The Chapel Hill – Carrboro Chamber of Commerce has announced the finalists for the Business Excellence Awards.

The finalists have been chosen from over 80 nominations by a selection committee of over 20 local business leaders and community activists, according to a release.

The finalists for the 2016 Business Excellence Awards are:

Micro-Enterprise of the Year (0-5 employees):
– Balloons & Tunes
– Sharon Hill International
– i9 Sports of South Durham & South Orange Counties

Mid-Size Business of the Year (6-50 employees) presented by Bank of North Carolina:
– Kidzu Children’s Museum
– Dispute Settlement Center
– DSI Comedy Theater

Large Business of the Year (51+ employees) presented by SunTrust:
– The Carolina Inn
– Kalisher
– UNC Health Care Hillsborough Campus

Non-Profit of the Year presented by Triangle Community Foundation:
– Community Home Trust
– TABLE
– Habitat for Humanity Orange County

New Business of the Year
– Vinyl Perk
– Silverspot Cinema
– Sally Mack

Innovation Award
– Riithink
– Seal the Season
– Silverspot Cinema

Community Impact
– Club Nova Community, Inc.
– Strowd Roses
– Chapel Hill SCORE

University Born Business
– Sweeps
– Coursicle
– PHE, Inc

Business Woman of the Year
– Jan Bolick, WCHL Chapelboro.com
– Sharon Hill, Sharon Hill International
– Sylvia Sloan Black, Black Star Strategies

Young Professional of the Year
– Chris Ehrenfeld, Domicile Realty
– Zach Ward, DSI Comedy
– Antonio McBroom, Ben & Jerry’s

The winners wills be recognized at the awards ceremony from 6:30 – nine o’clock Friday night, May 13, at PlayMakers Repertory Company on Country Club Road.

More information on the awards and tickets is available at the chamber’s website.

Nominations are still being accepted for the chamber’s People’s Choice Awards through March 13. These voter-chosen winners will also be announced at the BEA awards ceremony on May 13.