As you hopefully saw in our social media stories, web coverage and early print edition this week, we had a festive time celebrating the winners of the 2024 Best of Central Valley Business Readers’ Choice Awards.

About 250 people gathered at Pardini’s in Fresno on Wednesday to witness The Business Journal crown the winners and esteemed finalists in 40 different categories. We were blessed to be able to host the CEOs, vice presidents, team members, family and guests of the finest businesses the Valley has to offer.

We even had a visit from “El Jefe” himself, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, who won the award for Best Elected Official for the third year in a row. We were equally privileged to have Fresno City Councilmember Mike Karbassi, a finalist in that category.

When it came time to break down the nearly 141,000 online votes we received this year, there wasn’t much daylight between winners and finalists. Seriously, some of these totals were only a few votes apart. Next year we will have the top 10 vote getters ready to select in our survey so mark your calendars for Sept. 1, 2025, to start voting.

But back to Wednesday — we have so many to thank for making this event possible. That includes our sponsors Better Business Bureau, Xobee Networks, PrideStaff, Noble Credit Union and our presenting sponsor for the 11th year in a row — Community West Bank.

We were also proud to have Devon Jacoby working with Backstory Creative to photograph the event. We look forward to sharing more of these images on the events section of thebusinessjournal.com, in print and social media.

But please follow this link to find the photos from Wednesday. If you are a category winner, please feel free to download your photos to share on your own social media.

One last thanks to everyone for a wonderful Best of Central Valley Business 2024. From The Business Journal family to yours, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season.

Find the photos here.