The awards will be presented during the Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner & Awards Gala on Friday, January 6, 2016, at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation.
AMELIA ISLAND – Twenty-seven member organizations have been nominated for 2016 Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce Businesses of the Year awards, while 15 individuals were nominated for 2016 Customer Service Professional of the Year, Business Leader of the Year, and Young Business Leader of the Year awards.
The awards will be presented during the Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner & Awards Gala on Friday, January 6, 2016, at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation. In addition, the 2016 Chairman’s and Board of Director’s awards will be presented as will the Harry Halley Bowtie Award, which is bestowed annually on a longtime Chamber of Commerce supporter.
New this year is the Healthy Business Award, established to recognize a company which provides healthy workplace programs within their company and Leadership Nassau Outstanding Alumni Award presented by the Leadership Nassau Alumni Association.
Nominations are made by Chamber members and the community. Winners are selected by the Board of Directors, including a select nominating committee.
According to Donald Stamets, 2016 Chairman of the Board, “We are delighted with the number of nominees this year, many of which were submitted by customers. These award nominations are evidence of the commitment each one has to our community, business environment and the Chamber of Commerce.”
The 2016 nominees are:
Large Business of the Year (25 employees or more)
Day Spring Senior Living
Osprey Village
Publix Super Market #1406 (Yulee)
The Salty Pelican Bar & Grill
Quality Health of Fernandina Beach
Medium Business of the Year (11-25 employees)
Amelia River Cruises & Charters
Coastal Pizza
Magna’s – A Full Body Salon
Speakeasy Vaporium
The Palace Saloon
Small Business of the Year (10 or fewer employees)
Gilbert’s Underground Kitchen
P5 Productions
Precision Chiropractic
Publix Super Market Pharmacy #1406 (Yulee)
Select Tronix, Inc.
Shapiro Insurance Group
Nonprofit of the Year
Amelia Island Montessori School
Barnabas Center, Inc.
Family Support Services of North Florida
Micah’s Place
Nassau Alcohol Crime and Drug Abatement Coalition
Green Business of the Year
A1A Solar Contracting, Inc.
Color It Green
Fort Clinch State Park
Kayak Amelia
Select Tronix, Inc.
White Oak Conservation Holding, LLC
Customer Service Professional of the Year
Destiny Bramstedt, Select Tronix, Inc.
Shelby Burnsed, Precision Chiropractic
James Hiser, Speakeasy Vaporium
Ray Harrington, First Coast Payments
Lisa Leugers, John T. Ferreira Insurance
Young Business Leader of the Year
Kalia Eckers, The Palace Saloon
Dallas Hempstead, Northwestern Mutual
Dr. Kevin Lin, Precision Chiropractic
Carl Lindsey Jr., Select Tronix, Inc.
Dr. Jonathan Williams, Amelia Express Care
Business Leader of the Year
Kerrie Albert, Nassau Alcohol Crime and Drug Abatement
Lynda Dahl, Imetry, Inc.
Jason Hambrecht, Construction Solutions Inc. and Speakeasy Vaporium
Ron Heymann, Davis Capital Management
Gianna Suarez, Go Yoga Amelia Island
Mission Statement
The Amelia Island-Fernandina Beach-Yulee Chamber of Commerce is a membership-based association of Nassau County businesses, professional leaders and individuals working together to provide leadership which will aggressively promote and defend responsible economic growth, employment opportunities, government and excellence in education and quality of life.
