Wedding planning doesn’t have to be stressful—all it takes is the right resources in your corner and you’ll be getting hitched without a hitch. Consider our Best of Central Virginia Weddings your resource guide to finding the right venue, attire, photographer, caterer, and more.

 Newlyweds, industry colleagues, and our readership nominated and voted on the people and businesses listed in 30 categories. With these picks in hand, your wedding day will be one to remember. 

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.

Dear Best of Lynchburg Best of 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 #LynchburgBestOf. We hope these materials aid in spreading the word of your Best Of participation!

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The Lynchburg Living Best Of Awards are the result of an online nomination and voting process at lynchburgliving.com, held in July-September 2022.

Winners were first nominated in their categories; these nominees were then moved forward to the voting round. Readers could vote in as many or as few categories that they preferred and could only vote one time per email address.

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

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Spreading the Word

A local putt-putt group contacted us to say thank you after some new faces joined their fun. Willie Perry, a volunteer organizer of the Senior Putt-Putt League, told editor Shelley Basinger they had about five or six new people come out to play, all because they read the article in the July/August issue of Lynchburg Living, “Mini Golf, Big Benefits.” Perry says they typically average about
30 people every time they play.

Their 2021 season has ended but will resume in April at the Putt-Putt Fun Center on Timberlake Road.

Taste Try Outs

Long-time contributor Mikael Blido says he has never received so much feedback about one of his cooking articles. Since the release of our September/October issue, he says he has heard from four separate individuals—two men and two women—who made (and enjoyed!) the chicken pot pie from his “Dudes CAN Cook” feature.

Be sure to check out all of the year’s recipes at lynchburgliving.com and let us know how your meal turns out!

The Votes Are In

We want to once again thank you, our readers, for casting votes in our annual Best Of Lynchburg contest. Thousands of you went online to pick your favorite restaurants, businesses and more; we logged close to 43,000 total votes!

Look for the full list of winners in our January/February 2022 issue.

Send us an e-mail to shelley@lynchburgmag.com. Correspondents must identify themselves; names may be withheld on request. Lynchburg Living may edit or condense.

New Record for “Best Of” Contest
Lynchburg Living began promoting the annual “Best of Lynchburg Readers’ Choice Contest” in July. By the end of September, our readers cast a record number of votes—282,342 to be exact. Look for the winners in the January/February issue!

Play at Linkhorne
The goal of Lynchburg Living is to spread the word about the great places and people of Central Virginia. Stacey Felmlee, a mom featured in the article “A Safe Place to Play” (September/October), praised the coverage about the new Linkhorne Elementary School playground. “Thank you so much for the article. The coverage of the playground is wonderful and invites more families to enjoy it!”

Bridal Showcase Success
It was another successful year for the Central Virginia Bridal Showcase, now in its 19th year.

Vendors gave positive feedback about the show on Facebook. Christina Long with Favored Flavors wrote, “Thank YOU for all your hard [work] in making this wonderful event possible!” Coria RVA also commented, saying “Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this year’s showcase. We look forward to future shows.”

We Want To hear From You!

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