. 6. Elizabethtown-Kitley Mayor Jim Pickard was on hand to present the award to Dean Billings. The other nominees for the 2016 business honour were Choley’s Fitness and Wellness Training Centre, Heritage Cycle Works, Miracle Maids and Pastry King’s Princess. The winning business is located on County Road 2 at Lyn Road just west of Brockville. David Miles, chair of the committee, said that the committee was thrilled with the quality of this year’s nominees. They were evaluated using 14 metrics, he noted. This was the first time the business of the year had been handed out since 2012, when the Gravel Doctor received the honour. Previous winners include McNamee Concrete, Atlas Block, Tincap Restaurant, Hendrix Restaurant Supplies, Lafarge Canada, Burnbrae Farms, G.C. Hudson Supply and George Tackaberry and Sons. The committee presented a rookie business of the year award in 2015 and honoured the 100th anniversary of the Brockville Country Club at the 2014 lunch. Elizabethtown-Kitley’s farming community was celebrated at the 2013 event. The 2016 business award recipient thanked Elizabethtown-Kitley for the recognition. “It’s quite an honour,” said Billings, who told the other nominees that he knows what they’re going through in terms of running a business. Also at the luncheon was a presentation by the Leeds Grenville Small Business Enterprise Centre. Emily Foan and Terri Dentz, both of whom live in ElizabethtownPhoto by TIM RUHNKE Kitley are participating in this year’s Summer Company program delivered by the enterprise centre, talked about Elizabethtown-Kitley Economic Development Committee Chair David Miles and Mayor Jim Pickard present the township’s See BUSINESS page 2
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Business of the Year award to Dean Billings of Billings Automotive Sales and Service. The presentation took place during the annual luncheon held at Cedar Valley Golf and Country Club last Thursday afternoon.
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