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Leamington District Chamber Celebrates Business Excellence and 90 Years of Chamber History LEAMINGTON, ON - The Leamington District Chamber of Commerce celebrated the very best of our local business community Wednesday evening at the 2026 Business Excellence Awards at the Roma Club. This year’s celebration was especially meaningful as the Chamber marks its 90th anniversary and 32 years of recognizing excellence through the Business Excellence Awards. While award recipients took home the hardware, the evening was truly about celebrating all of this year’s finalists and the businesses, organizations and individuals who continue to make a difference in our community. "Being named [...]

PRESS RELEASE –2026 Finalist for 32nd LDCC Business Excellence Awards Each year, the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce recognizes and celebrates outstanding businesses, organizations, and individuals that demonstrate excellence in business and a commitment to our community. As the Chamber celebrates its 90th anniversary in 2026, we are proud to continue supporting the businesses that make our region thrive. The 32nd Annual Business Excellence Awards will be held on September 9, 2026, at the Leamington Roma Club. Finalists and award recipients were selected through an online judging process involving members of the Business Excellence Awards Committee, past award recipients, and Chamber [...]

Chatham-Kent, Leamington District and Windsor Essex chambers join Ontario Chamber Network to advocate for agriculture, agribusiness, manufacturing, infrastructure, energy and workforce priorities

2024 FINALISTS FOR LDCC 30th BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS, SPONSORED BY LIBRO CREDIT UNION Every year, the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce, residents, employees, and business owners join to honour and celebrate business excellence. These awards publicly recognize outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals that demonstrate excellence in business and a passion for the community. The Business Excellence Awards will be held at the Leamington Roma Club on September 25, 2024. Nominations were submitted online and a few judges from the Business Excellence Awards Committee and few Chamber Executives from around Ontario voted online to choose the finalists and the winners of [...]

Leamington, April 29, 2024 – The Leamington District Chamber of Commerce (LDCC), in partnership with the Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce and the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce that Windsor-Essex won the winning bid to host the 2025 Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Convention. “This is an exciting opportunity to showcase our area to the Chamber network executives and business leaders from across Ontario,” said Wendy Parsons, Chamber General Manager. Together with our local Chamber Partners in Amherstburg and Windsor, this will be a key moment to make our region known across Ontario [...]

2023 Finalist for 29th LDCC Business Excellence Awards Every year, the Leamington District Chamber of Commerce, residents, employees, and business owners join to honour and celebrate business excellence. These awards publicly recognize outstanding businesses, organizations and individuals that demonstrate excellence in business and a passion for the community. The Business Excellence Awards will be held at the Leamington Roma Club on September 13, 2023. Nominations were submitted online and a few judges from the Business Excellence Awards Committee and few Chamber Executives from around Ontario voted online to choose the finalists and the winners of each category. Small Business Excellence 1-9 [...]

Despite low confidence in the economy, most businesses are optimistic about the outlook of their own organizations (Leamington - February 7, 2023) – Business confidence has dropped to a new low according to the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s (OCC) seventh annual Ontario Economic Report (OER). “Ontario business confidence has dropped to a record low in 2023. Labour shortages, inflation, health care system vulnerabilities, and forecasts of an economic contraction are dampening confidence in the province’s economic outlook,” said Rocco Rossi, President and CEO, OCC. “Only 16 percent of organizations surveyed have confidence in the economy. This is down 29 percent from [...]