ANNUAL AWARDS

59 TH ANNUAL CHAMBER AWARDS NIGHT

This year’s Annual Chamber Awards Night was more of a party than a formal ceremony, and there was a lot to party about and celebrate! The list of winners told a wonderful story about our community. The new Maine Ocean School won the New Business Award and is strengthening a legacy maritime industry by training our youth to be part RIWKLVGUDPDWLFDOO\HYROYLQJƂHOG7KH%XVLQHVV Growth Award was won by an entrepreneurial young couple at Toddy Pond Farm, illustrating the diversity of our region’s economy. Pillars of our business community were honored: Mary Weaver of The Playhouse, Ryan Otis of Rollie’s Bar & Grill, and the Belfast Co-op. And we honored one of the most creative businesses in the region for the diversity of their contributions: Searsport Shores Ocean Campground. We had a grand time celebrating the amazing spirit we have across Waldo County!

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1 - BUSINESS GROWTH AWARD Toddy Pond Farm, Monroe, ME – Owners Heide & Greg Purinton-Brown with Bangor Savings Bank branch VP Lisa Phillips (Sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank) 2 - WALDO COUNTY BUSINESS AWARD Searsport Shores Ocean Campground, Searsport, ME – Damariscotta Bank & Trust branch manager Jennifer Boynton, owner Steve Tanguay, Damariscotta Bank & Trust Branch VP Ed Varney (Sponsored by Damariscotta Bank & Trust) 3 - NEW BUSINESS AWARD Maine Ocean School, Searsport, ME – Belfast Area Chamber executive director Steve Ryan, Maine Ocean School executive director Kylie Bragdon, and Belfast Area Chamber board president Pamela Stanford (Sponsored by Bangor Federal Credit Union) 4 - HOMETOWN HERITAGE AWARD Belfast Co-op, Belfast, ME – General manager Doug Johnson, marketing manager Carisa Carney with Nordic Aquafarms community liaison Jacqueline Cassida (Sponsored by Nordic Aquafarms) 5 - CHAMBER APPRECIATION AWARD Ryan Otis, Rollie’s Bar & Grill, Belfast, ME – 2018 Citizen of the Year Lee Woodward Jr. Esq., Ryan Otis, Dutch Chevrolet Buick owner Greg Dutch (Sponsored by Maine Chevy Dealers and Dutch Chevrolet) 6 - CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Mary Weaver, The Playhouse, Belfast, ME – Mathews Brothers VP of sales John Magri, Mary Weaver (Sponsored by Mathews Brothers)

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