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• Best of CU: Your chance to spread the word

51 weeks a year, buzz magazine and the217.com are updating you on the newest businesses, bands and events around CU, providing you with our suggestions on what to do on Friday night, helping you decide who to listen to on the way to work or what movie to go see at the theater next and letting you know what other community members are up to these days.

But, of course, we don’t have all the answers and as excited as we get to spread the word about the grand opening of the newest restaurant or the next breakout band, we’d rather hear it from you.

This is why the Best of CU is buzz’s favorite time of the year. It’s your chance to tell everyone about your favorite hair salon, the cleanest bathrooms around town and the place to go for the best sushi. If you’ve recently discovered the perfect place to go on a date or just found out about a great new tattoo shop, you need to let us know and now is your chance.

The voting has already begun and we have been spending the past couple weeks collecting your votes. But if you still haven’t had the chance to rave about and recognize your favorite bar or green business around town — don’t worry — there is still some time left.

Monday, October 18 is the last day of voting so make sure to turn your issue of buzz over to the back cover, fill in the blanks with only the most worthy of CU businesses for each category and stop by the lobby of the Illini Media Building at 512 East Green Street to turn it in. If the trip is too much of a trek for you, just fill out the online ballot.

Either way, choose wisely because we will be tallying up the votes and honoring the winners in buzz’s largest issue of the year on November 12. The issue will be jam packed with only the best businesses and hangout spots around town so help us decide what those will be and in the meantime, look forward to buzz’s Best of CU issue.