PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce will announce the recipients of its 2024 Community Awards during a gala at 6 p.m. Feb. 1.
The annual event will be at Field Arts & Events Hall, 201 W. Front St., Port Angeles.
Tickets are $105 per person or $825 for a table of eight at www.portangeles.org.
The chamber, in its eighth year of producing the gala, announced the finalists, who were selected from a field of more than 180 nominees across six categories by a panel of seven community judges.
The finalists in each category are, in alphabetical order, are:
• Citizen of the Year — Marty Brewer, Frances Howell and Danny Steiger.
• Young Leader of the Year — Jaiden Dokken, Perry Knudsen and Rose Thompson.
• Educator of the Year — Darren Mills, Jason Gooding and Everett Young.
• Business of the Year — Radio Pacific, Swain’s and Wilder Auto.
• Emerging Business of the Year — Brix Marine, Angeles Equipment Rental and Ridgeline Homecare Cooperative.
• Organization of the Year — Clallam Mosaic, First Step Family Support and North Olympic Baseball and Softball.
All 18 finalists will be celebrated during the gala.
This year’s judges are Kennedy Cameron from the United Way of Clallam County; Joe Cammack, owner of Jim’s Pharmacy; Julie Hatch, manager of Kitsap Bank’s Port Angeles branch; Colleen Robinson, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County; Ken Simpson, owner of Angeles Electric; Brian Smith, chief of the Port Angeles Police Department; and Jon Unruh, owner of Little Devil’s Lunchbox.
For more information, call Leslie Robertson at 661-755-3334 or email events@portangeles.org.
