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CITY LIFE Critics Picks LOCAL HERO Barney Offerman LOCAL ZERO Peter Gorman BEST ACTIVIST (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) Stop Cliffside Coalition BEST LOCAL CHARITY Urban Ministry Center BEST NEW SLOGAN FOR CHARLOTTE “Recommended By 3 Out Of 10 Unemployed Bankers” BEST MEMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT City Councilman Anthony Foxx WORST MEMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT School Board Member Kaye “Gay Agenda” McGarry PUBLIC OFFICIAL MOST IN NEED OF TASERING Mayor Pat McCrory WORST POLICING TREND Driving At High Speed And Killing People LOUSIEST PROTEST GROUP Tea Partiers BEST USE OF TAX MONEY Public Transportation BIGGEST WASTE OF TAX MONEY NASCAR Hall of Fame BEST LOCAL ATHLETE Charlotte Roller Girls BEST THING TO SHOW OFF TO OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS All The Cranes Downtown BEST NEW BUILDING/ATTRACTION Afro-American Cultural Center MOST MISSED OLD BUILDING Charlotte Coliseum on Tyvola Road WORST EYESORE Calvary Church BEST HOTEL The Westin BEST MUSEUM (tie) The Mint Museum of Art & Levine Museum of the New South BEST AREA TO LIVE IN CHARLOTTE Plaza Midwood BEST PRE-GAME HANGOUT DOWNTOWN Tailgating Parties WORST INTERSECTION Queens, Queens, Providence and Providence BEST FESTIVAL FemmeFest BEST PLACE FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE U.S. National Whitewater Center BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE McDowell Nature Preserve BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE-WATCH Purgatory BEST GOLF COURSE Quail Hollow Country Club Readers Picks LOCAL HERO Mayor Pat McCrory LOCAL ZERO (tie) Gloria Pace King & Mayor Pat McCrory BEST ACTIVIST (INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP) Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) BEST LOCAL CHARITY Habitat for Humanity BEST NEW SLOGAN FOR CHARLOTTE “Don’t Bank On It” BEST MEMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT Mayor Pat McCrory WORST MEMBER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT County Commissioner Bill James PUBLIC OFFICIAL MOST IN NEED OF TASERING County Commissioner Bill James BEST USE OF TAX MONEY Light Rail BIGGEST WASTE OF TAX MONEY Light Rail BEST LOCAL ATHLETE Steve Smith, Carolina Panthers BEST THING TO SHOW OFF TO OUT-OF-TOWN GUESTS U.S National Whitewater Center BEST NEW BUILDING/ATTRACTION EpiCentre MOST MISSED OLD BUILDING Athens Restaurant WORST EYESORE The Arlington (aka “The Pink Building”) BEST HOTEL The Westin BEST MUSEUM Discovery Place BEST AREA TO LIVE IN CHARLOTTE Dilworth BEST PRE-GAME HANGOUT DOWNTOWN Parking Lot Tailgating Parties WORST INTERSECTION Queens, Queens, Providence and Providence BEST FESTIVAL Festival in the Park BEST PLACE FOR OUTDOOR EXERCISE Freedom Park BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE U.S. National Whitewater Center BEST PLACE TO PEOPLE-WATCH SouthPark Mall BEST GOLF COURSE Quail Hollow Country Club |
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