Nominations for the Business of the Year Awards for the Following Categories

Note: Following are examples of businesses and some members for some categories may be missing so

please feel free to nominate someone if you feel they fit the category and are not listed.

Businesses or organizations nominated should exhibit outstanding customer service, a positive

reputation, and deliver consistently high quality. Community involvement and Chamber participation

will also be considered.

1. New Member Business Award

- Must have joined the Chamber in 2015 Examples:

7-Eleven -Divina Providencia, Inc. Adult Home Health Care Advanced Contracting Specialist Advanced Home Health San Diego, Inc. Allstate/ Ronn Hall Insurance American West Bank APEX Pool Service Buzz4Agent California Mentor Cindie Wolf Photography Crunch Jamacha Denny's Dick & Jane Waxing Salon Edible Arrangements Equinox Laser Tag Express Ambulance Express Employment Professionals of La Mesa Express Employment Professionals of NE San Diego First Class Payment Systems Forefront Consulting Group Greenpath Funding Hardcore Fitness Helix Mechanical Home Wealth I Guarantee Sales Ida Candelaria, L.AC Indian Motorcycle of El Cajon Jack in the Box Joy Kim- Solar Consultant Just Yoga Studio KinderCare Learning Center Kohphoto La Mesa Integrative Health La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation La Mesa Spring Valley Educational Foundation Liberty Mechanical, Inc Heating and Air Conditioning

M2 Digital Post Inc. Mark Zacovic - Past President Cuyamaca College Mater Dei Catholic High School Mauzy Solar Heating & Air Mercedes-Benz of El Cajon Minuteman Press El Cajon Mountain Health & Community Services, Inc. MRC, Smart Technology Solutions My Rustic Garden New West Investment Group New York Life Optimum Condition Origami Owl P2 Restaurant Pho & Grill Plato's Closet El Cajon Ramona Ranch Winery Rancho San Diego Dentists Responsible Solutions, LLC Rodrigo F. Moreira, Esq. (Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP) Sam Allos San Diego Fleet Week Foundation San Diego Wireless Internet Service Provider (SDWISP) Scripps Health SkyCombatAce Solid Accounting Solutions Subaru Mazda El Cajon Sweet Snap Photography The Declan Suites The Real Estate Company T-Mobile Two Rivers Strategies USA Imaging Supplies Vantiv Vineyard Grant James VO Marketing West Coast Thermography

2. Green Business Award - Environmental/sustainable practices Examples: Aardvark Ant & Pest Control Inc. Advanced Contracting Specialist American Recycling Anderson Plumbing Heating & Air AT&T Bee Best Bee Removal California Metals, Inc. Cartwright Termite & Pest Control, Inc. CPL - Cable Pipe & Leak Detection DEKRA Smog Check Edco Disposal Corp. Harbor Pest Control Helix Water District

Jamul Indian Village Joy Kim- Solar Consultant McWire Electric, Inc. Milholland Solar & Electric Otay Water District Padre Dam Municipal Water District Pure Solar Power - Dave Steele RCP Block & Brick, Inc. San Diego Gas & Electric Servpro of El Cajon Soitec Swat Team Pest Control The SoCo Group, Inc. Waste Management, Inc.

3. Best Place to Work

Any Member of the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce

4. Best Restaurant/Catering Examples:

Anthony's Fish Grotto Barona Resort & Casino

Bekker's Catering Big Bite Deli Black Angus Restaurant Carlton Oaks Country Club Charcoal House

Casa De Pico Continental Catering Chick-Fil-A at Santee Country Wine and Spirits Denny's- El Cajon (Mollison)

Downtown Cafe Grove Pastry Shop & Custom Cakes Hacienda Casa Blanca Mexican Restaurant & Cantina Hilltop Deli Hooley's Irish Pub & Grill Jack in the Box # 7

Jersey Mike's Subs (Subs Enterprises 2, Inc.)

