The Harden Chamber of Commerce is calling on residents to nominate businesses and employees for the upcoming business awards at the Harden Country Club.

The Chamber is calling on the following categories: Best Employee Under 18, Best Trainee-Apprentice, (new categories). Best Employee, Most Community Engaged Employee, Most Improved Business, Best Customer Service Orientated Business and the Most Community Engaged Business.

Nominations close on Friday July 4 and forms can be found at all Harden businesses.

Last year’s winners included Best Trainee / Apprentice: Taylor Potts, Best Employee: Jackie Ceeney, Most Community Engaged Business: Bendigo Bank. Best Customer Service Orientated Business: Harden Tyre Service, Most Improved Business: Harden Motel, Best Business Overall: Wombat Hotel.

The Harden Chamber of Commerce have been active lately via a partnership with Maddens Transport. The signage on the truck resulted in a spike of 300% in traffic to the Visit Harden website.