ALBEMARLE — Up until this Friday’s cutoff mark at 12 p.m., the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce is still accepting last-minute nominations for its upcoming meeting and award ceremony next month.
The 2025 Stanly County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Awards will be held on Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. in Atrium Health’s Magnolia Room at 301 Yadkin Street in Albemarle.
With this year’s annual award presentations, the chamber is celebrating 89 years of its inclusion within the community, honoring four award categories: Ambassador of the Year, Chamber Champion Small Business of the Year, Chamber Champion Business of the Year, and Citizen of the Year Citizenship and Service award.
“Celebrate with us as we honor our community’s finest with annual awards, dinner, and speakers,” the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce wrote in a social media advertisement. “As an evening to connect, celebrate, and elevate, the 2025 Annual Meeting and Awards for Stanly Chamber of Commerce is Feb. 20th.”
Nomination forms and event RSVPs are available online at stanlychamber.org/chamber-events and can also be submitted via email to [email protected].
Tickets for the event are $50 per person, while a table of four sponsor is $500 and a table of eight sponsor is $1000.
“The Small Business of the Year award, presented by the Stanly Chamber, recognizes the hard work and dedication of local entrepreneurs, from startups to established businesses,” the organization added in a separate post. “This award celebrates the finest contributors in our community. Take a moment to look back at some of our past winners who have been acknowledged for their outstanding efforts. Would you like to see your business or one that you admire featured next?”
An accompanied video with the post showed Seven Oaks Doors and Hardware, Stanly Communications, Vac and Dash, Remax Town and Country, Green Pieces Recycling, City Wide Exterminators, and Make It Personal as the past seven winners of the Small Business of the Year award.
For the Ambassador of the Year and Citizen of the Year awards, the Stanly County Chamber of Commerce has a series of specific qualifications involved with the designation process.
The nominated person must live or work in the county and must have not received the award before; the person must have made “significant contributions” to the county through their work and profession, or by serving on an elected body or as a volunteer.
Additionally, submissions must include the name and contact information of the person or organization making the recommendation, as well as the name, contact information, and pertinent personal information and history of the nominee.
All submissions are required to have a detailed description of the contributions that the nominee has made to the citizens of Stanly County.
The 2025 Stanly County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Awards event is sponsored by Atrium Health, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, Uwharrie Bank, Stanly Community College, and Myrick Construction.