Lido's Italian Food Maness Vineyards and Casi Cielo Farm LLC Hevenly Wines 2016"" Nicolosi's Italian Restaurant

On the Border Mexican Grill & Cantina

P2 Restaurant Pho & Grill

Por Favor Ramona Ranch Winery Rita's Mexican Food & Catering Inc. San Pasqual Winery The Junction Steakhouse & Sports Bar Top Hat Catering/At Your Service TRES Taqueria Mariscos Cantina Urbn St. Brewing Co. Viejas Casino & Resort

Vineyard Grant James

5. Professional, Business Services Industry Award - Legal, technical, etc. Examples:

5th Avenue Insurance Advanced Contracting Specialist

AFLAC - AR AFLAC – Becky Burgsteiner Allstate/ Ronn Hall Insurance Alvarado Pacific Insurance Services Aztec & Baron Insurance Agency

Aztec Accountancy

BenefitMall

Burkett & Wong Engineers Business and Contractors Insurance Services, Inc. California Bank & Trust - La Mesa Cabrera & Associates California Title Company CBSI Cox Communications

Cosart Engineering Count On Me Accounting & Tax Services Chris' Bookkeeping & Tax Service, Inc. Cristina G. Park, EA CSP & Associates Forefront Consulting Group Eye/Comm Dave Grundstrom Insurance and Financial Services State Farm Agent DJM Insurance Services Dominion Financial Services DSD Business Systems Farmers Insurance - Maral Poochigian Farmers Insurance- Angel Bustos Ins. Agency Fischbeck & Oberndorfer, A.P.C. Fox, Shapiro & Associates, Inc. Express Employment Professionals of La Mesa Express Employment Professionals of NE San Die Hilanto Financial & Insurance Services I Guarantee Sales Janice L Miller, Attorney at Law Jemnet Technologies Joe Garzanelli, Keller Williams Realty Kennedy Insurance Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Kristie Powell - State Farm Lambert & Rogers, APLC Law Office of Nancy Kaupp Ewin Lawyer Referral & Information Svc of the SD County Bar Assoc. Legal Match

Live Spark Online Marketing Lundy Insurance Services, Inc. M2 Digital Post Inc. Mail Management Group, Inc. MRC, Smart Technology Solutions Minuteman Press El Cajon MJE Marketing Services Oak Tree Escrows, Inc. One Step Submittal Group Optimum Condition REC Consultants Paychex, Inc. Peerless Management, Inc. - Res. Prop. Peterson, Burnell, Glauser & Allred Profile Display Public Consulting Group

Quittner Consulting

Rebecca Collier R. Larry Forsyth, CPA Rick Griffin Pub. Rel. & Advertising Ron Cook Media Roger S. Gordon & Co. CPA's RJS LAW - A Tax Law Firm Rodrigo F. Moreira, Esq. (Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, LLP) Solid Accounting Solutions Southwest Strategies, LLC Steve Hamann Auctioneer Extraordinaire Ted S. Merrill & Sons, Inc. The McMillan Law Firm, APC The Computer Admin Two Rivers Strategies Wade, Howard & Associates, CPAs, LLP San Diego & Imperial SBDC Regional Network San Diego Gas & Electric San Diego 360 Tours Sharp Business Systems SIMNSA International Healthcare SCORE San Diego Square, Inc. Angel Vidal (Local Square) Smith Chavez Law Swift Alturair, Inc. Toshiba Business Solutions USA Imaging Supplies VO Marketing William A. Steen & Associates Wisdom Matrix XL Staffing

6. Financial Services Industry Award Examples:

American West Bank AXA Advisors- Jason Messing BenefitMall David Johnston - Movement Mortgage California Bank & Trust - El Cajon California Bank & Trust - La Mesa Cabrillo Credit Union Capital Equipment Leasing Chris' Bookkeeping & Tax Service, Inc. Cristina G. Park, EA CSP & Associates Dave Grundstrom Insurance and Financial Services State Farm Agent David L. Moran, CFP, ChFC Dominion Financial Services East County Schools Federal Credit Union First Citizens Bank Fox, Shapiro & Associates, Inc. Financial Plan Design Glanz Professional Services H & R Block Lundy Insurance Services, Inc. New York Life North Island Credit Union Opus Bank Pahal, Vora and Associates Paychex, Inc. Peerless Management, Inc. - Res. Prop. Point Loma Credit Union RJS LAW - A Tax Law Firm San Diego County Credit Union San Diego Metropolitan Credit Union First Citizens Bank Silvergate Bank Solid Accounting Solutions Square, Inc. Angel Vidal (Local Square) TitleMax Torrey Pines Bank Umpqua Bank Union Bank - El Cajon Union Bank - Lemon Grove First Citizens Bank Vantiv

7. Manufacturing Industry Award Examples:

American Recycling Attention Getters Design, Inc.

