Grant County Has Great Individuals and Businesses

Category: Chamber Corner Chamber Corner
Published: 15 November 2017 15 November 2017

On Friday (November 17), the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce will honor area businesses and individuals at the Grant County Awards Banquet. The banquet will be held at the Grant County Business & Conference Center beginning at 6:00 p.m.

WNMU’s President, Dr. Joseph Shepard, will be the guest speaker prior to the awards ceremony. We had multiple nominations in each of the Grant County Awards categories, and here are the honorees chosen by a panel of judges from outside of Grant County.

2017 Grant County Citizen of the Year: Bruce Ashburn
2017 Linda K. Jones Humanitarian of the Year: Mrs. Donnie Forman
2017 Grant County Volunteer of the Year: Mario Quintana
2017 Grant County Small Business of the Year: Silver City Radio/SkyWest Media
2017 Grant County Large Business of the Year: Amplified Therapy Inc.

PNM Energy Star Winners will include: Department of Military Affairs 63rd Regional Support Command; Cooper Manor Motel; Dollar Tree Stores; Snappy Mart; McDonald’s; Comfort Inn; Grant County; Southwest Council of Governments; City of Bayard; and the Town of Hurley.

It will be a fun night honoring the wonderful businesses and individuals who do fantastic things to make Grant County such a wonderful place to live, work, and visit. If you are interested in attending the banquet, the cost is $40.00 per person (Chamber Members) and $45.00 per person (non-members) or you can reserve a table for eight people at a cost of $280.00 for Chamber members or $320.00 for non-members. Wrangler’s Bar & Grill is catering the meal which will include a beef carving station or Italian seasoned chicken breast with baked potato and California-mix vegetables. Dessert will include a choice of fruit cobblers. There will also be a cash bar available from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

You can purchase tickets at the Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce office or purchase them online by going to the Chamber’s website (www.silvercity.org) click on events calendar, click on the chamber banquet on November 17. You will find the reserve a seat button and you can pay online with a credit card. Sorry, but no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets must be purchased in advance of the event.

I hope you will join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of some really good people and businesses from Grant County. If you have questions or need additional information, call the Chamber of Commerce office at (575) 538-3785.

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