Calgary’s Resilient Business Awards finalists announced

Calgary, September 8, 2020 – “Today, the Calgary Chamber released the finalists for Calgary’s Resilient Business Awards, which will celebrate the businesses who have led with heart, demonstrated resiliency and grit, and been community leaders in this time of unprecedented change.

The winners will be announced on September 24 at the Awards Gala, which will be held in person for a small group of finalists and livestreamed to the public.

“Our business community has faced unparalleled disruption and uncertainty through COVID-19,” says Murray Sigler, interim CEO of the Calgary Chamber. “We have heard powerful stories of resilience, and look forward to celebrating Calgary’s entrepreneurial spirit and to recognize the impact COVID-19 has had on our city.”

The finalists for Calgary’s Resilient Business Awards are:

Resilient Business Award: Micro-business

• Leap Studios
• The Upside
• True Buch Kombucha

RBC Resilient Business Award: Small and medium business

• CSS Office Solutions
• Dogma
• Showpass

Resilient Business Award: Corporate enterprise

• SM2 Capital Partners
• SPUD
• The Calgary Zoological Society

ATB Community Impact Award

• ATCO Blue Flame Kitchen
• Barre Body Studio
• Gibson Energy

Manulife Resilient Business Leader Award

• Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary
• Critical Mass
• Kudos

TD Inclusion and Diversity Award

• Genesis Centre
• SPUD
• Trace Associates

The Awards are one of two major events the Calgary Chamber will be hosting this fall to celebrate and support business. Small Business Week will be a fully virtual experience designed to engage and inspire, and it is scheduled to take place the week of October 19.

For nearly a decade, the Calgary Chamber has recognized the contributions of small business to our city. This year, we look forward to continuing that tradition by celebrating and recognizing the leaders and businesses who have shown compassion and resiliency through COVID-19.

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About the Calgary Chamber

The Calgary Chamber is an independent non-profit, non-partisan business organization. For 129 years the Chamber has worked to build a business community that nourishes, powers and inspires the world.