Urban Life : Readers Picks

Best Alternative Health Provider
Gateways to Healing
821 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, 513-321-3317

Best Apartment Complex
The Drexel
3827 Paxton Ave., Oakley, 513-924-0333

Best Church
Crossroads Community Church
3500 Madison Road, Oakley, 513-731-7400

Best Church Festival
Panegyri Festival
Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 7000 Winton Road, Finneytown

Best Dating Service
Match.com

Best Ethnic Market
Jungle Jim's
5440 Dixie Hwy., Fairfield, 513-829-1919

Best Festival
MidPoint Music Festival

Best Findlay Market Vendor (TIE)
Kroeger & Sons
Madison Farms

Best Hiking Trail
Cincinnati Nature Center

Best Neighborhood
Clifton

Best Park
Ault Park

Best Place to Get Wet
The Beach Waterpark
2590 Waterpark Drive, Mason, 513-398-7946

Best Place to Take Visitors
Mount Adams

Best Playground
Sawyer Point, Downtown

Best Romantic Hideaway
Wildwood Inn Tropical Dome and Theme Suites
7809 U.S. 42, Florence, 859-371-6300

Best Use of Public Funds
Fountain Square reconstruction

  

TICKER: First-time winners: Gateways to Healing, MidPoint Music Festival, Cincinnati Nature Center and Fountain Square.

Perennial winners: Wildwood Inn (eight years in row); The Beach Waterpark (five years); and Sawyer Point (fifth time in six years).

Streaks snapped: Oktoberfest Zinzinnati had won Best Festival four years in a row; Cincinnati Parks won Best Use of Public Funds three years in a row.