GWV Chamber Event Spotlight: 2025 Annual Dinner

More than 500 community leaders gathered for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner at Mohegan Pennsylvania on November 13. The event celebrated regional progress while honoring exceptional businesses and individuals and the Chamber’s ongoing commitment to driving impactful change across the region.

Celebrating NEPA Community Leaders and Organizations

500 of our area’s community leaders came together for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Dinner on November 13th at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

The Annual Dinner is the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber’s largest event of the year and features highlights of what’s new at the Chamber and in our area and provides outstanding networking and marketing opportunities. The event featured the theme of Blueprint for Brilliance and was an occasion for the Chamber to recognize the amazing businesses and individuals that strive every day to move our region forward and create impactful change.

A table setting for the Annual Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Dinner at Mohegan Pennsylvania in Wilkes-Barre, PA. — Photo courtesy of Knot Just Any Day.

During the Annual Dinner awards program, businesses, community organizations, and outstanding individuals in the Greater Wyoming Valley were celebrated. The 2025 honorees included:

Lifetime Achievement Award: Traci Cross
ATHENA® Leadership Award: Sarah Linda Borland, Esq.
Legacy Business of the Year Award: Trion Industries
Emerging Business of the Year Award: Friedman Hospitality Group
Pride of Place Awards: The Westmoreland Club Grand Hall, The Wright Center’s Wilkes-Barre Community Health Center, and WVIA

Guests applaud an award recipient at the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner in Wilkes-Barre, PA. — Photo courtesy of Knot Just Any Day.

Additionally, organizations that are recognizing a historic anniversary this year were also celebrated with a special community recognition, including:

Service 1st Federal Credit Union – 50 years
Bayada Home Healthcare – 50 years
PDQ Print Center – 50 years
Mericle Commercial Real Estate Services – 40 years
Pickett Construction – 40 years
Sugar Plum Chocolates – 30 years
FiberTel – 25 years

An award recipient addresses the audience at the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner in Wilkes-Barre, PA. — Photo courtesy of Knot Just Any Day.

The Chamber would like to congratulate all of the 2025 Annual Dinner award recipients, and all of the sponsors, attendees, and supporters who made the event so special, as well as all those who contributed so significantly to the organization’s history to get to the place that it is today.

To see all of the night’s sponsors, you can visit the Chamber’s Facebook page, @gwvchamber.

To stay connected with any upcoming Chamber events like this one, visit the calendar at https://business.wyomingvalleychamber.org/chambercalendar!

Featured image (top) courtesy of Knot Just Any Day.

Article Updated from its original version published on 11/26/24.

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The Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce (formerly known as the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce) is a member-driven organization representing hundreds of businesses and organizations, focused on helping organizations grow and succeed in Northeastern PA. Our strategic vision is to be the dynamic force in connecting the community, building economic innovation, and elevating the quality of life in the region.