The Akron Art Museum, Canal Park and the National Hamburger Festival have been named among the best in Cleveland in the Metromix Cleveland Best of 2010 contest.
The Akron Art Museum has been nominated in the category of Best Museum, Canal Park in the category of Best Stadium and the National Hamburger Festival, hosted in Downtown Akron each summer, has been nominated in the category of Best Festival.
The contest receives thousands of entries that are narrowed down to create a list of the very best Cleveland has to offer from best restaurant and best bar to best museum and best boutique and everything in between.
Now that the nominees have been selected in each category, Metromix users need to vote in the winners. They’ll make the final call on crowning category winners.
Voting opens up on Monday, January 11th and closes Sunday, January 24th. Rally your friends, family and fans to visit the site and vote for the National Hamburger Festival to take the title. Individuals are allowed one vote per day in each category during the voting period, so they should check back each day to voice their support.
Voting is easy. Starting Monday the 11th, just click the link below to review nominees and cast your vote:
http://cleveland.metromix.com/bestof
Cast your vote now for the Akron Art Museum, Canal Park and the National Hamburger festival!
Winners will be announced the week of January 25th.
Here are the rules:
Best of Metromix offers their passionate users the opportunity to vote for their favorite venues in categories they are care about a great deal.
How are nominees selected?
Local editorial teams select the nominees based on in-depth expertise of the best your market has to offer. The nominee process is purely editorial based. Businesses cannot buy a nomination.
How long does voting last?
Voting lasts for two weeks. Winners will be announced shortly after the close of voting, after the editorial team has verified the validity of all the votes. Editorial teams will determine each category's ultimate result based on the validity of total votes cast for each nominee.
What if a category is missing a nominee I would prefer to vote for?
Metromix welcomes all voters to register or log in and post feedback on existing nominees or your own personal favorites. Feedback should be posted under each category's "Comments" section.
How often can I vote?
Metromix users are entitled to one vote per category per day. Any attempts to vote more than allowed will result in the disqualification of all surplus votes.
The Metromix editorial team retains final rights to review all votes, determine their validity and decide the final outcome of each category.
Metromix encourages all voters to share their picks and voting experience with friends via Twitter ("Tweet your vote"), Facebook or other social networking sites. Any attempts to manipulate the system, however, can result in a nominee's votes being disqualified.
