The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce will hold their Annual Meeting and Business Celebration on Friday, January 27, 2023, at 6 p.m., at the Paducah-McCracken Co. Convention and Expo Center. Presenting Sponsors are Mercy Health and CSI.

The program will celebrate 2022’s successes for Chamber members, honor award winners and celebrate the Paducah business community. The theme is “Celebrating our Community.”

The Chamber will recognize businesses and individuals who have made a difference in the community in 2022. The emcees are Todd Faulkner, WPSD Local 6, and Suzanne Farmer, Mercy Health.

“We are excited for our Annual Meeting and Business Celebration as an opportunity to ‘Celebrate our Community’,” said Sandra Wilson, Chamber President. “We will celebrate the achievements within our community, our Chamber and across the region, honor our award winners, and come together to acknowledge the dedication of the local business community.”

Awards may be presented for: 

• Business of the Year;
• Small Business of the Year;
• Entrepreneur of the Year;
• Non-profit Organization of the Year;
• Summit Award;
• Citizen of the Year;
• Spirit of the Community – A new award recognizing an individual, organization or company that went above and beyond to make the local community a better place to be in 2022;
• Leadership Paducah Alumnus of the Year.

The Four Rivers Business Journal, a publication of The Paducah Sun, in partnership with the Paducah Chamber, will also name the Young Leader of the Year.

2022 Board Chair Cory Hicks, Four Rivers Nuclear Partnership, will be recognized and ceremoniously pass the gavel to 2023 Board Chair Brent Housman, Baird. The 2022 and 2023 Officers and Board members will be recognized.

Corporate sponsorships or reserved tables are available by contacting the Chamber at 270-443-1746. The deadline for sponsorships is January 6.