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Chamber Annual Award Winners Celebrate 70th Anniversary
The Douglas County Chamber’s 70th Annual Awards Banquet presented by WellStar Douglas Hospital was held on Saturday, February 7th at The Centre at Arbor Connection. The Banquet sold out with over 400 people gathered for a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Douglas County Chamber. The Annual Awards Banquet honored local businesses and individuals for community excellence.
While the food served by Sam & Rosco’s Restaurant and endless silent auction items were hot topics at the event, the buzz about the awards was contagious. 2015 Chamber Chairman, Rosco Sayyar, and former 2014 Chairman Matt Barrington presented awards to those outstanding members of our community including:
Douglas County’s Citizen of the Year, Ron Wilson
Small Business of the Year, Assured Comfort Heating & Air Services
Large Business of the Year, WellStar Douglas Hosptial
Diplomat of the Year, Kascia Lipford, Beyond the Front Porch
Chamber Spirit Award, Janet Kelley
Sam P. Roberts Community Service Award, Stephanie Bleakley
Chairmans Award, John Sell, Georgia Power Company
The Annual Awards Banquet would not be possible without Presenting Sponsor WellStar Douglas Hospital. Gold Sponsors are the City of Douglasville, Douglas County Board of Commissioners, Georgia Power Company, Google, Inc., GreyStone Power Corporation, MembersFirst Credit Union, Sam & Rosco’s Restaurant, and Regions Bank. Silver Sponsors include American Red Cross, Ameriprise Financial – Patti H. Puckett, AT&T, Bank of North Georgia, Comcast, Development Authority of Douglas County, Hartley, Rowe & Fowler, Hawkinson, Muchnick & Associates, Kaiser Permanente, Servis1st Bank, Sherrod & Bernard, and West Georgia Technical College.
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