{"id":893803,"date":"2026-09-13T04:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893803\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T04:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T04:52:08","slug":"greater-westside-board-of-trade-ready-to-honour-top-businesses-non-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893803\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Westside Board of Trade ready to honour top businesses, non-profits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Westside\u2019s best biz wanted
\n\"Nominations<\/p>\n

Photo: Colin Dacre<\/p>\n

Nominations are now open for the Key Business Awards.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to start showing love to businesses and non-profits on the Westside.<\/p>\n

Nominations for the 25th annual Greater Westside Board of Trade Key Business Awards are now open. There are 15 categories that will recognize the best of both businesses and non-profits when the awards are handed out in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cReaching the 25th annual Key Business Awards is a remarkable milestone for our organization and for the Greater Westside business community,\u201d Greater Westside president Bryan Fitzpatrick said in a press release. \u201cFor a quarter of a century, these awards have provided an opportunity to recognize the businesses, entrepreneurs, leaders and organizations whose hard work, innovation and commitment make our community stronger.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage our members and the community to take the time to nominate someone deserving. There are so many incredible stories of success and contribution in our community, and we look forward to celebrating them together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nomination window<\/a> is open until Oct. 5, and winners from the past three years are ineligible to win again in the same category. This year\u2019s categories are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tourism & Hospitality

\n\u2022 Technology & Innovation

\n\u2022 Arts & Entertainment

\n\u2022 Home-Based Business

\n\u2022 Community & Public Service

\n\u2022 Indigenous Business

\n\u2022 New Business

\n\u2022 Young Entrepreneur

\n\u2022 Small Business

\n\u2022 Large Business

\n\u2022 Platinum Service Provider

\n\u2022 Environmentally Sustainable Business

\n\u2022 Torch Award for Ethics

\n\u2022 Citizen of the Year

\n\u2022 Business of the Year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Westside\u2019s best biz wanted Photo: Colin Dacre Nominations are now open for the Key Business Awards. It\u2019s time…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-893803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}