The “Heart of Del RayAward” is annually presented by the Del Ray Business Association to thebusiness that the community feels serves as the heart and soul of Del Ray. On February 4th, we willannounce the 5 finalists and open up voting by the community. Beforethe voting process to select the winner begins, we would like to getYOUR nomination for who you think should be one of the five businesses on theballot. The Del Ray Business Association Board will then take into consideration all the nominations and comments in order to determine the five finalists.Nominations should bebased on which business best demonstrates their warm and welcomingattitude to the community/customers, their commitment and generosity tothe community, and to their overall contribution to what makes Del Ray the bestplace in the world to live, work and shop! In other words, what businesswarms your “heart” when you here its name?
Former winners of theHeart of Del Ray Award are as follows:
2009 A Show of Hands2010 Jen Walker McEnearney Associates
2011 Bobi Bomar, Homes of Alexandria,Weichert Realtors
2012 TheNeighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray
2013 The Greener Cleaner of Del Ray
2014 Del Ray Pizzeria2015 Mind the Mat
Nominations must be besubmitted by 5 pm on February 3rd by sending an e mail to gtrdelray@yahoo.com
with the subject line: Accepting Nominations for Heart of Del Ray Award
*Remember - we are just soliciting nominations - we are NOT voting yet. The five finalist will be announced on February 4th and voting will begin at that time.Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you.
FROM THE DEL RAY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION:
The “Heart of Del Ray Award” is annually presented by the Del Ray BusinessAssociation during the Valentine’s Day holiday to the business that serves asthe heart and soul of Del Ray. First we want to thank everyone that nominated a business -- almost 40 wonderful businesses were nominated making it very tough to narrow it down to just five. Many of you also expressed your continued strong support for past winners which is such a tremendous compliment to them and reaffirms how lucky we are to have such great businesses in Del Ray. Now we are excited that you, our neighbors, customersand friends will be determining the winner of this prestigious award. Selection should be based on which business bestdemonstrates their warm and welcoming attitude to thecommunity/customers, their commitment and generosity to the community, andto their overall contribution to what makes Del Ray the best place in the worldto live, work and shop! In other words, what business warms your “heart”when you here its name? We congratulate and are honored to list the following five businesses that havebeen nominated for the “2014 Heart of Del Ray Award”: 1) Del Ray Pizzeria 2) Holy Cow/PorkBarrel BBQ3) Mind the Mat4) St. Elmo’s Coffee Shop5) Taqueria PoblanoWe ask that you vote for just one businessby logging on to the DRBA website at http://visitdelray.com/ -the link to vote can be found on the home page at the end of the article entitled“Heart of Del Ray Award”.
You will be able to vote anytime between now and noon on Thursday, February 13th. Each household/computer can vote only once. Once votes are calculated and awinner is determined, a large heart shaped award will be displayed on the winningbusiness on Thursday, February 13th, to greet them for the Valentine’s Dayholiday. We will also notify the various list serves of the winner so youcan stop by and congratulate the winner.Last year over 500 neighbors, friends and customers voted so we encourage you totell your neighbors to be sure and support their favorite nominee. A businesscan only win once and we congratulate our past winners which include: AShow of Hands, Jen Walker McEnearney Associates, Bobi Bomar Homes of Alexandria,The Neighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray, and Greener Cleaner of Del Ray. Happy Valentine’s Day & be sure to shop for that special Valentine at one of DelRay’s many businesses!!!
The “Heart of Del RayAward” is annually presented by the Del Ray Business Association to thebusiness that the community feels serves as the heart and soul of Del Ray. On February 7th we willannounce the 5 finalists and open up voting by the community. Beforethe voting process to select the winner begins, we would like to getYOUR nomination for who you think should be one of the five businesses on theballot. The Del Ray Business Association Board will then take all thenominations and determine the five finalists.Nominations should bebased on which business best demonstrates their warm and welcomingattitude to the community/customers, their commitment and generosity tothe community, and to their overall contribution to what makes Del Ray the bestplace in the world to live, work and shop! In other words, what businesswarms your “heart” when you here its name? Former winners of theHeart of Del Ray Award are as follows: 2009 A Show of Hands2010 Jen Walker McEnearneyAssociates2011 Bobi Bomar, Homes of Alexandria,Weichert Realtors2012 TheNeighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray2013 The Greener Cleaner of Del Ray Nominations should besubmitted in the next two days, prior to February 5th, at 5 pm byreplying to gtrdelray@yahoo.comRemember - we are just soliciting nominations - we are NOT voting yet.Thanks and we look forward to hearing from you.
The “Heart of Del RayAward” is annually presented by the Del Ray Business Association to thebusiness that serves as the heart and soul of Del Ray. On February 5th, we willannounce the 5 finalists and open up voting by the community. Beforethe voting process to select the winner begins, we would like to getYOUR nomination for who you think should be one of the five businesses on theballot. The Del Ray Business Association Board will then take all thenominations and determine the five finalists.Nominations should bebased on which business best demonstrates their warm and welcomingattitude to the community/customers, their commitment and generosity tothe community, and to their overall contribution to what makes Del Ray the bestplace in the world to live, work and shop! In other words, what businesswarms your “heart” when you here its name? Former winners of theHeart of Del Ray Award are as follows: 2009 A Show of Hands2010 Jen Walker McEnearneyAssociates2011 Bobi Bomar, Homes of Alexandria,Weichert Realtors2012 TheNeighborhood Pharmacy of Del Ray Nominations should besubmitted in the next two days, prior to Monday, February 4th at 10 am byreplying to this e-mail. Remember - we are just soliciting nominations - we are NOT voting yet.Thanks and we look forwardto hearing from you.
The “Heart of Del Ray Award” is annually presented by the Del Ray Business Association to the business that serves as the heart and soul of Del Ray.
On January 23rd, The Del Ray Business Association will announce the 5 finalists and open up voting by the community .
Before the voting process to select the winner begins, they would like to get YOUR nomination for who you think should be one of the five businesses on the ballot. The Del Ray Business Association Board will then take all the nominations and determine the five finalists.
Nominations should be based on which business best demonstrates their warm and welcoming attitude to the community/customers, their commitment and generosity to the community, and to their overall contribution to what makes Del Ray the best place in the world to live, work and shop! In other words, what business warms your “heart” when you here it’s name?
Former winners of the Heart of Del Ray Award are as follows:
2009 A Show of Hands
2010 Jen Walker McEnearney Associates
2011 Bobi Bomar, Homes of Alexandria, Weichert Realtors
Nominations should be submitted by January 18th by emailing