Special Features - Business Excellence Winners 2014

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Bringing together ORGANIZATIONS and INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY

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of the business community in Abbots-ford.

“Nominees and recipients displayed such excitement and an entrepreneur-ial spirit that is both exciting and con-tagious,” commented Welte. “It’s a true celebration of their great accomplish-ments and success in building their busi-ness.”

Rick Rake, chair of the Business Excel-lence committee, served as master of ceremonies for his third year and helped guide the fl ow of the evening.

He acknowledged the many sponsors

It was a night that won’t soon be forgot-ten by Abbotsford’s business commu-nity.

Approximately 500 guests attended the 19th annual Business Excellence Awards at Tradex on Nov. 19 to celebrate the 87 nominees in 12 competing categories. The evening was an opportunity to net-work, enjoy a buffet dinner and marvel at the night’s theme and featured enter-tainment Moulin Rouge, including a half-hour performance that had attendees in awe.

For Allan Asaph, executive director of

who continue to passionately support the event and provide the opportunity to ensure the “wow” effect, including live video on big screens, a sound and lighting system, smoke machines and a confetti cannon.

“When the crowd of 500 walked away from the awards at the end of the night, I hope they felt inspired by the nomi-nees and recipients, and cracked a smile when they refl ected on the special kind of entertainment we offered,” said Rake. “Our theme in 2015 is pure excellence, and much like an “En Blanc” dinner, everything will be white.”

the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce, the entertainment helped seal the night as a success.

“The nominees exemplifi ed the richness of talent and strong entrepreneurial skills that exist in our community,” he said, “and our entertainment this year showcased all local talent and made it an even more amazing evening.”

The Abbotsford News and the Abbots-ford Chamber of Commerce co-spon-sored the 2014 Business Excellence Awards. Chamber president, Mike Welte said he is always amazed by the diversity

Abbotsford Business Excellence AwardS


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Fraser Brake & Muffl er Ltd.FULL AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE CENTRE

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LEFT TO RIGHT: DOUG, JIM, JOEL, MARIA, BILL AND STEVE.

Proud recipient of

EstablishedBusinessof the Year(1-19 Employees)

THIS YEAR’S NOMINEES:

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION OF THE YEARSPONSORED BY BAKER NEWBY LLP

• 5 and 2 Ministries • Abbotsford Arts Council • Abbotsford Community Services • Abbotsford International Airshow • Abbotsford Restorative Justice and

Advocacy Association • Abbotsford Special Adventurers • Communitas Supportive Care Society • Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation • Telecare Crisis & Caring Line • The Salvation Army

NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEARSPONSORED BY TRADEX

• Absorbent Concepts Inc. • Duft & Co. Bakehouse • Me & Mom’s Doggy Shop • Net Zero Waste Inc. • Northern Lights Learning Center • Personality Plus Services • Say it with Cake • SP Technologies • Sticky’s Candy • The Grounds Guys

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION EXCELLENCESPONSORED BY THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK OF CANADA

• Columbia Cabinets • Davis Meats Ltd. • Mainland Machinery Ltd.

HOME-BASED BUSINESS EXCELLENCESPONSORED BY JOYFUL CELEBRATIONS INC.

• Advantage Tire Sales & Service (2012)• GoMac • Groundworks Reflexology • Heidi Turner, Writer • Inspired Make Up Artistry• Ocean Breeze Cruise & Travel • Salvo Communications• Sherwood Communications

dba Lifewriters.ca • The Body Transformation Group

RETAILER EXCELLENCESPONSORED BY PROSPERA CREDIT UNION

• Canadian Tire• Champagne & Lace• Flaman Fitness • Fuel-Supplements, Vitamins, Nutrition • Hallmark Cards • Life Cycles Bike Shop • Mt. Lehman Liquor Store, Highstreet • Precious Kargo Baby Boutique • Ronald Allan Clothiers

BUSINESS SERVICES EXCELLENCESPONSORED BY BEST WESTERN PLUS REGENCY INN & CONFERENCE CENTRE

• Abbotsford Downtown Business Association

• Community Futures South Fraser • Just Ink Services • Noble Commercial Delivery Service • Red Rhino Networks Inc. • Wendy McClelland Business Services

ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (1-19 EMPLOYEES) SPONSORED BY KPMG ENTERPRISE

• Abbotsford Duty Free Shop • Fraser Brake & Muffler • Hub Motor Service

(Siemens Garage Ltd.) • Power Hydraulics • Tilt-Tech Construction • Willow View Farms

