Winners of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce's 2008 Business of the Year Awards will be announced at the chamber's 2009 Annual Meeting Jan. 27.

Finalists in the small business category are Destiny Transportation, Market Street Books at Arts & Letters Community Center, and Partners in Health and Wellness.

Finalists in the mid-size business category are The Daily Tar Heel, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, and the Orange County Skills Development Center/JobLink Career Center.

Finalists in the large business category are Harrington Bank, Piedmont Health Services, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA.

Finalists for the 2008 Newcomer Business of the Year Award are Town Planner Community Calendar, Twig, and Village Pediatrics.

The Business of the Year Awards are presented to the outstanding Chamber member businesses that, having been under the same ownership or management for at least three years, have shown growth, innovation of product, exemplary customer service, response to adversity, and/or contribution to the community.

The Business Newcomer of the Year Award is presented to the outstanding Chamber member organization, less than three years old, that has shown innovation in its field, creativity in its start up, likelihood of long-term success, and contribution to the community.

The Chamber will host its 2009 Annual Meeting from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Carolina Club, located in the George Watts Hill Alumni Center on Stadium Drive at Ridge Road. Tickets to the Annual Meeting are available for sale at www.carolinachamber.org/annualmeeting.