Delaware Area Chamber Annual Dinner
This is the premier event in Delaware County. We combine the Chamber’s annual dinner with a much anticipated awards ceremony. Every year, the Chamber recognizes businesses and individuals in several categories for their outstanding accomplishments. While the awards are the focus of the evening, the highlight is the spectacular tables that our members so memorably decorate. Where else can you find a giant octopus made of paint samples? Or a knight in shining armor named Frank?
The 2025 Annual Dinner will held at Hilton Columbus/Polaris (8700 Lyra Drive, Columbus, OH 43240) on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
As the Chamber does every year, business awards are presented at the Annual Dinner.
The 2024 Annual Business Awards nomination form is now LIVE. Click here to submit a nomination. Deadline to submit is December 30, 2024.
The 2023 Annual Business Award recipients are listed in the recap below.
2024 Annual Dinner recap
Click here to view a complete list of award recipients since 1941
A very special thank you to our Annual Dinner Corporate Sponsors
Platinum: Emergency Plumbing, Heating & Air, OhioHealth
Gold: Greif, Inc.
Silver: Ohio Living Sarah Moore, RV Wholesalers, Spectrum
Bronze: Addison Properties, Cutting Edge Countertops, Consolidated Cooperative, Fidelity Federal Savings & Loan
The Chamber’s annual dinner, auction and awards event was held on February 2 at the Hilton/Polaris to a lively crowd that came out to meet friends, shop by way of the silent and live auctions; ratify new board members, thank outgoing board chair and members, and congratulate the recipient of business and community awards. A highlight of the evening is always he creativity of the decorated tables, brought to the event by the 36 members who participated.
As there is every year, there are many folks to thank for making the evening the unique must-attend event that it is. Please join the Chamber leadership in recognizing the table decorators and contributors to the auctions as listed below. This event is one for the membership by the membership.
In addition to table decorating and auction donations, a dedicated group of volunteers is necessary to organize such a gala. Angel Boulis, Maloney + Novotny; Christa Cloud, Cummins Facility Services; Erin Eizensmits, Edward Jones; and Barb Lyon, Lyon & Co. This event does not happen without these folks. Period.
Our favorite auctioneer was back again to much fanfare. Thank you to Dan Boysel, Consolidated Cooperative, for opening wallets. Holly was happy to be sidekick to her favorite main kick, Dan.
The guests voted for their favorite decorated tables, a hard choice for sure. Once the votes were cast, members came up to receive their certificate: Best Representation of Business: Del-Co Water, Emergency Plumbing Service Heating & Air and Modern Maid. Most Creative was awarded to First Citizens National Bank and PPG took home the award for Most Elegant.
Next were the awards presented by Chamber board chair-elect Mark Clack, Attindas Hygienic Partners. Winners included:
Goodwill Industries, Large Business of the Year
Fresh Start Café and Bakery, Small Business of the Year
Doug Wilson, Citizen of the Year
Source Point, Quality of Life Award
PPG Industries, Corporate Citizen of the Year
Cummins Facility Services, Chamber Member of the Year
Carolyn Kay Riggle, Wayne Hilborn Lifetime Achievement Award
Click here for all the photos and keep reading as we recognize all the members who made the event a success. And put Thursday, February 6, 2025 on your calendar and plan to join us next year.
Thank you to our members who contributed to the silent auction:
All Occasions
Amanda Plumbing
Artina Promotional Products
BackCare Family Chiropractic
Casa Aficionado
Cutting Edge Countertops
Delaware County Sheriff's Office, The
Goodwill Industries
Kenwel Printers
Kings Mill Golf Club
Liberty Casting
Manos, Martin, & Pergram Co
Meade & Associates
Mike's Roofing
Minuteman Press
Oakland Nursery
Phoenix Environmental
Pizza Cottage
PNC Bank
Polaris Fashion Place
Preservation Parks of Delaware County
Snappy's Automotive
Strand Theatre
Waterford Signs
Wolfrum Roofing
Thank you to all our members who donated to the live auction:
Blackwing Shooting Center
Converse & Associates
Creative Financial Insurance Services Agency
Cummins Facility Services
Delaware County Fair & The Little Brown Jug
Henmick Farm & Brewery
Joe Pemberton
Judd Scott
Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center
Pella of Columbus
Price Farms
Prism Home Décor
Shane Dawson
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Outpatient Care Lewis Center
Thank you to our members who made the special by decorating a table:
Attindas Hygiene Partners
Buckeye State Bank
CES Credit Union
Columbus State Community College
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Cummins Facility Services
Delaware Area Safety Council
Delaware County District Library & Friends of the Delaware County District Library
Delaware County Historical Society
Del-Co Water Company
Dempsey Event Center
Edward Jones - Phil, Dusty & Dan
Elford
Emergency Plumbing
Fidelity Federal
First Citizens National Bank
First Commonwealth Bank
Heartland Bank
Huntington Learning Center
Lyon & Co.
Main Street
Mike's Roofing
Modern Maid, The
Ohio Living Sarah Moore
OhioHealth
PPG Industries
Preservation Parks of Delaware County
Red Wing Shoes
Richwood Bank
Snappy's Automotive
Suburban Natural Gas
The Alpha Group
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center - Outpatient Care Lewis Center
United Way of Delaware County
Willow Brook Christian Communities
