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City announces nominees for 16th Annual Community Awards

The City of Fort St. John has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Community Awards.

By Jordan Prentice ● Fort St. John, News, Peace Region ● August 30, 2023 ● 1 minute of reading

The 16th Annual Community Awards will take place at the Centennial Park stage on September 9th. (Jordan Prentice, Energeticcity.ca)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The City of Fort St. John has announced the nominees for the 16th Annual Community Awards.

This year’s awards consist of four categories; youth, business, non-profit, and citizen of the year.

See below for the individuals and organizations nominated in each category.

Youth Award nominees:

Austin Faulkner
Lucas Gill
Youth Advisory Council of Fort St. John

Non-Profit Award nominees:

Fort St. John Hospital Foundation
Friends of Fort St. John Public Library
Lana Neitz with North Peace Ride for the Disabled
North Peace Historical Society
North Peace Ride for the Disabled
Senior Officials for Fort St. John Minor Hockey, Huskies, and Senior Flyers

Business Award nominees:

AFDE Partnership (Aecon, Flatiron, Dragados, EBC)
Better Cents Bookkeeping Inc.
Blueberry River First Nations Chief and Council
Energeticcity.ca
Home Town Environmental
Shell Canada Groundbirch

Citizen of the Year Award nominees:

Jared Braun
Jennie Gagnon

The city is inviting the public to attend the Community Awards, which will take place from 12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 9th on the stage in Centennial Park during the Remax Block Party hosted by Moose FM.

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