After two years on Bowen Island, yoga teacher Natasha Currah has ditched the commute and has found clearly made an impression on her local clientele, as one of them at least has put her in the running for Small Business BC’s “People’s Choice Award.”
Nine other local businesses are also competing with more than 500 nominees from across the province in ten different award categories.
Mark Blendheim works with Small Business BC, and explains that people have until the end of the month to vote for businesses in the running, and potentially push them into the next stage of the competition.
“We have a normalization process, so that businesses from smaller communities can compete – in terms of votes - with business from places with larger populations,” says Blendheim. “The businesses that make it into the top ten will come face to face with a Dragon’s Den style panel, who will decide on the winners.”
Blendhiem says that he was surprised, this year, to see so many businesses nominated from Bowen Island.
The businesses are:
- Bowen Island Massage Therapy – Premier's People's Choice
- Bowen Island Naturopathic and Acupuncture Clinic – Premier's People's Choice and Best Concept
- Crystal Di Domizio: Pregnancy + Birth Healing Coach – Premier's People's Choice and Best Marketer
- Lime & Moon Pie Company – Premier's People's Choice and Best Community Impact
- Michelle Catherine Nelson – Best Innovation
- Natasha Currah – Premier's People's Choice
- The Gym on Bowen – Best Company
- The Soap Box – Best Community Impact
- Vancouver Nutritionist – Best Community Impact and Premier's People's Choice
To vote, go to sbbcawards.ca
