This year on October 25, 2024, The Haliburton Highlands Chamber of Commerce hosted the 16th Annual Community & Business Achievement Awards Gala. This year nominees and winners are listed below.
Warden’s Award – Awarded to Haliburton County Home Builder’s Association
Customer Service – Business – Nominees: B.A.O Beauty Clinic, Barb Williams, Bottomline Bookkeeping Services, Carstar Haliburton, Haliburton Chiropractic, Heat-Line, Lakeview Motel & Resort, Let’s Get Local, Minden Mercantile and Feed, Minden Subaru, Mintz Makeup, Pulse with Kirstley, Reform & Restore: Wellness Hub, Riverview Furniture, The Mason Jar, The Minden River Cone, Willow Organic
Awarded to Lakeview Motel & Resort
Customer Service – Employee Nominees: Amy Gaynor, Boshkung Smokehouse, Catharine Gaudette, Kayla Gardiner, Laureen Roberts, Sandra Wonder
Awarded to Laureen Roberts, Haliburton County Chiropractic
Young Professional of The Year Nominees: Alex Killingbeck, Bailey Anne McFarlane, Candice Mintz, Chelsea Adamson, Justin Abbs, Kayla Rowden, Kelly Outram, Mathew Renda, Michael Rae, Nick Rowden, Nicole Baumgartner, Sarah Dollo, Shay Lynn Hutchings, Zachary Tripp
Awarded to: Mathew Renda
Not-For-Profit of The Year Nominees: Haliburton Highlands Health Services, Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation, Haliburton Sculpture Forest, HCSA – Haliburton County Snowmobile Association, Skyline Dance Studio, Snowflake Meadows Rescue, Staanworth Non-Profit Housing
Awarded to Haliburton Highlands Health Services Foundation
New Business of The Year Nominees: Forest Lane Counselling, Haliburton Micromeadows, Nick Rowden Project Carpentry, Reform + Restore : Wellness Hub, Snaffle&Mane, Song Bird Sound Healing, The Haliburton Post House, The Mason Jar, Willow Organic, Woodhouse Marketing Agency
Awarded to Woodhouse Marketing Agency
Established Business of the Year Nominees: ACM Designs, Bonnie View Inn, Boshkung Brewing Co., Haliburton Framing & Photo, Harcourt Sand & Gravel, Mintz Makeup, Stedmans Minden, WAI Products & Kohara + Co.
Awarded to ACM Designs
Business Woman of The Year Nominees: Amy Joanu, Andria Cowan Molyneaux, Anna Lowes, Audrey Collins, Brandi Hewson, Candice Mintz, Chelsea Adamson, Gillian Taylor, Harsha Manani, Heidi Hudspith, Hilary Ramsay, Kayla Gardiner, Lauren Green, Mary Douglas, Nicole Baumgartner, Nicole Mee, Sarah Dollo, Shannon Feir, Shay-Lynn Hutchings, Yvonne Kreuzwiesner
Awarded to Chelsea Adamson
Retail Business of The Year Nominees: County Magic, Glecoff’s Family Store, Haliburton Timbermart, Kohara + Co., Russell Red Records Inc., Water Depot Minden
Awarded to Kohora + Co.
Professional Services Business of The Year Nominees: Audrey’s Aquatic Therapy and Rehab, Dr. Kassie and Jason Bradley, Forest Lane Counselling
Awarded to Forest Lane Counselling
Industry & Skilled Trade Business of The Year Nominees: G J Burtch Construction, WAI Products, Mintz Makeup, Muskoka Tile, Nick Rowden Project Carpentry, Thomas Contracting
Awarded to WAI Products
Hospitality & Tourism Business of the Year Nominees: Bonnie View Inn, Boshkung Brewing Co., Fort Treehouse Co., Heather Lodge, Lakeview Motel & Resort, The Haliburton Post House, The Mason Jar
Awarded to Heather Lodge
Individual Leadership Business Achievement Nominees: Andria Cowan Molyneaux, Audrey Collins, Brandi Hewson, Candice Mintz, Dr. Jason Bradley, Mathew Renda, Shay Lynn Hutchings
Awarded to Dr. Jason Bradley
Employer of The Year Nominees: Abbey Gardens, ACM Designs, Bonnie View Inn, Boshkung Brewing Co., Haliburton Foodland, Needful Things, Thomas Contracting
Awarded to ACM Designs
Highlander Award Nominees: Andrea Hagarty, Emily Stonehouse, Fay Martin, John Watson, Nicole Baumgartner, Rick Lowes, Tayce Wakefield
Awarded to John Watson