Contents BEST OF OMAHA 2017 VOLUME 33 // ISSUE 6 Publisher TODD LEMKE
EDITORIAL Executive Editor DOUG MEIGS Associate Editor DAISY HUTZELL-RODMAN Contributing Writers ERIC STOAKES OTIS TWELVE (DOUGLAS VINCENT WESSELMANN)
C R E AT I V E Creative Director BILL SITZMANN Art Director KRISTEN HOFFMAN Senior Graphic Designer MATTHEW WIECZOREK Graphic Designer DEREK JOY Design Intern MADISON BESCH
ACCOUNTS Publisher’s Assistant & Omaha Home Contributing Editor SANDY MATSON Vice President GREG BRUNS Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing GIL COHEN Senior Sales Assistant ALICIA SMITH HOLLINS Senior Sales Executive & 60Plus in Omaha Contributing Editor GWEN LEMKE Executive Sales Manager VICKI VOET Branding Specialists KYLE FISHER · GEORGE IDELMAN MARY HIATT · JOSHUA PETERSON Sales Associates JESSICA CULLINANE · DAWN DENNIS CHLOE HIATT · JUSTIN IDELMAN
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Certificate of Authenticity From the Editor Your Best of Omaha Team
Omaha Magazine, KETV 7, and Baxter Arena
List-o-Mania
How Omaha Ranks Nationwide
10 Congratulations
Messages from Civic Leaders
11 Festival Sponsors 166 The Best is Yet To Come Otis Twelve
BEST OF OMAHA 2017 WINNERS
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145 Gold Standard Winner Profiles
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