ESTABLISHED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR (20+ EMPLOYEES) SPONSORED BY THE ABBOTSFORD NEWS

• 360 Fabrication Inc. • CCON Metals • Clayburn Dental • Finnegan’s Pub & Phoenix Ballroom • I-Open Technologies • Lepp Farm Market • Magnum Trailer and Equipment

CONSUMER SERVICES EXCELLENCE (1-5 EMPLOYEES)SPONSORED BY SEVENOAKS SHOPPING CENTRE

• Barberville Barbershop • Dance in Motion • Gourmet Cup • New Leaf Massage & Wellness • Sidney Buurman Mortgage Professional • Simply Perfect Flowers • Tha Realm Dance Studio • The Apollo Clinic • The Goddess Movement • The Loft Hair Studio & Beauty Bar

CONSUMER SERVICES EXCELLENCE (6+ EMPLOYEES)SPONSORED BY SCOTIABANK

• Avenue Body Shop • Blue Crest Electric Ltd. • Clearwest Solutions Inc. • Fusion Hair Design & Esthetics • Great West Fitness • Innovative Fitness • Just About Pets Wellness Centre • Momento Mori Studios Inc. • Moxie’s Grill & Bar • Tracycakes Bakery Cafe • Vi-La Palace Vietnamese Restaurant

ERIC VANDERHAM YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEARSPONSORED BY THE ROTARY CLUBS OF ABBOTSFORD

• Dean Sutton • Kayla Feenstra • Mitchell Styba

AGRICULTURAL & AGRI-BUSINESS EXCELLENCE SPONSORED BY TD BANK

• KPD Consulting Ltd. • Rossdown Farms & Natural Foods • Terralink Horticulture


Columbia Cabinets For 44 years, Columbia Cabi-nets has been producing mid to high-end custom cabine-try and offering a very broad spectrum of products. Colum-bia Cabinets is proud to pro-vide high-quality, high-value cabinetry to all of its custom-ers. They are an employer of choice and are committed to remaining “the place people want to work”. Columbia is blessed to be able to donate a signifi cant portion of its profi ts to support many local charities and cultural endeavours, as well as numerous global char-ities.

Sponsored by the Business Development Bank of CanadaPresenter Shannon Baird, Senior Account Manager with the Business Development Bank of Canada

Business Excellence Awards

MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION EXCELLENCE

The Award is granted to a business that has demonstrated outstanding achievement manufacturing or producing a product.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Shannon BairdLee GraffDave Kish

Celebrating excellence


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enabled us to win the Established Business of the Year (20+ employees)

award at the Business Excellence Awards. We couldn’t have done it without

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Thank you Abbotsford!

Ronald Allan ClothiersEstablished over 60 years ago, their business is a mix of women’s and men’s fashions including the recent addition of footwear.

In addition to a large inventory of off-the-rack fashions, they also offer custom clothing and special order options. From made-to-mea-sure suits and sport jackets, to cus-tom shirts for men, as well as trunk show and special order options for women.

Sponsored by Prospera Credit UnionPresenter Jim Brown, Account Manager, Business Deposits and Cash Management with Prospera Credit Union


Retailer excellence

The Award is granted to a business that has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the retail sector.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Dennis and

Vicki Giesbrecht, Jim Brown


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Noble Commercial Delivery Service Noble Commercial Delivery Service pro-vides businesses with fast, affordable and convenient solutions to keep things run-ning smoothly and effi ciently. Whether in or out of town, they focus on planning the fastest and most strategic ways to accomplish deliveries. The word “ser-vice” describes who, what and how they do things. To them, their service is about making certain that a business achieves their goals in a timely matter. Specializ-ing in light commercial deliveries, Noble offers service on demand for business to business operations.

sponsored by Best Western Plus Regency Inn & Conference CentrePresenter Rebecca Eaton, Banquets Manager at the Best Western Plus Regency Inn & Conference Centre


businessservices Excellence

The Award is granted to a business in any sector that provides outstanding services.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Rebecca Eaton, Joshua Wall, Richard Beaulieau, Dustanne Contant


Since 1954 We are Abbotsford’s longest serving FULL SERVICE automotive repair facility and gas station. (we serve rain or shine)

Thank You for our nomination for “Established Business of the Year!”

(1-19 employees)

HUB MOTOR SERVICE(SIEMENS GARAGE LTD.) ESTABLISHED IN 1954

33839 ESSENDENE AVENUE

604-853-2352at Gladys Avenue in Historic

Downtown Abbotsford

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Commercial & Residential Grounds Care

Th ank you Abbotsford for nominating usfor “New Business of the Year!”

