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Another year in the books means another year to celebrate the great things
about Santa Cruz County! I always enjoy your creative answers in our annual
Readers Choice poll. Our readers are clever if nothing else.
This past year, some great things happened in our county including lots
of great new dining and beverage spots, and some we said farewell to. The
biggest thing I see, is that we are definitely becoming a beer town in case you
haven't noticed. I certainly have.
Last year in this space, I solicited your ideas on new categories to add. I
received some great responses, and in fact this year, we did add quite a few.
Just remember, I can only add them though if they have mass appeal.
One I know I'm adding next year is a Food Truck category, as that is booming
too with the beer movement. Sorry to all of those hard working folks we
missed this year.
We also added several new health and fitness related categories for 2016,
and the response was positive. We are a healthy bunch here on the central
coast, and we need to find creative and successful ways to counter that hops
consumption.
Finally, real estate has become so specialized by neighborhood knowledge,
so we broke it down by city this year and I think the results were positive.
Once again, I hope you enjoy this section as much as we do, and thank you
to all who voted. The response this year was much greater than in prior years
and for that we thank you!
Congratulations to all of our winners this year! Be sure to patronize them
in 2017 if you haven't already and we look forward to hearing from you in the
future.
Thanks for reading…and voting!
T
he
Best
of
2016!
Steve Bennett
sbennett@santacruzsentinel.com
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