Bowen Printing, Inc. California Metals, Inc. Certified Metal Craft, Inc. Combustion Parts, Inc. Eagle-Burgmann EJS Fire Watch Flight Suits dba Gibson & Barnes G.E.T. Engineering Corp. Glass & Screen, etc., Inc. Lemon Grove Glass Lumalite, Inc. Quality Controlled Mfg, Inc. RCP Block & Brick, Inc. San Diego Business Supply Soitec Taylor Guitars Toro Micro Irrigation Twisted Manzanita Ales URBN Brewery US Joiner

8. Real Estate & Housing Industry Award

Examples A.I.C., Inc. Adult Home Health Care All Service Property Management Allied Office Plaza Buzz4Agent Cathy Hilton - RE eBroker, Inc Comfort Keepers Delta Property Management Diamond Development LLC Dimensions in Real Estate Ellie Durbin-Century 21 Award Fjellestad, Barrett & Short Heartland Associates Property Mgmt., LLC Joe Garzanelli, Keller Williams Realty La Vida Real Lantern Crest Senior Living Leah McIvor, REALTOR Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Lily's Mobile Homes Lisa Ruiz Team - San Diego Real Estate Marteeny Management Mobile Home Connection Nancy Dennison/Keller Williams Realty New West Investment Group Parker Properties Parkway Real Estate Peerless Management, Inc. - Res. Prop. Quidort Land Company Realty Executives All Area - Sally Steele Roger Roberts-BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HomeServices California Properties The Daniels' Companies

The Real Estate Company Thomas Gallagher Villa Novia Waterford Terrace Retirement Community Wright Appraisal Services

9. Health Services Industry Award

- Medical, physical fitness, nutrition, wellness, etc. Examples:

Adult Home Health Care

Advanced Home Health San Diego, Inc.

American Cancer Society

Alvarado Hospital, LLC dba Alvarado Hospital

Alvarado Parkway Institute

At Your Home Familycare

Borrego Community Health Foundation

Bosworth Gardens Residential Care Facility for the Elderly

Bright Now! Dental!

Calbiotech, Inc.

Center for Family Health

Chase Avenue Family Health Ctr

Comfort Keepers

Communities Against Substance Abuse

CRC - El Cajon Treatment Center

Crisis House

Crunch Fitness Jamacha

Crunch Fitness El Cajon

David D. Keen, D.D.S.

Doctors Express

Dr. Kevin Swartzberg Family Dentistry

East County Pregnancy Care Clinic

Eldorado Care Center, LLC

Express Ambulance

Fun, Love & Care - ''F.L.C.''

Granite Hills Dental Team

Grossmont Healthcare District

Grossmont Imaging, LLC

Hardcore Fitness

Healing Essence Acupuncture

Healing Thru Touch Massage Therapy

Home of Guiding Hands

Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties

Ida Candelaria, L.AC

InTouch at Home

Jeff Gray, DDS, Sedation & Cosmetic Dentistry

Just Yoga Studio

Kaiser Permanente

La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation

La Mesa Integrative Health

La Vida Real

Lantern Crest Senior Living

Massage Envy Spa - Lakeside

Medifast Weight Control Centers

My Somatic Bodywork

Noah Homes, Inc.

Optimum Condition

Optimum Health Institute

Partnerships With Industry

Peter K. Hellwig, D.D.S.

Public Consulting Group

RSD Dental Group

Scantibodies Biologics

Scripps Health

Sharp Grossmont Hospital

Spa 33

Springs of El Cajon

St. Madeleine's Sophie Center

Sungarden Terrace Retirement Center & Adult Day Retreat

Terry L. Winegar M.D.

The Salvation Army- El Cajon

Toward Maximum Independence, Inc.

Triwest Research Associates

Waterford Terrace Retirement Community

West Coast Thermography

Workout With Kirk

10. Retail, Sales & Marketing Industry Award Examples:

Alpine Auto Repair BMW of El Cajon / Sunroad Automotive Bob Bowen's Auto Service Clifton Mercedes Sales & Service De la Fuente Cadillac DEKRA Smog Check Fix Santee-Carter Collision Flint Aero, Inc. Greg's Automotive Jerome's Furniture CBS Radio, KYXY-FM Radio (96.5 Fresh Favorites) & KEGY-FM Radio (103.7 Contemporary Hits) Lexus El Cajon M2 Digital Post Inc. Mercedes-Benz of El Cajon Mossy Honda of Lemon Grove Mossy Volkswagen El Cajon Penske Ford San Diego Business Supply Sid's Auto Body Subaru Mazda El Cajon Team Kia El Cajon Toyota of El Cajon

