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ACE Awards (Online)

Virtually join us for the 2020 Awards for Chamber Excellence (ACE) on Thursday, November 19th. These awards recognize the most engaged businesses, members, and committees of our chamber community over the past year. We traditionally honor these awardees at our June annual meeting luncheon. Restrictions on social gatherings did not allow us to host a luncheon, however, it will not keep us from raising awareness of the amazing contributions of the very best among us!
The categories this year are:
  • Committee or Council of the Year
  • Small Business of the Year (1-10 employees)
  • Medium Business of the Year (11-50 employees)
  • Large Business of the Year (51+ employees)
  • Contributor of the Year (formerly Volunteer)
  • Innovative Practice/Partnership of the Year
  • Member Organization of the Year (must be a member for 12 months+)
  • New Member Organization of the Year (member as of July 2019)
  • Young Professional of the Year
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Event Date November, 20

Event Time 4:30am - 6:00am

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