They’re back and better than ever! For eight years Charlotte parents have given their biggest shout-outs to local businesses and professionals through the Charlotte Smarty Pants Awards. We absolutely LOVE this pink ‘n green award because we {heart} anything local and we love recognizing how awesome our city is. This year is no exception! We want Y-O-U, Smarty Charlotte, to vote for your QC favorites.
We will accept nominations now through 10 PM on October 1. We’ll tally all entries (one per Smarty email address, please) and announce the winners on Tuesday, October 25th. Vote here now!
Presenting the 2016 Charlotte Smarty Pants Awards
Categories:
1) Best maternity boutique
2) Best place to find a baby shower gift
3) Best kid-friendly restaurant
4) Best brunch spot
5) Best gal pals lunch spot
6) Best place to get a healthy lunch
7) Best chicken salad
8) Best pizza
9) Best takeout
10) Best place to get a healthy juice
11) Best meal service delivery
12) Best date-night spot
13) Best brewery
14) Best wine bar
15) Best cocktail in town
16) Best Charlotte festival
17) Best QC workout
18) Best fitness instructor
19) Best children’s boutique
20) Best children’s shoe store
21) Best bakery
22) Best birthday party venue
23) Best local toy store
24) Best pediatrician
25) Best pediatric dentist
26) Best orthodontist
27) Best OB/GYN
28) Best primary care physician
29) Best dermatologist
30) Best salon
31) Best spa
32) Best place to get a kids haircut
33) Best local consignment sale
34) Best local jewelry designer
35) Best preschool
36) Best daycare
37) Best private school
38) Best place to take the kids on a rainy day
39) Best family photographer
40) Best summer day camp
41) Best summer overnight camp
42) Best dance studio
43) Best art class
44) Best drama/theater class
45) Best place to take music
46) Best martial arts studio
47) Best educational resource
48) Best place to take swimming lessons
49) Best gymnastics facility
50) Best kids sports program
51) Best gift/stationery boutique
52) Best women’s boutique
53) Best interior designer
54) Best organizer
55) Best Smarty Mompreneur
56) Best place to find a nanny
Smarty Tools to Spread the Word
It’s no small feat to get your favorites to win – you’ve got to shout it from the ROOFTOPS (and by “rooftops” we mean ALL social media outlets). Get all of your friends excited and ready to vote. Here’s how:
1. Tell your favorite businesses about the 2016 Smarty Awards so they can send out to their biggest fans to vote and score bragging rights. Encourage them to use this on all forms of social media to get the word out.
2. Use email, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, you name it – spread the word! Sharing on Facebook is EASY – just hit the “Like” button to share to your friends. KEEP SHARING! Who says you can only share once? Keep reminding your friends to vote!
You can also link to this page to help expedite the voting process!
Winners will receive a sign to post in their business/online and year-round placement as a 2016 Smarty Awards Winner on our site. Let’s get Smarty and VOTE HERE TODAY!
We look forward to sharing our 2016 Smarty Awards in our newsletter with you on Tuesday, October 25th. Please make sure you are subscribed to the CSP newsletter for all the scoop! Let the Smarty voting begin!
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1) Best maternity boutique–Milky Way
2) Best place to find a baby shower gift–shower me with love
3) Best kid-friendly restaurant–chick fil a (those employees deserve babysitting wages!)
4) Best brunch spot–flying biscuit
5) Best gal pals lunch spot–Mayo bird
6) Best place to get a healthy lunch–chopt
7) Best chicken salad–mayo bird
8) Best pizza–PORTOFINOS!!!
9) Best takeout–ginbu
10) Best place to get a healthy juice
11) Best meal service delivery
12) Best date-night spot–Cowfish
13) Best brewery–olde meck
14) Best wine bar
15) Best cocktail in town–Kilimanjaro, Summit Room. O. M. G.
16) Best Charlotte festival
17) Best QC workout
18) Best fitness instructor–Michlene Healy, Hilliard
19) Best children’s boutique–shower mwl
20) Best children’s shoe store–kixx
21) Best bakery–Sunflour east Blvd
22) Best birthday party venue–Harris ymca gymnastics
23) Best local toy store–toys and co Cotswold!!!
24) Best pediatrician–Dr Kinnard @ Waverly Peds–providence road and 485, weddington
25) Best pediatric dentist
26) Best orthodontist
27) Best OB/GYN–yavorski, rankin ob
28) Best primary care physician
29) Best dermatologist
30) Best salon–L Salon–Jackie is the best! Park road beside Noah’s Art
31) Best spa–Ballantyne
32) Best place to get a kids haircut–pigtails and crew cuts Blakeney
33) Best local consignment sale
34) Best local jewelry designer–twine and twig
35) Best preschool–Myers park baptist
36) Best daycare
37) Best private school
38) Best place to take the kids on a rainy day–Charlotte nature museum; light rail to 7th street market and imaginon
39) Best family photographer–Taylor Stading Photography!
40) Best summer day camp
41) Best summer overnight camp
42) Best dance studio–Jolie South!
43) Best art class
44) Best drama/theater class
45) Best martial arts studio
46) Best educational resource
47) Best place to take swimming lessons–Morrison family ymca
48) Best gymnastics facility–Harris ymca
49) Best kids sports program–soccer shots
50) Best gift/stationery boutique
51) Best women’s boutique–
52) Best interior designer
53) Best organizer
54) Best Smarty Mompreneur–Krissy Sternberg, Sweet Sienna Designs personalized door mats