The deadline to submit nominations for the Gloucester County Community and Business Awards celebration is approaching.

People have until Friday, Jan. 4, to nominate businesses for Small Business of the Year, Nonprofit Organization of the Year, Best New Business, Professional of the Year, and the LOVE Gloucester Award (uniquely Gloucester).

You may only cast one ballot per person, and you may vote in any or all five categories. Members of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce do not have to be located in Gloucester County to be considered. Businesses that are not chamber members, however, must be located in Gloucester to be nominated.

Nominees cannot have won in the previous three years. Award recipients will be named at the Mardi Gras Ball and Business and Community Awards Reception on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.

This year’s recipients were The Silver Box (LOVE Gloucester Award), Blown Away Salon (Small Business of the Year), Juan Carillo of Juan’s Mexican Café ...