Best of Berkley
2019 Best of Berkley Honorees
- Andrew Gilbert of Berkley Eyewear & Local Sunglass Co. was honored as Business Person of the Year for his work with the Berkley Street Art Fest and his leadership as chair for the Berkley DDA.
- Such Great Heights Marketing was honored as Business of the Year for providing pro bono marketing support fro the chamber for the past seven years and support of the Berkley Pub Crawl. Pictured owners Tara and Brett Heitz.
2019 Honorees were presented with award at the Annual State of the Cities on October 25, 2019 at Farina’s Banquet Center. They also will ride in the carriage at the Annual Holiday Lights Parade.
Criteria for business honoree: Be a member of Berkley Area Chamber of Commerce, donates monetarily and/or in-kind to community and/or civic groups in Berkley and Huntington Woods. Business employees volunteer in the Berkley area community. Business works to make the Berkley are a great place to live, work and play.
Criteria for business person honoree: Works at an organization in the Berkley Area Chamber of Commerce. Person exemplifies through action, civic responsibility and works to encourage making the Berkley area a great place to live, work and play.
List of Past Honorees:
Past Best of Berkley Award Recipients
2005
Catching Fireflies
2006
Coffee Beanery
2007
Bridget Dean of Have You Any Wool & Hiller’s
2008
Jen & Maureen of Amici’s Pizza & Living Room & McCourt’s Music
2009
Dan Cleary of Coffee Beanery & MacQueen Insurance
2010
Karen Kober of Farina’s Banquet Center & Bagger Dave’s Burger Tavern
2011
Tootie and Tallulah’s
2012
Cinda Coon of The Lunch Café & Vibe Credit Union
2013
Andy Massoll of Curt’s Service &
Michigan Property Managers/Michigan Metropolitan Realtors
2014
Alan Semonian of Ameritax Plus & Eagle Rock Insurance
2015
Coco Fairfield’s, Matt Church of Berkley Public Library, &
April McCrumb of Catching Fireflies and Yellow Door Art Market
2016
The McCarty Team Century 21 Town & Country,
Carrie Vestrand of City Style and Katie Reiter of Our Greentopia
2017
Berkley School District
Bridget Mahrle from United Mobile Power Wash
2018
The Neighbor’s Shoppe
Jim Monahan, The Twisted Shamrock