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 AUGUST 7-13, 2019 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM STAFF PUBLISHER Bill Bowman Bill@upandcomingweekly.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER/EDITOR Stephanie Crider editor@upandcomingweekly.com OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Paulette Naylor accounting@upandcomingweekly.com ASSISTANT EDITOR Jenna Shackelford jenna@upandcomingweekly.com SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR Earl Vaughan Jr. EarlUCWSports@gmail.com REPORTER Jeff Thompson news@upandcomingweekly.com GRAPHIC DESIGNER Elizabeth Long art@upandcomingweekly.com MARKETING ASSOCIATE Linda McAlister Brown linda@upandcomingweekly.com DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/SALES ADMINISTRATOR Laurel Handforth laurel@upandcomingweekly.com INTERNS Avery Powers Deidre Somdah CONTRIBUTING WRITERS D.G. Martin, Pitt Dickey, Margaret Dickson, Karl Merritt, John Hood, Jim Jones, Shanessa Fenner, Prudence Mainor, Avery Powers, Elizabeth Blevins ––––––––––– 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" publica- tion 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 welcomes manuscripts, photographs and artwork for publica- tion consideration, but assumes no responsibility for them. We cannot accept responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or mate- rial. 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 out- door locations throughout Fayetteville, Fort Bragg, Pope Air Force Base, Hope Mills and Spring Lake. Readers are limited to one copy per person. © 2019 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 ele- ments from: vecteezy.com and freepik.com. Congratulations, Best of Fayetteville winners by STEPHANIE CRIDER PUBLISHER'S PEN Another Best of Fayetteville has come and gone, and we couldn't be more proud. Every year, our staff spend months consumed with the Best of Fayetteville. From tracking and count- ing ballots to notifying and celebrating with the winners, it's a massive under- taking. But one that is well worth it. Seeing the smiles and hearing the chatter at our Best of Fayetteville Party last Tuesday brought home all the rea- sons we do this annual survey — to cel- ebrate this community, to honor those who are committed to making a differ- ence here, to reach out to our readers and to embrace the excellence that resides here. If you were at the party, you know what I am talking about. e businesses, nonprofits, individuals and groups who came out to let us honor them and their impact on the commu- nity had the Ramada Plaza buzzing with excitement. One of my favorite things about my job is getting to tell the good news stories here — and there are plenty. Fayetteville and Cumberland County are filled with creative, passionate people determined to do what they can to make their corner of the world a little brighter, and seeing so many of them in one place was invigorating. Congratulations to the Best of Fayetteville winners. And a big thank you to our readers for participating and showing us exactly what it is that makes this place so special. Here's to you, Fayetteville and Cumberland County! anks for allow- ing us to celebrate your goodness and to share your stories. Check out pages 28-31 to see pictures from the party! A big thank you to all our partners who helped make this event happen! HIGH 94 LOW 75 HIGH 96 LOW 78 HIGH 97 HIGH 95 HIGH 96 LOW 77 LOW 78 LOW 74 AUGUST 12 AUGUST 11 AUGUST 9 AUGUST 10 AUGUST 13 Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy AUGUST 8 HIGH 97 LOW 77 2019 Awards Party STEPHANIE CRIDER, Associate Publisher. COMMENTS? Editor@ upandcomingweekly.com. 910- 484-6200. Seeing the smiles and hearing the chatter at our Best of Fayetteville Party last Tuesday brought home all the reasons we do this annual survey. Photo credit : LRP Media