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title: "Arcata Chamber Leadership Awards"
description: "Thank you to all who attended the 2023 Arcata Chamber Leadership Awards and supported us in our first year back with a full-fledged Annual Dinner! Thank…"
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February 23, 2023

# Arcata Chamber Leadership Awards

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Thank you to all who attended the 2023 Arcata Chamber Leadership Awards and supported us in our first year back with a full-fledged Annual Dinner!

Thank you to the Arcata Chamber Ambassadors, Arcata Chamber Board of Directors, auction item donors, Celebration Boulevard, Mother’s Cooking Experience, Pony Keg Mobile Bar, Young & Lovely, Entrepreneurs Club of Cal Poly, and the City of Arcata staff!

**Congratulations to the Leadership Awards Winners:Non-Profit of the Year** Arcata House Partnership

**Green Business of the Year** Zero Waste Humboldt

**Small Business of the Year** Humboldt Haberdashery

**Hospitality & Tourism** Benbow Historic Inn

**New Chamber Member** Mother’s Cooking Experience

**Business Leader of the Year** Mary Keehn from Cyrpess Grove and We Are Up

**Business of the Year** The Hospice Shop

**Ambassador of the Year** Kayla Mahoney, Heather Vina State Farm Dream Team

We are incredibly grateful for the support in making this happen and all of the great feedback received by both volunteers and attendees! Thank you for supporting us in our zero-waste efforts, we composted a lot of food waste thanks to Full Cycle Compost and we provided very minimal single-use items for use!

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February 23, 2023

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