A sold out crowd celebrated Knox County’s business community Wednesday.

At the 108th Knox County Chamber of Commerce Banquet hundreds attended to meet and greet and congratulate this year’s chamber award winners for Large and Small Business of the Year, Educator of the Year, Businesswoman of the Year and Community Leader and Public Servant of the Year.

Chamber of Commerce President Jamie Neal addressed the crowd saying that over the past year they continued to work to help local merchants thrive..

The next generation of business leaders also spoke as the Knox County CEO class gave a formal invitation to their annual trade show coming up on Monday at 4:30 at the Pantheon in downtown Vincennes.