{"id":69968,"date":"2016-09-12T20:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T02:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/best-of-cortez-voting-begins-pick-your-favorite-businesses\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T02:42:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T02:42:23","slug":"best-of-cortez-voting-begins-pick-your-favorite-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/best-of-cortez-voting-begins-pick-your-favorite-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Best of Cortez\u2019 voting begins; pick your favorite businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=457a1019-e330-4993-8e2b-812a388330b5&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1750\" height=\"1042\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Journal\u2019s annual<\/p>\n<p>Voters may select their top choices in categories such as Automotive; Food and Dining; Legal, Financial and Real Estate Services; Wellness; Shopping and Entertainment; and Professional\/Other Services. There\u2019s also a category for best new businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The top businesses from last year\u2019s awards were selected as nominees, but voters also may write-in a candidate. If your business isn\u2019t listed, it doesn\u2019t mean you weren\u2019t nominated, but simply didn\u2019t score at the top.<\/p>\n<p>Voting ends Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. Winners will be announced on Oct. 27 and printed in The Journal on Oct. 28.<\/p>\n<p>To register, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BestofCortez2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/BestofCortez2016<\/a> or click on the ad at the top of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-journal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The-Journal.com<\/a>. Start making your picks, and you will be prompted to register.  After registering, you can vote for your favorite once per category. Duplicate ballots will be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced at an event in Cortez. Businesses that place among the Top 3 in each category gain marketing rights to the <a href=\"http:\/\/durangoherald.secondstreetapp.com\/l\/2016-Best-Of-CortezMontezuma-County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cBest of Cortez\u201d<\/a> logo for a year, a  certificate and two tickets to the recognition event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">HOW TO VOTE<\/h4>\n<p>Voting ends on Oct. 2.<br>\n                At<br>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-journal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.the-journal.com<\/a><br>\n                , click on the Best of Cortez ad or go to<br>\n                <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BestofCortez2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/BestofCortez2016<\/a><br>\n                .<br>\n                Enter the contest, register and vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winners will be announced in October<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,13,60],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-69968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-montezuma-county"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69968"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=69968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}