Washington County businesses, organizations, and other community members gathered at five area restaurants Monday evening for the annual Washington Business Partnership Dinner.

This was the first year for the event to be held since the pandemic, and the organizers decided to offer three different opportunities for the public to watch the prerecorded half hour program. Washington Mayor Jaron Rosien noted during the watch party at JP’s 207 that while they anticipated possibly 200 total attendees out of the usual 400 that are hosted at the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort, around 300 people registered for this year’s event.

Main Street Washington gave its annual volunteer of the year award to Lyle Moen, and the Washington Economic Development Group presented the Harvey Holden Special Service Award to Brenneman Pork and Washington County Hospital and Clinics. The Washington Chamber of Commerce presented Citizen of the Year to Illa Earnest and Business of the Year to KCTC. They also presented the Emerging Business of the Year award to Paneless Window Cleaning.