Community Excellence Awards
The Community Excellence Awards are the chamber’s annual recognition program for outstanding businesses, employees, organizations, and community contributors in Armstrong and Spallumcheen.
The awards celebrate excellence, dedication, innovation, service, and local impact. They also create a public moment for nominees, recipients, sponsors, partners, and community members to recognize the people and organizations helping the local economy and community thrive.
About the awards
The Community Excellence Awards are usually presented as a fall celebration with networking, food, entertainment, and formal award presentations.
Each year, the chamber invites nominations from the community and recognizes local excellence across categories such as business growth, employee contribution, innovation, hospitality and tourism, and organization leadership.
Award categories
Categories may be updated from year to year, but recent Community Excellence Awards have included:
- Rising Star
- Micro Business of the Year
- Small Business of the Year
- Mid-Size Business of the Year
- Corporate Business of the Year
- Employee of the Year
- Revitalization and Innovation Award
- Hospitality and Tourism Award
- Organization of the Year
- President’s Choice Award
How nominations and judging work
Anyone in the community can nominate a business, employee, organization, or local leader for recognition.
Strong nominations include specific examples and supporting material that show the nominee’s impact. This may include testimonials, photos, media mentions, letters of support, or other documentation.
Winners are chosen by a judging process based on the nomination form and supporting materials. The chamber shares current nomination forms, deadlines, categories, and event details each year.
Why it supports business growth
Recognition helps local businesses and organizations build visibility, credibility, and community pride.
- Nominees and recipients gain public recognition for their work
- Sponsors can visibly support local excellence and business success
- The event creates networking opportunities for business and community leaders
- The awards highlight positive stories from across Armstrong and Spallumcheen
- Celebrating local achievement encourages continued investment, service, and innovation
Attend, nominate, or sponsor
Learn more about the annual program, current categories, nominations, ticketing, and sponsorship opportunities on the Community Excellence Awards page.
For questions about nominations, sponsorship, or the next awards event, contact the chamber office.
Phone (250) 546-8155 or email manager@aschamber.com.