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Win $5,000 cash for your small business from Earth Day Canada

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Outstanding eco-heroes are being sought by Earth Day Canada. — Sean Murphy/Photodisc/Thinkstock photo

The Hometown Heroes Award Program celebrates environmental leaders, groups and small businesses who foster long-term community awareness and action. The annual program was established by Earth Day Canada in 2004.

The Small Business Hometown Heroes Award is a $5,000 cash prize that must be used by the business to make an operational change that results in the business lessening its environmental impact.

Do your operations result in positive sustainable impacts? Do you serve as a community ambassador, influencing suppliers, customers and the public to support a healthier environment?

Do you include environmental planning as an integral part of your business model?

Candidates must be a Canadian-owned and -operated small business for at least two years and must have demonstrated outstanding environmental leadership, innovation and benefits beyond their products or services.

Complete the Small Business Hometown Heroes nomination package, including all forms and supporting documentation. Nominations must be postmarked by June 30, 2015.

The Hometown Heroes Award Program is made possible through a partnership with Mill Street Brewery and the RBC Foundation.

And let us here at Kootenay Business know if you’ve submitted an application. You’re already a hero in our book if you have, and we can share your story with our readers.

Virginia Rasch

Virginia is a writer and editor with KPI Media. She is an avid outdoor recreationist in all seasons and has lived in the Kootenays for over 15 years. With degrees in the natural sciences, she has worked as a tour guide, an environmentalist, a writer, and an editor of books and scientific publications. Virginia now brings her passion for everything green to KootenayBiz. View all of Virginia Rasch’s articles

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