The 2011 Business Excellence Awards Winners are:

Community Booster Award – Peter Moyes – Home Hardware; Tourism Award – Mike Fairfield – Great Canadian Bike Rally; Sustainable Community Award – Community Policing Office; Nicola Community Development Award – Nicola Valley Water Shed Committee; Harry Sanders Memorial Award – Good Earth Company; Home-Based Business of the Year – Footprints Harvest; Non-Profit Business of the Year – Nicola Valley Food Bank; Employee of the Year – Margaret Brewer – The Grand Pub & Grill; Employer of the Year – Alastair Murdoch & Company; Business of the Year – Merritt Dry Cleaning;

Welcome the 2012/2013 Board of Directors;

President – Jennifer Eaton; Vice President – Alisa Saunders; Treasurer / Secretary – Darrel Brooks; Directors -Janet Langlois, Justin Lawrence, Julie Van Koll, Carrie Ware, Deanne Parise-Brigden, Etelka Gillespie and Rob Miller.