(August 7, 2020 – Tampa, Fla.) – For the 30th consecutive year, Creative Loafing will celebrate the Tampa Bay area’s best during the annual Best of the Bay where locals can vote on their favorite Tampa Bay area people, places, businesses, events, and more. Voting is now open and will continue through Thursday, September 3rd, at 5 p.m.
Nominations were gathered during a month-long open nomination period. More than 41,000 nominations were submitted for a variety of categories broken up into: People, Places & Politics; Food & Drink; Arts & Entertainment; and Goods & Services.
Votes can be cast once per day within a specific category. To be included in the voting phase, a person or business only needed to receive one nomination. Please keep in mind, Best of the Bay is all about local people and places in the Tampa Bay area; non-local nominations were not be included in the voting phase.
Winners will be announced in the annual Best of the Bay issue on stands and online on Thursday, October 1st.
To vote for your favorite people, places, businesses, events, and more, visit cltampa.com/botb2020
For more information on Best of the Bay 2020, including a complete list of dates to save, visit botbtampabay.com
About Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing is an award-winning alternative, weekly newspaper and website committed to providing Tampa Bay with an independent perspective, up-to-the-minute local news, and a comprehensive listing of local happenings. Creative Loafing offers readers’ unique monthly events and CL Deals, a locally focused platform featuring dining and event experiences at half-off their regular price.
Creative Loafing recently launched a donation-based membership group to build a community around readers and supporters at a time that local media across the country has been struggling, and to help underwrite work in the face of the devastating loss of revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In March, CL’s parent company, Euclid Media Group (EMG), announced layoffs at each of its seven newspapers. In Tampa, seven staffers across editorial, production, events and sales were let go. CL’s small, but mighty, team is dedicated to bringing you up-to-the-minute news. To learn more about CL’s donation-based Press Club, visit cltampa.com/supportlocaljournalism