Readers still have time to cast Readers Choice votes
Readers of the farragutpress still have time to vote for their favorite businesses to win the Readers Choice Awards.
“This is our ninth year of doing the Readers Choice Awards,” farragutpress general manager Kathy Hartman said. “I think it creates a competitive bond for businesses in the area.
“Also, it’s an excellent way for our readers to show appreciation for the businesses they support,” she added.
Among last year’s winners, Mansour Hasan, principal agent with Mansour Hasan State Farm, which won for Best Customer Service and Insurance Agency/Agent, said, ““It always means a lot to me and my team when we win something like that because it kind of validates the hard work and dedication and commitment we put into the community and into serving our customers.
“It makes it rewarding to us to be able to get some recognition,” he added. If his State Farm team wins again this year, “we would be extremely excited, honored and it would motivate us a bunch it would validate our efforts are appreciated.”
“We’re so blessed; it’s unbelievable,” Rick Terry Jewelry Designs co-owner/master jeweler Rick Terry said about last year’s win for Best Jewelry Store.
Rick Terry Jewelry Designs is a “family-owned and operated business that’s been here over 30 years in this community,” he said. “It’s joy. We do as much as we possibly can for the non-profits, the schools and the churches, but they bless us so much, too, and we’re just so thankful for all that.
“We love what we do; we’re good at it; and so it’s been great,” Terry said. “The next thing is Patty’s and my two sons, Blake and Matthew, are following behind me, so Rick Terry Jewelry Designs will keep going another 30 years, so that’s exciting.”
Should the store win again this year, he said, “It’s just an honor to serve the community and be embraced.
“We think the growth is incredible in Farragut right now with so many new people, and they’re finding us from the recommendations of those who’ve been here … for 30-plus years,” Terry added.
The deadline to vote for Readers Choice is 4 p.m. Monday, June 1.
“There are 100 categories from which to vote,” Hartman added.
This week’s May 27 issue has the ballot, and papers are available for purchase at the farragutpress office from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.
“Readers can pick up a copy of the paper, fill it out and mail it to 11863 Kingston Pike, Farragut, TN 37934, or drop it off to the farragutpress office,” Hartman said.
Or, there’s a downloadable ballot they can use. That can be printed and dropped off, mailed or emailed to readerschoiceballot@farragutpress.com
All entries must be signed and have votes in 25 different categories to be counted.
Winners must be located within the farragutpress readership area: from Dixie Lee Junction to Pellissippi Parkway and from Snyder Road to Northshore, according to Hartman.
Winners will be announced in the Wednesday, June 24, issue.
