Dear Best Of Winner,

Congratulations on being voted as a winner in the 2024 Best Of Central Virginia Weddings! We hope you are just as excited as we are to celebrate and share your win with the world. Below is a complimentary toolkit with graphics for you to share as you wish. Congratulations again!

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Earning a Best of Lynchburg award should be celebrated, and earning this recognition year after year earns a business a spot in the Hall of Fame. 

To place in our Best of Lynchburg Hall of Fame, a business, person, or place needs to have won a gold level award in a particular category for the majority of the last eight years—since VistaGraphics first launched the contest. 

Flip through to see who is the best of the best in the region! 

(Voting for the 2025 Best Of Lynchburg Awards begins July 26. Look for those winners in the January/February issue of Lynchburg Living!)

Dear Best of Lynchburg Participant,
Congratulations on being nominated into the Hall of Fame in Lynchburg!  In order to help you have as much exposure as possible, we’ve designed a marketing toolkit available for your use. We have created separate campaigns below. Please feel free to use these marketing materials in any way you see fit. We hope these materials aid in spreading the word of your Hall of Fame participation!

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Dear Best of Lynchburg Participant,
Congratulations on being nominated as one of the BEST OF THE BEST in Lynchburg!  In order to help you have as much exposure as possible, we’ve designed a marketing toolkit available for your use. We have created separate campaigns below. Please feel free to use these marketing materials in any way you see fit. If you have social media channels and you will be posting about your Best Of nomination, please consider using the hashtag #bestofcentralvaweddings. We hope these materials aid in spreading the word of your Best Of participation!

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We are thrilled to launch our annual Best Of Central Virginia Weddings! Our region has become an elite wedding scene filled with incredible venues, vendors, designers and so much more. However, it can be overwhelming for engaged couples to even know where to begin. The Best Of Central Virginia Weddings is a way for our readership to determine who the BEST in the local wedding industry are so soon-to-be newlyweds can use the results as a reliable resource in their planning. Whether you’re voting based off your own wedding or a wedding you’ve attended, we want to hear from YOU on who you think is the best!

Voting will take place from April 5 – June 1, 2024.

We will accept write-in nominations until April 22, but keep in mind that your nomination counts as your vote.
Please allot 72 business hours for your approved nominated vote to appear in the pre-populated choices on the ballot. 

Rules and Regulations

• You may vote one time per category for the duration of the contest (a nomination counts as a vote!).
• We reserve the right to modify any categories and/or contestants.
• A contestant may be nominated in a maximum of six categories. Any nominations following their sixth category will be removed.
• A contestant will be immediately disqualified if they are found guilty of violating one of the following contest rules:

  • Exchanging a good or service for votes (including bribes, sales, discounts, free, etc.)
  • Exploiting a competing contestant negatively for personal gain or votes
  • Participating in fraudulent voting (3rd party resources, fraudulent emails, etc.)
  • If you see someone guilty of any of the above, please report to bella@vgnet.com. 

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By participating in the Best Of Central Virginia Weddings, your email address will automatically be added into our Lynchburg Scene e-newlsetter and any wedding related lists at the conclusion of the contest. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Being a teacher is more than just a job. It’s more than a just career. It’s a calling.

Our annual Top Teacher Awards are a way to honor deserving educators who have not only answered this call for public service, but they also go above and beyond to make sure their students are thriving.

This list—made up of various school districts, grade levels and subjects—is only a snapshot of the incredible teacher talent we have in our region.

What makes a great lawyer?

While impeccable communication skills and high intelligence are a part of the equation, truly great lawyers also earn a respect that follows them out of the courtroom and into the community.

Top Lawyers of Greater Lynchburg is the result of a comprehensive peer-to-peer survey, facilitated by DataJoe Research Company. (See methodology and disclaimers on page 142.) 

Read on to see who lawyers themselves recommend in 26 specialties.

The Lynchburg Living Best Of Awards are the result of an online voting contest at lynchburgliving.com, held from July-September 2023.

Voting took place for the entire duration of the contest with write-in nominations accepted for the first few weeks. Readers could vote one time per email address in as many or as few categories that they preferred.

The winners listed inside this section are the ones that received the most votes.

Calling all brides, grooms, wedding parties and beyond!

Join us at the Central Virginia Weddings Showcase and consult with the region’s top wedding industry professionals. Gather everything you need for your big day – from venue, entertainment and planning to decor, honeymooning and so much more. See what’s trending, enjoy live entertainment and have the chance to win BIG giveaways at the region’s best bridal show. We look forward to having you join us!

2024 Central Virginia Weddings Showcase
When: February 18, 2024 | 1-4 p.m.
Where: Bella Vista Hotel (2900 Candlers Mountain Rd, Lynchburg, VA 24502)

SEE OUR FULL LIST OF VENDORS AND SPONSORS HERE!

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE!

Lynchburg is filled to the brim with generous, mission-driven, philanthropic people, and the hundreds of nonprofit organizations in our area are a result of that. Across the Lynchburg region, organizations are holding the hands of those in our community who are vulnerable, hurting, or in need of extra support.

We are so honored to tell the story of just a few of them.

The Giving Back Awards are an opportunity for the community to give back to the nonprofits by nominating them a designation. This award signifies the impact the organization has made in the community and validates even further the incredible work that the organization has done throughout the year.

Flip through these pages, read the profiles of the award recipients, and consider supporting them in their number one needs and upcoming goals.