Proud to be part of a great community!

Absorbent Concepts Inc. Absorbent Concepts is the fi rst processor of organic hemp seed products west of Saskatoon. Designed exclusively to provide organic processing, the facility offers cleaning, sizing and de-hull-ing services, as well as cold press-ing and fi ltering of hemp oil. With science and technology in mind, the facility is designed to mitigate omega fatty acid rancidity issues and features a 40ft. reefer/freezer unit for storage of incoming raw seed and process by-products.

Sponsored by TradexPresenter Craig Nichols, Executive Director of Tourism Abbotsford/Tradex


new business of the Year

The Award is granted to a new business established within the last 3 years, that has demonstrated outstanding characteristics in all areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, management, marketing and service.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Peter Scales and

Craig Nichols,


Kayla FeenstraCertifi ed Master Gardener, Kayla Feen-stra started Dragonlily Gardens in 2010 out of a desire to bring beauty to the lives of her clients, and to infuse conscientiousness of living through organic applications and permaculture practices. With over 10 years expe-rience in the fi eld, Kayla, often called a “community champion”, volunteers thousands of hours every year. In addi-tion, she donates her services to local causes, projects, and organizations, and organizes dozens of free commu-nity events.

Dragonlily Gardens provides organ-ically-focused landscaping design, installation, and maintenance, servic-ing the Fraser Valley.

Sponsored by The Rotary Clubs of Abbotsford Presenters Neal Doan, President of Abbotsford Matsqui Rotary Club,Hugh Ellis, President of Abbotsford Rotary Club, and Ralph Payne, Past President of Abbotsford Sumas Rotary Club.


Eric Vanderham Young Entrepreneur of the Year

The Award is granted to a young individual, age 30 or under, who has demonstrated exceptional entrepreneurial skills in building his/her own business, or as part of an existing business.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Neal DoanHugh EllisRick Rake (on behalf of Kayla Feenstra)Ralph Payne

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Lepp Farm marketRob, the Farmer, and Charlotte, the Foodie, both love growing and pro-ducing wholesome meats and pro-duce. With an emphasis on local, high quality products, Lepp Farm Market is committed to demon-strating farm to table practices. The winning efforts of the meat, pro-duce, grocery and kitchen depart-ments combine to create a unique shopping experience. The team at Lepp Farm Market is committed to connecting their community with as many locally sourced products as possible.

sponsored by The Abbotsford News Presenter Andy Holota, Editor of The Abbotsford News


Established business of the Year

20+ Employees The award is granted to a business established more than 3 years that has demonstrated outstanding characteristics in all areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, management, marketing and service.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Rob and

Charlotte Lepp,Andy Holota

Fraser Brake & Muffler Bill & Maria Martin purchased the business in 2008. They had a vision to provide an honest, reli-able and trustworthy automotive repair service to the community. They also wanted to be gener-ous to those less fortunate and help several charitable organiza-tions within the community . They still embrace these values today. Fraser Brake and Muffl er’s tech-nicians are red seal certifi ed and they have one of the best exhaust specialists in the lower mainland.

sponsored by KPMG EnterprisEPresenter Rudy Paxian, Partner with KPMG Enterprise


Established business of the Year

1-19 Employees The Award is granted to a business established more than 3 years that has demonstrated outstanding characteristics in all areas such as performance, leadership, innovation, management, marketing and service.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Bill Martin,

Rudy Paxian andMaria Martin


Rossdown Farms & Natural FoodsA fourth generation family business, Ross-down Farms & Natural Foods partners with select local farmers to process and supply wholesome poultry products. They pro-duce the feed, breed, and hatch the chicks, as well as grow and process the poultry, delivering products that are fresh and dis-tinctive for people who appreciate a gen-uine farm-to-plate alternative. Rossdown is very proud of successfully lobbying our provincial government to make Temporary Foreign Workers eligible for application of Permanent Residency in Canada.

Sponsored by TD BankPresenters Darren Cameron, Investment Advisor, TD Waterhouse and Scott Shields, Account Manager Agriculture Services from TD Bank.


Agricultural& Agri-BusinessExcellence

The Award is granted to a business that is considered a leader in their industry and has made a positive contribution to agriculture in Abbotsford.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Darren CameronPat Wiebe andScott Shields

GoMacNot content to be a generic geek or nerd computer service, GoMac provides Apple specifi c support services in a way you can understand.

