Ice cream, beer and soap: Chamber honours Charlottetown businesses

The Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce presented awards Wednesday evening for excellence in business.

• Murphy's Pharmacy founder honoured for entrepreneurship

The awards covered a wide range of industries, from a dairy to a soapmaker to a microbrewery.

An independent panel of judges chose the finalists from more than 60 nominees chosen by their peers.

• Excellence in Business: COWS.
• Entrepreneur of the Year: Ray Murphy.
• Chamber Volunteer of the Year: Sandy Gillis.
• Not-for-Profit Excellence: Hospice Palliative Care Association of P.E.I.
• Excellence in Export: DME Group.
• Workplace Excellence: Murphy Hospitality Group.
• Excellence in Retail: Moonsnail.
• Emerging Business Excellence: UpstreetCraft Brewing.

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