RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - The Rancho Cordova Chamber of Commerce held its Best In Business Awards (BIBA) last week, honoring those who have dedicated their time to growing their business and making the community a better place. The River City Christian Church hosted the event that saw no empty seats and West Coast Events and Hi Coffee catered for those in attendance.

Over 150 business and community leaders joined with the board and team from the Rancho Cordova Chamber in celebrating prosperity throughout Rancho Cordova.

Board Chair, Denise Brandt (National University) shared, "The Chamber is proud to have this opportunity to honor businesses and individuals for their significant role in driving business and economic prosperity."

Diann Rogers, President & CEO of the Chamber, stated, "We are responsible for providing quality programs and services to our business community. The outstanding Directors on our board are all business and community leaders dedicated to that purpose. We are excited to welcome five new directors for 2018: 
.    Sally Howard, Folsom Lake College
.    Mike Luca, CBRE Industrial Properties
.    Greg Robinson, Bank of the West
.    Chuck Shaw, Fite Development
.    Price Walker, Elliott Homes

And want to acknowledge the hard work and support from two outgoing directors:
.    Tony Cincotta, Republic Services (2015-2018)
.    Terrence McNamara, A. Teichert & Son, Inc. (2009-2017)”

The stage was then set for each award’s presenter and the winners were honored with great applause as they made their way to the stage and posed for photos taken by Rick Sloan.

Full list of winners:

Micro Business of the Year – Douglas A. Brewer, State Farm Insurance Agency

Small Business of the Year – Spainhower Chiropractic

Midsize Business of the Year – B&J Body Shop & Towing

Large Business of the Year – Marriott Sacramento, Rancho Cordova

Nonprofit of the Year – Folsom Cordova Community Partnership

Rising Star – Hi Coffee

Ambassador of the Year – Kimberly Austin

Chairman’s Award – Facilities Team, City of Rancho Cordova

For more information visit ranchocordova.org