Cleveland Billiot, One80 win Chamber business awards

Businesses in Morgan City and Berwick won awards Thursday at the annual St. Mary Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Bayou Bend Wellness Center in Franklin.
The Chamber also has a new chair for the coming year: Brady Borel of KQKI, who will succeed Tammie Moore.
The incoming vice chair is Holden Murray, who has human resources and economic development duties for the Patterson city government.
Murray also received the Donna Meyer Leadership Award.
Other award winners were:
•Cleveland Billiot General Contractors of Morgan City was named Business of the Year.
•One80 Downtown and The Old Building of Berwick was named Small Business of the Year.
•The Virginia Tyler Guillotte Award honoring the citizen of the year went to Kristy Toups Gant, general manager of Morgan City’s Clarion Inn.
Moore praised Gant for her involvement in community projects and her ability to motivate others.
•Roots & Ribbons, the organization founded to keep local donations for breast cancer patients in the local area, was named Non-Profit of the Year.
•Cajun Coast Executive Director Carrie Stansbury presented the Hospitality Employee of the Year Award to Elizabeth Baytop of The Galley. Baytop has worked at the building that now houses The Galley for more than 40 years.