Author: Jodi Hartley

The Chamber is pleased to announce the nominees, as selected by the Chamber’s Board of Directors, for the 2022 Awards of Excellence.

Voting for the nominees is now open through Thursday, Dec. 1. Chamber members and their employees are eligible to vote. The awards categories and nominees are as follows:

COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD

This award honors a Chamber member individual, business or organization that has made a significant impact in Sheridan County. Understanding that a community thrives when those in it invest and contribute to its success, the nominees demonstrate vision, ambition and drive to address needs in the community and strive for the betterment of the local area.

NOMINEES:

Robert Briggs

J.T. Grainger

Patrick Henderson

Joey’s Fly Fishing

SAGE Community Arts

STRENGTH OF SHERIDAN

This award honors a Chamber member business or organization that has a distinguished tenure of 20 or more years in the community. This business or organization demonstrates consistent service, continually invests in the community, meets challenges with innovative solutions and demonstrates sustained quality performance. 

NOMINEES:

Ace Hardware/Sheridan Arts & Crafts

C&B Operations, LLC

Fletcher Construction

 The Sport Stop

TOP Office Products, Inc.

BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

This award honors a Chamber member business that positively impacts the economic health of the Sheridan area through exceptional business practices, customer service and innovation. This business shows steady growth and consistent strong performance, excels in community relations, practices exemplary business conduct, responds positively to adversity and shows proven business achievement.

NOMINEES:

Range

Sheridan Motor, Inc.

The Big Horn Y

Wagner Ranch Services

Weatherby

BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

This award honors a Chamber member business person who shows outstanding business acumen and strong leadership in business and community efforts. This person is a champion for economic development, strives to exceed customer expectations, delivers industry leading standards of service and quality and exhibits innovation in business development.

NOMINEES:

Kathy Bede (Verdello, LLC)

Jessica Bohnsack (Sheridan Stationery Books & Gifts)

Torrey Moody (Arby’s & Taco John’s/Good Times)

Jon Oman (Jon Oman State Farm)

Dave Wills (Let ‘Er Buck Car Wash, LLC & Summit Realty Group, Inc.)

VOTE HERE.

The Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce’s Government Affairs Committee will host its annual Legislative Forum in Sheridan starting at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Sheridan City Council Chambers at City Hall, 55 Grinnell Plaza.

The Legislative Forum provides an opportunity for businesses, organizations and individuals to bring topics before a panel of local state legislators prior to the next session of the Wyoming State legislature.

The Chamber is now scheduling the presentation times for this forum, and they fill quickly. A limited number of 15-minute time slots are available, which include 10 minutes to address legislators and five minutes for questions and answers. Presentation materials (handouts, fact sheets, etc.) will need to be submitted to the Chamber by Friday, Nov. 18, and will be provided by the Chamber to the legislators prior to the forum. Due to time constraints that day, Powerpoint or other computer-based presentations will not be allowed.

A schedule of presentations will be announced prior to the event. The forum is open to the public.

To schedule a presentation time or for additional information, contact Karen Myers at the Chamber at 672-2485 or kmyers@sheridanwyomingchamber.org.

The winning design for the 27th Annual Sheridan Christmas Stroll Button Design Contest was unveiled Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, during a special presentation by Sheridan Mayor Rich Bridger and Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce CEO Dixie Johnson at City Hall.

Alexis Evans, currently a seventh-grade student at Sheridan Junior High and daughter of Travis and Jennifer Evans, created the winning design. Sheridan County students in Grades 1 through 6 were invited in the spring to submit designs to the Sheridan County Chamber’s Christmas Stroll Committee for the Stroll Button Design Contest. The committee selected the winning design based upon how well it reflects this year’s theme, “Snow Globe Christmas.”

Alexis received a framed copy of her button design, the first button and $100 in Chamber Bucks.

Stroll buttons each have a unique number and are purchased by the public, who begin wearing them at the Christmas Stroll. While shopping locally during Christmas Stroll and through Christmas Eve, button wearers look in participating businesses for the number that matches their Stroll Button. Those with matching numbers win a prize from the business valued at $50 or more.

Stroll button purchasers are encouraged to continue wearing their Stroll buttons on Stroll Day and throughout the holiday shopping season for the Chamber’s “Get Caught Shopping” campaign. If caught shopping locally in participating businesses by Chamber elves while wearing their Stroll button, they can win Chamber Bucks in amounts from $25 to $200.

Stroll buttons will be available for purchase by the public the first week of November at the Sheridan County Chamber of Commerce, 54 S. Main St., and at participating businesses. Cost remains $5 each.

This year’s Christmas Stroll will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25. Stroll button holders can begin checking for matching button numbers that morning. Main Street and Grinnell Plaza will be closed from 4 to 8 p.m. for hay wagon rides, giveaways and more. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be visiting with children and available for photos at the WYO Theater.

For more information on the 27th Annual Christmas Stroll, visit www.sheridanwyomingchamber.org or the Sheridan Christmas Stroll page on Facebook.

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