Laramie Chamber to Hold Annual Members Banquet

On Thursday, February 14th, the Laramie Area Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual members award banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM. Each year the banquet attracts a large crowd but this year the banquet is already sold out thanks to the help of social media used to help promote the annual event. Patrick McGaughey, who is a certified professional facilitator and member of the International Association of Facilitators, will deliver the keynote address for the big night. The chamber recently released their list of nominees for small and large business of the year. These nominations come from the general membership and are narrowed down by the chamber's committee.

The nominations included the following small businesses:

Gary's Plumbing
Happy Jack Software
Mountain Valley Properties
Nominees in the large business sector include:

First Interstate Bank
Laramie GM Auto Center
UniWyo Federal Credit Union

Nominations in the community service aware include:

Fred Ockers - Albany Country Tourism
Dodie Campbell - individual nomination
Mike Bott - individual nomination
Habitat for Humanity
UniWyo Federal Credit Union

Chamber member of the year nominations are:

Kerry Greaser - Basic Beginings
Bonnie Miller - First Interstate Bank
Larry Knopp - UniWyo Federal Credit Union