Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.
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4 UCW JULY 18-24, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PUBLISHER'S PEN STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/ EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Leslie Pyo leslie@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. EarlUCWSports@gmail.com REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, John Hood, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Jason Brady, Lauren Vanderveen, Matthew Skipper, Shane Wilson SALES ADMINISTRATOR/ DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING/SALES Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com ––––––––––– Up & Coming Weekly www.upandcomingweekly.com 208 Rowan St. P.O. Box 53461 Fayetteville, NC 28305 PHONE: (910) 484-6200 FAX: (910) 484-9218 Up & Coming Weekly is a "Quality of Life" publication with local features, news and information on what's happening in and around the Fayetteville/Cumberland County community. Up & Coming Weekly is published weekly on Wednesdays. Up & Coming Weekly wel- comes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publication consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or material. Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. The publisher reserves the right to edit or reject copy submitted for publication. Up & Coming Weekly is free of charge and distributed at indoor and outdoor locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. ©2018 by F&B Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use of editorial or advertisements without permission is strictly prohibited. Various ads with art graphics designed with elements from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. For more than two decades, Up & Coming Weekly has told this community's stories. We champion successes, sup- port causes and initiatives and celebrate everything good about Fayetteville and Cumberland County. Once a year, though, we reach out to our readers through our Best of Fayetteville readership sur- vey to ask what you love most about this area. Do you have a favorite car wash/stylist/restaurant? Do you just love a particular nonprofit organization/enter- tainment venue/veterinarian? Now is your chance to tell us about it. Voting lasts through the month of July. Visit our website, www.upandcomingweekly.com, and fill out a ballot online. Or, find a paper edition of Up & Coming Weekly and fill out the ballot and mail it in. Once all the votes are counted, we throw a big party congratulating the winners, and we publish an entire issue celebrating them that resides on our website and in businesses all year long. e Fayetteville Observer is currently running an entirely different program called the Reader's Choice awards. is is NOT the same as Best of Fayetteville. We launched the Best of Fayetteville readership survey during the month of July to avoid conflicting with e Fayetteville Observer's Reader's Choice Awards, which is its advertising/sales promotion. is annual sales program has been in exis- tence for 24 years, and until last year, the Observer ran it during September and an- nounced its winners in October. Even though our two programs are com- pletely different in nature and purpose, to avoid reader confusion, we volun- tarily agreed in 1997 to launch our Best of Fayetteville readership survey during the month of July and announce the winners in September. We haven't changed. e ballots are out now, and in Septem- ber, we hope to see you at our compli- mentary Best of Fayetteville party as we congratulate the people, organizations and businesses that YOU name the "Best of the Best." Up & Coming Weekly does not pre-sell advertising to promote or nominate spe- cific businesses and organizations for Best of Fayetteville. However, we do encourage them to promote themselves and encour- age their friends, family and customers to vote in Best of Fayetteville. Up & Coming Weekly does not sell or require businesses or organizations to participate with adver- tising purchases in pre-contest special sec- tions to get their business officially printed on the ballot. Up & Coming Weekly does no pre- ballot advertising sales. After the survey is complete and the ballots are tallied, there is only ONE winner in each cat- egory. e winners are given the opportunity to purchase advertis- ing/marketing programs to thank their customers and supporters and to market and brand their companies, capitalizing on and taking advantage of their Best of Fayetteville achievement. ese Best of Fayetteville advertising programs are unique and signifi- cantly discounted so winners can take full marketing advantage of the honor. Winners have only one opportunity to participate in these advertising programs – and it's after they've won. In addition to the beautiful wall plaque awarded to each Best of Fayetteville winner, they can use the official Best of Fayetteville logo in all print advertising, radio, billboard, TV or social media advertising. Best of Fayetteville is an exclusive designation. e way we manage it is what makes this program credible. Is it perfect? No. However, it has developed into one of this community's most respectable and prestigious awards. It is the only readership survey that is partnered with the Greater Fayetteville Chamber and the Better Business Bureau. If you have any questions about whether you're participating in the Best of Fayetteville readership survey or some- one else's advertising program, take a good, long look at the ballot. If the ballot has names already printed on it, it is NOT the Best of Fayetteville. So, what are you waiting for? Cast your vote and let your voice be heard! anks for reading Up & Coming Weekly. What makes Best of Fayetteville unique? by STEPHANIE CRIDER STEPHANIE CRIDER, Associate Publisher. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 910-484-6200. 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