Chamber of Commerce selects store decorations, best parade units

At the Dec. 7 Winter Fest parade, the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce announced awards for the best business Christmas decorations in downtown Belleville.
First: The Lunch Box
Second: Friends Floor Covering
Third: Barber Bob’s
Also announced after the parade were the winning parade units as selected by the judges:
Best Business: Belleville Child Care
Best School: Savage
Best Community Organization: Girl Scouts of Southeastern Michigan
Grand Marshal Award: BYC
Best Municipality: City of Belleville (Original announcement of Chamber of Commerce as winner was a mistake.)
Best Non-Profit: BYC
Grand Marshals for the parade were Rick Dawson and Pam Fleming.
Winner of Focus Lease
Sharon Claxton of Sumpter Township had her raffle ticket drawn as the winner of a two-year lease on a Ford Focus from Atchinson Ford. The raffle of the car’s lease was a fund-raiser for the Belleville Area Chamber of Commerce.