Summit Awards 2026 Applications
2026 SUMMIT AWARDS APPLICATIONS
Summit Awards Nominations will be open until Friday, September 30, 2025 at 5:00pm. Finalists for each category will be notified prior to the Summit Awards event on November 6, 2026 from 5pm-9pm at The Grand Marquise Ballroom.
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Chick-fil-A Garner Service with a Smile Award
This award recognizes companies or organizations that have demonstrated excellence by effectively delivering top notch customer service every day!
Enbridge Entrepreneurial Award
This award recognizes businesses that have taken initiatives while using innovation in problem-solving and sustainment. It showcases the efforts that companies have made to successfully distinguish themselves from their competitors.
Excellence in Business Award
This award recognizes businesses for outstanding achievements in management, innovation, community involvement, and workplace excellence.
First Citizen's Bank Forever First Award
This award is intended to shine a light on smaller and medium-sized businesses that create real and lasting value for their customers instead of merely looking for short-term sales.
Non-profit Achievement Award
This award recognizes non-profit organizations that have demonstrated excellence by effectively addressing a problem within the community, and efficiently using available resources to achieve maximum positive impact.
North State Bank Creativity and Innovation Award
This award recognizes companies or organizations who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and innovation in rebranding, project execution, website design, or operational enhancements.
Steady Growth and Achievement Award
This award recognizes businesses that have maintained steady growth while achieving success.
Vision and Values Award
This award recognizes businesses that display a thinking culture in which their employees can grow within the company, as well as those companies that invest in the community in which they reside.
WingSwept Local Changemaker Award
This award honors an organization or business that has made a meaningful and positive impact on the local community. It could be through charitable initiatives, social responsibility projects, local partnerships, or programs aimed at improving the quality of life for the overall community.