January 7, 2015
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Readers at Old Town Donuts in Florissant look over the voting ballots for The Best of North County.
Community News and Greater North County Chamber of Commerce want you to help honor the top businesses in the area
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By Sara Hardin To kick off the New Year, Community News has partnered with the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce to launch “The Best of North County,” an eight-week-long contest that acknowledges successful businesses in the chamber service area. “We are partnering with the local chamber,” explained Bob Huneke, Publisher of Community News. “We’re limiting the candidates to that chamber’s members and also any non-members in that chamber’s service area.” The contest will run as a voting ballot in the Community News for eight consecutive weeks through Feb. 25. Readers will be able to cut out the ballot and mail it in, and can also vote through the Community News website: www.mycnews.com. The ballot is also available as a loose flyer distributed in local businesses and in the chamber office. There are 30 categories to vote on, and each category will have two winners. Voters have until March 1 to submit their entries. Various competing businesses will also be featured in the “Vote For Me” ads in the ballot section of the Community News during the duration of the contest. “All kinds of businesses are eligible. Everything from chiropractors to plumbers to restaurants,” said Huneke.
First- and second-place-winning businesses will be awarded with a certificate at the monthly chamber membership meeting on March 18th. John Vogt, chairman of Greater North County Chamber of Commerce and collaborator with the Best of North County contest, expressed his enthusiasm about the contest and his high expectations for its success. “This contest has been very successful in the past.” said Vogt. “We wanted to bring this back when we saw what a great job Community News has done with other chambers in other locations.” Vogt explained that the contest provides an efficient way to expose North County businesses and offers long-term support for participants in the area. “We feel that this competition really helps showcase all of the great businesses that we have not just in our chamber of commerce, but in all of the areas and zip codes that we support. We feel it will be a fun competition and should be looked at as a way celebrate and advertise all of North County, no matter who wins.” The past success of similar programs run by Community News and its partners leaves its contributors with high hopes about the continued triumph of the contest and the benefits that it will provide to its participants.
“I have no doubt in my mind that it’s going to be successful,” said Vogt. “Our board feels that it is very much worth the time and energy that’s been put into this, and we hope to continue this throughout the years.” “[The contest] promotes a positive attitude about our North County business community,” said Huneke. “It’s good for the chamber, good for the contestants, and good for North County.”
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