CHEK Media joins another storied media outlet, a visionary philanthropist, community-minded grocers and a ground-breaking architect, as the 2024 inductees into the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce's Business Hall of Fame.
CHEK Media joins another storied media outlet, a visionary philanthropist, community-minded grocers and a ground-breaking architect, as the 2024 inductees into the“The Business Hall of Fame honours the leaders who paved the way for so many businesses to be successful in Greater Victoria,” Chamber CEO Bruce Williams said.
CHEK and the other inductees will formally enter the Business Hall of Fame on Oct. 29 at the Fairmont Empress. Michael Williams was a visionary who played a pivotal role in preserving and revitalizing Victoria’s historic buildings. In the late 1970s, he dedicated himself to restoring Victoria’s downtown, transforming once-neglected areas into vibrant neighbourhoods of shops and restaurants. He’s worked on projects like Maynard Court, Grand Central Hotel, Victoria Box, Paper Complex, and Swans Pub.
The Yuen family has been a cornerstone of Greater Victoria’s business community since 1963, when Chinese-immigrant Don Yuen opened the first Fairway Market on Gorge Road. Since then, the Yuen family has expanded Fairway Market from a small family business into one of the largest independently owned grocery chains on Vancouver Island, including eight locations in Greater Victoria and one in Nanaimo.
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