About the Best of Louisville Voting Academy

I’m so glad you’re interested! Here’s a bit more about what we’re up to:

Back in 1986, the magazine debuted the Best of Louisville Awards. (The Best VHS Rental Shop in ’86, in case you were wondering, was Video Madness.) We started out by doing Readers’ Choice: letting folks vote via a ballot inserted into the magazine for subscribers and, in later years, via an online ballot too. The results were too easy to manipulate and too often predictable and not reflective of our entire city. So to supplement those picks we retreated to the opposite, we’ll-just-do-it-ourselves extreme: Critic’s Choice, with individual writers and editors (ahem, “experts”) picking favorites, without acknowledging blind spots.

Time for a new approach.

We’re building the Best of Louisville Voting Academy, a group of groups (by neighborhoods, by professions, by interests) that represent the best in us as a city.

Here’s how it works: Each week (or so), I ask three questions — always easily and, if you prefer, anonymously answered on your phone via email — about your perspective on what represents the Best of Louisville. Almost always one multiple-choice question, one needing a one-word answer and one open-ended. Some weeks, I ask less-celebratory questions about the state of our city. I always want participation to be easy, meaning you don’t have to answer every time. I distill the responses and share them back with you, and also with our readers. All of this will culminate in an annual Best of Louisville print issue and party.

I'm so glad you're going to be a part of our new Best of Louisville, and I'm excited to start sending you questions and learning about our city based on what you're seeing, thinking, feeling and doing.

As always, don't hesitate to get in touch with any thoughts or questions you might have. — Josh, editor, Louisville Magazine

OK, let’s get started. Which email address is the best way for me to stay in touch?

How should we list your name? (First and last would be great, but whatever you’re comfortable with.)

First Name Last Name

What’s your neighborhood? (If you don't see yours in the drop-down menu, please do write it for the next question so we can add it to our growing list.)

Don't see your neighborhood in the drop-down menu? If you live in Louisville, you can add your neighborhood here. If you don't live in Louisville, feel free to list your town.

Where do you work and what do you do there?

What groups/hobbies are you involved with outside of work?

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