Services include mobile Mac, iPad and iPhone assistance as well as group classes on a variety of subjects, from basic Apple training, photo and video editing to trav-eling with an iPad. GoMac is proud to be in their 5th year of providing outstanding training and support for Apple users in the Fraser Valley.

Sponsored by Joyful Celebrations Inc.Presenter Allan Asaph, Executive Director of the Abbotsford Chamber of Commerce (on behalf of Kelly Foster).


Home-based business of the Year

The Award is granted to a home-based business that has demonstrated excellence and quality in their product and/or service.

LEFT TO RIGHT:Jeremy Klassen,Alan Asaph


The Loft Hair Studio & Beauty Bar Walk into The Loft Hair Studio & Beauty Bar on any given day and you will likely be greeted by name. When you become a guest of The Loft you become part of a family, one that has fun together, laughs, gives back, but most importantly looks and feels great both on the inside and out. The team is pas-sionate about what they do and they truly care about the guests that come through the door, as well as the community that they live in.

Sponsored by Sevenoaks Shopping CentrePresenter Wendy Schultz, General Manager of Sevenoaks Shopping Centre


Consumer ServicesExcellence

1-5 Employees The Award is granted to a business with 1-5 full time equivalent employees in any sector that provides outstanding services to individual consumers.

InnovativeFitnessA fi ve star training facility catering to everyone from fi rst time exercis-ers and people with injuries, to elite level athletes, Innovative Fitness is a high performance training gym with zero intimidation factor. It is a very fun, energetic and inviting atmo-sphere. They specialize in personal training, but also lead hikes, kayak trips, run and cycling clubs and basi-cally everything they can to engage their customers in their fi tness life-style.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Jane Beaver and

Yoshia Burton

sponsored by Scotiabank Presenter Jane Beaver, Branch Manager with Scotiabank


Consumer ServicesExcellence

6+ Employees The Award is granted to a business with 6+ full time equivalent employees in any sector that provides outstanding services to individual consumers.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Kelly Sansalone

and team, and Wendy Schultz


Next year’s 20th Anniversary theme

Pure Excellence

Thank you to our sponsors and many volunteers for supporting the

Emcees:Rick Rake, Mike Welte, and Andrew Franklin

Committee:• Rick Rake, Click Media Works• Mary Boonstra, Abbotsford Police Department• Shannon Baird, Business Development Bank of Canada• Suzanne Adams, Fitness Edge• Wendy Schultz, Sevenoaks Shopping Centre• Andrew Franklin, The Abbotsford News

Judges: A special thank you to the dedicated judges who generously gave hours of their time.

Entertainment: Thank you to Mary Boonstra for creating this evening’s entertainment: Moulin Rouge.Dance In Motion | The Goddess Movement | Amber Maclean - Columbus Hair CompanyFraser Valley Korean Youth Drum Team - Hurricane | UFV Bhangra - Bhangra Beat Academy

Finally a special thank you to the Chamber Staff, Tradex, Valley Weddings, MSProductions, and Global Convention Services for all the work they have done to makethis event a success.

19th Annual Abbotsford Business Excellence Awards

Our Heartfelt Thanks!

Platinum Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors:• Abbotsford Art Gallery• Aldergrove Credit Union• Mt. Lehman Winery• RBC Royal Bank of Canada

Gold Award Sponsors:• Baker Newby LLP• Best Western Plus Regency Inn

& Conference Centre• Business Development

Bank of Canada• Joyful Celebrations Inc.• KPMG Enterprise• Prospera Credit Union• Scotiabank• Sevenoaks Shopping Centre• TD Bank• The Abbotsford News• The Rotary Clubs of Abbotsford• Tradex

Special thanks to thefollowing groups and individualsfor their outstanding contributionto the success of the event:

Communitas Supportive Care Society Communitas is a non-profi t, faith-based organization providing care across British Columbia to those living with disabilities.

It began with the vision of parents who wanted better care for their adult children. Forty years later, Communitas continues to honour that vision, providing services ranging from 24-hour residential care to skills-based day programs to respite care for families. Communitas’ most recent venture is Matthew’s House – a respite home for families who have children with complex health care needs.

Sponsored by Sponsored by Baker Newby LLPPresenter Ron Kelly, Partner with Baker Newby LLP


non-profit Organizationof the Year

The Award is granted to a non profi t organization, charity or society that has made a signifi cant contribution to make our community a better place to live, work or do business.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Henry Wiens, Alan Cavin, Laura Ullock, Karyn Santiago,Ron Kelly

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