Red Deer Chamber honours local businesses with in-person award ceremony

The 37th annual Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce (RDDCC) Awards were held on Wednesday, October 21st at the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre.

Winners of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award was Sol Invictus Energy Services, an energy solutions company with a focus on home energy efficiency and eco-home construction.

Jesse Thomas and his wife Chelsah says while COVID prevented them from expanding as they planned to this year, he says being honoured by the Chamber will help get their name out there more and act to further legitimize what they are doing.

"I think it just helps us get our name out there more and be more recognized in the community more than we already are now, and skies the limit from here!"

The Lending Cupboard picked up Non-Profit of the year, and Troubled Monk Brewery picked up the award in the 21 or more full-time equivalent employees category.

Troubled Monk Brewery on stage to accept their award in the 21 or more full-time equivalent employee's category.

CEO of the RDDCC Rick Moore says honouring the hard work of locals wasn't the only cause for celebration last night, saying this was the first public, in-person event a lot of the people in attendance have been to in months.

"To be honest it was a little nerve-racking going into it. No one's really attempted anything, the events have all been cancelled, but we headstrong went with this because we thought it was so important to recognize our heroes, our business people. We kept it safe, we did all the protocols correctly, and again we can prove that we can put some "normalcy" into our lives and celebrate those that need to be celebrated."

The Lending Cupboard

Also honoured Wednesday night was KCB cabinets & Renovations in the 1-10 full-time equivalent employee's category, and Stride Physiotherapy and Wellness, who took home the honours for 11-20 full-time equivalent employee's category.