25th Anniversary of Chamber Awards of Excellence

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce hosted its 25th annual Awards of Excellence celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the WYO Theater. Chamber Chief Executive Officer Dixie Johnson explained about this year’s awards gala.

She explained how the nominees were chosen in each category.

Jen Crouse, chamber awards president, joined Johnson on stage to announce the winners.

The winners in each category are as follows.

Community Champion Award – Cody Sinclair, Chief Development Officer at Sheridan Memorial Hospital. This award honors a Chamber member individual, business or organization that has made a significant impact in Sheridan County. Understanding that a community thrives when those in it invest and contribute to its success, the nominees demonstrate vision, ambition and drive to address needs in the community and strive for the betterment of the local area.

Other Community Champion Award nominees were Rosie Berger; Sheridan Rotary Club; Gail Symons; The Salvation Army.

Strength of Sheridan – First Federal Bank and Trust. This award honors a Chamber member business or organization that has a distinguished tenure of 20 or more years in the community. This business or organization demonstrates consistent service, continually invests in the community, meets challenges with innovative solutions and demonstrates sustained quality performance.

Other Strength of Sheridan Award Nominees were: Big Horn Equestrian Center; Kilpatrick Creations, Inc.; Peter D’s RV Park; Sheridan County Fair Association.

Business of the Year – Alpha Grapics – This award honors a Chamber member business that positively impacts the economic health of the Sheridan area through exceptional business practices, customer service and innovation. This business shows steady growth and consistent strong performance, excels in community relations, practices exemplary business conduct, responds positively to adversity and shows proven business achievement.

Other Business of the Year Nominees: Cross E Dairy & Freedom Foods; Market, Imperial Powder Coating; Sheridan Honda & Sheridan Powersports; WYO Candle Co.

Business Person of the Year – Megan Cook, Java Moon. This award honors a Chamber member business person who shows outstanding business acumen and strong leadership in business and community efforts. This person is a champion for economic development, strives to exceed customer expectations, delivers industry leading standards of service and quality and exhibits innovation in business development.

Other Business Person of the Year Nominees: Mike Ash, Powder River Party Rentals; Doug Carlton, Carlton Construction; Darin & Marisa Olson, On the Rocks Jewelry, Inc.; Patrick Suchor, Harker Mellinger CPAs, LLC

The nominees were named by the Chamber’s Board of Directors, and the recipients were selected by the Chamber membership via online vote.

There will be story featuring the winners posted later on Sheridanmedia.