Ole Award winners exemplify confidence in Batavia
BATAVIA - Seven Batavia businesses will be honored as 2015 Ole Award winners Jan. 29 at the Batavia Chamber of Commerce Inspire 2016 event. Four additional construction projects will receive special awards.
the award demonstrates confidence in Batavia, According to Tom Wangler of Confident Aire, chairman of the Ole Awards committee.
The honorees and category are:
• Remodeling - Industrial: Challenger Lighting, 1400 Kingsland Dr.
• Remodeling - Industrial: Safety Supply, 1055 Kingsland Dr.
• Remodeling - Commercial: Wendy's, 1905 W. Wilson St.
• Remodeling - Commercial: Crosstown Pub, 1890 Mill St.
• New Construction - Industrial: Aldi, Inc., 1200 N. Kirk Road
• New Construction - Industrial: Chicago Expert Importers, 1229 Pierson Dr.
• New Construction - Commercial: BP Pride Oil, 200 N. Randall Road
Four other businesses will also receive special awards. The nonprofit Valley Sheltered Workshop, 325 Main St., remodel of their kitchen will receive a "Fabric of our Batavia Lives" award. Three businesses will receive "Green Awards" for their environmentally conscious projects. These are Advanced Disposal, 1660 Hubbard Ave., for a natural gas fueling facility, Lutheran Social Services, 200 N. Island Ave., Riverain Point Apartments for solar panel installation and AGS Technologies, 951 Douglas Road), for upgrades to injection molding equipment to enable the use of recycled plastic.
The awards, as well as Citizen of the Year, will be presented during Inspire 2016, A Celebration of Those Who Inspire Us! The event begins at 6 p.m. Jan. 29 at Lincoln Inn Banquets, 1345 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia. In addition to the awards, a social reception and silent auction will also be held.
Admission is $75; members & guests are $40 each. Purchase tickets by Monday, Jan. 25. Online purchasing is available at www.bataviachamber.org/, or call the Chamber office at (630) 879-7134. The price includes an appetizer menu. Cocktail attire is suggested. This year's after-event party will be at Aliano's Ristorante, 90 N Island Ave., Batavia.
For more information about the event or the awards, call Holly Deitchman, president and CEO of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce, or Lindsey Williams, marketing and special events coordinator, at (630) 879-7134.