City announces nominees for 16th Annual Community Awards

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.