Ponoka Chamber honours 10 winners at 2026 Business Awards
Nearly 250 guests gathered at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds to celebrate local entrepreneurs and community groups.
The Ponoka & District Chamber of Commerce handed out its annual Business Awards of Excellence this week, honouring ten businesses, leaders and organizations in front of close to 250 guests at the Ponoka Stampede Grounds.
Award winners included Hometown Vision for Start-Up Business of the Year, Shelby Goedhart as Young Business Leader, Ponoka Family Chiropractic for Small Business of the Year, Timber Coffee Co. for Medium Business of the Year, and HT Catering and Meats for Large Business of the Year. Heartland Feeds took the Agricultural Business of the Year honour, while the Ponoka Youth Centre/BGC Wolf Creek was named Service/Community Group of the Year.
Andrew Hinton of McDonald's was recognized as Customer Service Person of the Year, Sommer Home Hardware Building Centre received the Legacy Business of the Year award, and Jamil Rawji was named Businessperson of the Year. Two scholarship recipients, Grady Topham and Chloe Yadlos, were also announced at the event.
Chamber president Bruce Clarke said the evening reflected the community spirit of Ponoka, noting that every finalist had earned their place for showing up for the community every day.
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