Valley of Cars of El Cajon

11. Education Industry Award Examples:

Air Group One-CAF Creation & Earth History Museum Cuyamaca College Diego Valley Charter School Express Employment Professionals of La Mesa Express Employment Professionals of NE San Diego Foothills Christian Church Grossmont College Heritage of the Americas Museum Home of Guiding Hands International Academy of Jazz Junior Achievement La Mesa Spring Valley Educational Foundation LionHeart Fencing Academy National University-La Mesa Noah Homes Partnerships with Industry Public Consulting Group Quittner Consulting San Diego Air & Space Museum St. Madeleine’s Sophie Center Toward Maximum Independence Urban Corps of San Diego County USS Midway Museum Water Conservation Garden XL Staffing

12. Home & Business Improvement Industry Award Examples:

Advanced Contracting Specialist Blue Line Builders Inc. California Bank & Trust - La Mesa CBSI Christian Brothers Cleaning & Restoration, Inc. DYK Inc. El Cajon Electric Co. Family Carpet & Drapes Fire Watch G8 Development Glass & Screen, etc., Inc. Hamann Construction Hanson Aggregates Pacific SW, Inc. Helix Mechanical Imperial Custom Cabinets Master Liens McWire Electric, Inc. Milholland Solar & Electric NECA - National Electrical Contractors Assoc. Oak Tree Escrows, Inc.

One Step Submittal Group Professional Roofing Services Pure Light Cleaning Specialists Pure Solar Power RCP Block & Brick, Inc. Service Master All Phase Restoration Starrett Construction, Inc. Sully-Jones Roofing Contractors Inc. Ted S. Merrill & Sons, Inc. Village Carpets Flooring America

13. Entertainment & Recreation Industry Award Examples:

Abbey Party Superstore Air Group One-CAF Barona Resort & Casino California Welcome Center Classic Party Rentals Creation & Earth History Museum Drummond Macomber: Weddings Your Way / Dear Santa EconoLodge Inn & Suites Equinox Laser Tag Events with Pizazz! Inc. Eye/Comm Fun, Love & Care - ''F.L.C.'' Ha Penny Inn Heritage of the Americas Museum Holiday Inn - La Mesa I Guarantee Sales Jamul Indian Village Julie's Party People Kohphoto La Casa Del Zorro Resort Live Spark Online Marketing M2 Digital Post Inc. Mail Management Group, Inc. MJE Marketing Services MOXIE Theatre Quality Inn & Suites Recorded Memories Photo & Video Booths Residence Inn by Marriott - Central Rick Griffin Pub. Rel. & Advertising Ron Cook Media San Diego Air & Space Museum San Diego East Visitors Bureau San Diego Tourism Authority Signature Events Southwest Strategies, LLC Steve Hamann Sycuan Casino Sycuan Resort The Declan Suites Town and Country Hotel

Two Rivers Strategies U.S. Grant, A Luxury Collection Hotel USS Midway Museum Viejas Casino & Resort VO Marketing Water Conservation Garden Wisdom Matrix

14. Non-Profit Business of the Year - Any Category Examples:

Air Group One-CAF Alpine Business Networking Assoc. American Cancer Society Borrego Community Health Foundation Boys & Girls Clubs of East County B.P.O. Elks Lodge 1812 Center for Family Health Communities Against Substance Abuse Creation & Earth History Museum CRC - El Cajon Treatment Center Crisis House Diego Valley Charter School Downtown El Cajon Business Partners East County EDC East County Family YMCA East County Transitional Living Center El Cajon Animal Ctr for Educ. & Svcs. El Cajon Valley Lions Club Foothills Christian Church German American Societies of SD Goodwill Industries of San Diego County Grossmont Healthcare District Heritage of the Americas Museum Home of Guiding Hands Hospital Association of San Diego & Imperial Counties International Academy of Jazz Junior Achievement La Mesa Park & Recreation Foundation La Mesa Spring Valley Educational Foundation La Mesa Woman's Club Lions, Tigers & Bears Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation Mt. Helix Park Foundation New Day Women's Center Noah Homes, Inc. Partnerships With Industry Pacific Southwest Association of REALTORS Restoration Ranch Run East County San Diego County Apartment Association San Diego Air & Space Museum

San Diego Association of Realtors San Diego Fleet Week Foundation San Diego Health Care Association Soroptimist Int'l of La Mesa Southern California American Indian Resource Center, Inc. (SCAIR) Stoney's Kids St. Madeleine Sophie's Center The Foundation for Grossmont & Cuyamaca Colleges The Salvation Army- El Cajon Toward Maximum Independence, Inc. Urban Corps of San Diego County USS Midway Museum Water Conservation Garden