{"id":163097,"date":"2023-02-16T04:38:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T09:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163097"},"modified":"2023-02-16T04:38:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T09:38:16","slug":"chamber-hosts-annual-awards-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/02\/16\/chamber-hosts-annual-awards-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Chamber hosts annual awards dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual dinner at Willow Bend Country Club on Wednesday, with attendees enjoying a Las Vegas-themed event. Entertainment was provided by Midwest Dueling Pianos, who boast some of the best entertainers in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The evening began with a social hour with event themed cocktails, followed by dinner, entertainment and our awards program recognizing area businesses and individuals for their accomplishments and contributions to the Van Wert area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Receiving the Chamber\u2019s Crystal Image Award was The Well Nutrition, recognized for their booming retail business and partnerships with many community non-profit organizations. Stacy Adam, Executive Director of Van Wert Economic Development, was recognized as the Ray Miller Award recipient, which is given to a local resident who shows a commitment to outstanding service to the Van Wert community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business sponsors of the event were Central Insurance, Tenneco, Inc., Danfoss, Northwest State CC, First Bank of Berne, Vantage Career Center, Laudicks Jewelry, Van Wert Manor, Straley Realty &amp; Auctioneers,<br>Statewide Ford Lincoln, Alexander &amp; Bebout, Van Wert Health ,TSC Communications and Store &amp; Haul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beginning Monday February 20, the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce will feature 2022 Chamber award recipients in a social media awards series. They will recognize member businesses who completed a new build or renovation with the Golden Shovel Award. Member businesses who celebrated a significant anniversary will be given a Milestone Award. To follow the awards series follow the Van Wert Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information The Van Wert Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual dinner at Willow Bend Country Club on Wednesday, with attendees enjoying a Las Vegas-themed event. Entertainment was provided by Midwest Dueling Pianos, who boast some of the best entertainers in the industry. The evening began with a social hour with event themed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 02:24:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163117,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163097\/revisions\/163117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}