Mount Forest District Chamber of Commerce 2015 Awards Night: Back (L-R) Young Citizen of the Year Josh Kestner, Special Recognition Award Mount Forest Public Works Foreman Gary Matthews and Chamber President and Arny Feairs Customer Service Award Dave Ford. Front: Corporate Citizen of the Year Doug Rice of Marcc Apparel, Mount Forest Citizen of the Year Bill Nelson, and Corporate Citizen of the Year Rick Brownrigg of Marcc Apparel. Photo by Campbell CorkMount Forest District Chamber of Commerce 2015 Awards Night: Back (L-R) Young Citizen of the Year Josh Kestner, Special Recognition Award Mount Forest Public Works Foreman Gary Matthews and Chamber President and Arny Feairs Customer Service Award Dave Ford. Front: Corporate Citizen of the Year Doug Rice of Marcc Apparel, Mount Forest Citizen of the Year Bill Nelson, and Corporate Citizen of the Year Rick Brownrigg of Marcc Apparel. Photo by Campbell Cork
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Mount Forest's Bill Nelson Citizen Of Year

By Campbell Cork
May 13, 2015 - 10:12am

Longtime Mount Forest businessman Bill Nelson is Mount Forest’s 2015 Citizen of the Year.

A graduate of Wellington Heights Secondary School, Josh Kestner, is Mount Forest’s Young Citizen of the Year.

The awards are presented annually by the Mount Forest District Chamber of Commerce.

Other winners were Marcc Apparel for Corporate Citizen of the Year, David Ford of ITS Office Pro for the Arny Feairs Customer Service Award, and a Special Award of Recognition to Gary Matthews and his Mount Forest Public Works team.

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