Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Winners

The Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted their Annual Awards evening at The Club at Hillbrook on March 20.

110 Guests arrived at the beautiful Club at Hillbrook, greeted by the valet sponsored by Cibik’s Dairy Island. A photo booth was setup by Portraits by Matthew where plenty of props made for some great photos. A wine pull table was where guests paid $20 for a chance to win a bottle of wine valued between $20 and $60. A great raffle prize included lottery tickets, gift cards to local restaurants, and an overnight stay at The Club at Hillbrook. Tables were decorated by different businesses and guests could vote on the best decorated table. The winner was The Glass Asylum whose table was decorated with flowers, hand crafted champagne flutes, Logo T shirts for each guest and 2 bottles of champagne on ice.

Sponsors were Home Instead Cleveland East, Hotel Indigo, The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, The Glass Asylum, Cibik’s Dairy Island, Sugar Me Desserterie, Portraits by Matthew, and Palmieri’s Photography. 

It was an exciting evening of networking and celebration. Business of the Year was awarded to Aqua Doc Lake and Pond Management. Non-Profit of the Year went to Two and Company, Chamber Member of the Year went to Jo Perko from Anna Maria of Aurora. Presidential Merit award winner was Joanne Zettl, and Past President award was given to Michael Henry, HG Agents eXp Realty.

Jessica Debeljak, Executive Director of the Chagrin Valley was the emcee of the event. “This is an exciting evening where we celebrate our Members and accomplishments as a Chamber.”  Debeljak included all the donations the Chamber has given over the past year to local nonprofit organizations. “Our annual golf outing raised nearly $22,000 that enabled us to donate to Chagrin Falls Meals on Wheels, Valley Art Center, LifeAct, Torchlight Youth Mentoring Alliance, In Step with Horses, Chagrin History Center, Bainbridge Civic Club, and the Chagrin Valley Jaycees.”

More than 550 members strong, the Chagrin Valley Chamber of Commerce serves Auburn, Bainbridge, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Gates Mills, Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Newbury, Orange, Pepper Pike, Russell, South Russell, and the Woodmere communities.  For more information call 440-247-6607 or visit www.cvcc.org.