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Sycamore Chamber Business Awards

The Sycamore Chamber invites you to nominate an exceptional Chamber Member businesses to receive one of four business awards given by the Chamber at the Sycamore Chamber Annual Meeting held in March annually.  To nominate a local business, please fill out the Outstanding Business Awards Nomination Form and return it to the Chamber by January 15.

THE PROCESS

  • An Awards Committee (consisting of Board Members, Chamber Members, and Chamber Staff) will solicit nominations from the Membership
  • The committee will review and prepare a slate of nominees for final approval by the Chamber’s Executive Committee.
  • Nominees will not be made public
  • Nominations may be submitted at any time prior to designated deadline (set annually)
  • Recipients will be recognized at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting.
  • If the committee feels there is not a clear recipient, the award will not be given out that year
    Outstanding Business of the Year

    Criteria:

    1. The business must be a member of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and have over 20 employees.
    2. The business must have been in operation in the Sycamore area for at least five years.
    3. The business must continually demonstrate integrity and ethics in business dealings.
    4. The business must have positively influenced the economic vitality of the Sycamore community.
    5. The business must have historically demonstrated outstanding contributions to the Sycamore Community.
    6. The business must contribute significantly to the Chambers vision of making Sycamore a premier place to work and live by being the voice of businesses, providing leadership, and enhancing partnerships.

    Past Recipients:
    2023 – School Tool Box 

    • 2022 – Resource Bank
    • 2020/2021 – Upstaging Inc.
    • 2019 – Family Service Agency   
    • 2018 – DeKalb Sycamore Chevrolet       
    • 2017 – Opportunity House
    • 2016 – Hy-Vee   
    • 2015 – AutoMeter Products 
    • 2014 – KishHealth System
    • 2013 – NB&T
    • 2012 – Driv-Lok, Inc.
    • 2011 – American Midwest Bank         
    • 2010 – YMCA
    • 2009 – Browns County Market 
    • 2008 – Sycamore School District  
    • 2007 – The Suter Company
    • 2006 – Ideal Industries     
    • 2005 – Castle Bank 
    Spirit of Small Business Award

    Criteria:

    1. The business must be a member of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and have 20 or less employees.
    2. The business must have been in operation in the Sycamore area for at least three years.
    3. The business must continually demonstrate integrity and ethics in business dealings.
    4. The business must have historically demonstrated outstanding contributions to the Sycamore Community.
    5. The business must contribute significantly to the Chambers vision of making Sycamore a premier place to work and live by being the voice of businesses, providing leadership and enhancing partnerships.

    Past Recipients: 
    2023 – Pest Control Consultants

    • 2022 – Manny Pena American Family Insurance
    • 2020/2021 – OLT Marketing
    • 2019  –  PJ’s Courthouse  Tavern
    • 2018  – Tom & Jerry’s of Sycamore and Catering by Diann
    • 2017 – Taxco Restaurant
    • 2016 – Culvers of Sycamore
    • 2015 – Pay-It-Forward House
    • 2014 – Blumen Gardens
    • 2013 – Barnaby Printing
    • 2012 – DeKalb County Farm Bureau
    • 2011 – Sycamore Theater
    • 2010 – Sweet Earth
    • 2009 – Banner Up Signs
    • 2008 – B95
    • 2007 – Kar-Fre Flowers                
    Community Diamond Award

    Criteria:

    1. The business/organization/municipality/non-profit must have made significant improvement(s) to their business, business location, or to the Sycamore Community as a whole.  (New property development and improvement, new/or additional landscaping, interior remodeling, exterior or structural improvements, or development of new structures or building that improve the area it resides in or Sycamore in general, etc.).
    2. This improvement must have shown commitment to the entire Sycamore Community.
    3. The improvement must have been completed or in the process of completing within the past five years.
    4. The business must have been a Sycamore Chamber Member for at least three years.

    Past Recipients:
    2023 – MCBeauty

    • 2022 – Sycamore State Theatre
    • 2020/2021 – Communities By Grainger
    • 2019 – Sycamore Park District 
    • 2018 – Sycamore Forest Preserve and DeKalb County
    • 2017 – Illinois Community Credit Union
    • 2016 – Resource Bank 
    • 2015 – DCCF 
    • 2014 – Sycamore Public Library
    • 2013 – DeKalb Sycamore Chevrolet
    • 2012 – Jane Fargo Hotel and Mitchel Lounge
    • 2011 – Chapel in the Pines/Amber Pines 
    • 2010 – Stomp
    • 2009 – Kishwaukee Community Hospital
    • 2008 – Auto Meter
    • 2007 – Upstaging
    • 2005 – Blumen Gardens
    • 2004 – The City of Sycamore