Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – April 3, 2023 – Any Updates on the Burlington Chamber Mayor's Award Recipient?

Welcome to the Mayor’s Monday Mailbag, an initiative Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and the Mayor’s Office launched to share weekly answers to questions from the public we’ve received through our main email inbox at mayor@burlington.ca or the Mayor’s social media platforms.At the end of the month, we publish a roundup of those most pressing questions we’ve received in the weeks prior.Mayor’s Monday Mailbag – April 3, 2023QUESTION:"I nominated an organization for the Burlington Chamber of Commerce Mayor’s Award -- when will I know the selected recipient?”ANSWER:Thank you to all those who submitted a nomination for a non-profit or for-profit organization for the 2023 Mayor’s Award, part of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce's Annual Business Excellence Awards. It was so wonderful to review all the nominations we received and to read about the amazing things our local businesses and organizations are doing in the area of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)!We are so proud of all the work that Burlington-based businesses and organizations (for-profit and non-profit) are putting towards making EDI a priority.In fact, there were so many incredible nominations, we have decided to continue the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion category for the rest of this term -- that includes the 2024, 2025 and 2026 award seasons. This means if you nominated someone for the Mayor's Award this year, and they were not selected as the 2023 recipient, they will still be considered in subsequent years this term (2024, 2025 and 2026) and you don't have to nominate them again.We will still do a call out each year for new nominations.For the 2023 Award, a winner has been selected and the organization has been notified. The winner will be officially announced at the Burlington Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards Gala Awards on May 23 2023. More details will be shared as they are released.

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