Though many businesses took part, it was the Town of Minto which cleaned up in this year’s Saugeen Territory Awards of Excellence.
Young Entrepreneur of the Year
– Dunwood Signs & Textiles, Dundalk.
Nominees included Grasshopper Painting, Mount Forest; Harriston Auto Centre, Harriston; and, Infinite Glassworks, Eugenia
Entrepreneur of the Year
– Hawthorn Farm Organic Seeds, Palmerston.
Runnerup: The Plumbers Wife/Coffey Plumbing and Heating, Arthur
Nominees included I’M Sooooooo Bad, Mount Forest, Meat The Butcher, Mount Forest.
Customer Service award
Harriston Motors Limited.
Nominees included Adell’s Beauty Salon, Mount Forest; Epoch’s Garage, Kenilworth, and, I’m So Bad, Mount Forest;
Corporate Citizen
Larry Grummett Insurance, Clifford
Nominees included Harriston Home Hardware and Patti Jo McLellan Shaw Hapfield Developments & JJ McLellan Shaw, Mount Forest.
Company of the Year
(under 15 employees)
Kimbal Printing, Harriston.
Nominees included Evergreen Variety, Harriston and Field & Range Sportshooting Supplies, Markdale
Company of the Year
(over 15 Employees)
Winner was C&M Seeds/ Palmerston Grain, Palmerston