{"id":377567,"date":"2026-08-21T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377567\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:30:08","slug":"voting-for-best-of-cape-coral-begins-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377567\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting for Best of Cape Coral begins today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to decide who Cape Coral thinks is the best of the best. <\/p>\n<p>Starting this weekend, residents will be able to cast their ballots for the Breeze Newspapers\u2019 annual \u201cBest Of\u201d series highlighting Cape Coral businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Best of Cape Coral, a reader\u2019s choice program sponsored by The Breeze, features more than 200 categories for members of the community to show support for their favorite and highly-recommended local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Voting will be open on Friday and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 2. Individuals can vote one time each day per category. There also will be an official ballot guide in today\u2019s Cape Coral Breeze, where voters can fill out the ballots and return them to any business listed in the guide, or at the Cape Coral Breeze Office at 2510 Del Prado Blvd. S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe popularity of this contest is a tribute to the diversity and vitality of the Cape\u2019s business owners and also the long-term strength of The Breeze\u2019s brand in this market,\u201d said Breeze Newspapers Publisher Ray Eckenrode. \u201cThere are many \u2018best ofs\u2019 out there, but none carry with them the prestige of winning our contest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the votes are tallied, winners will be announced in an October edition of The Breeze, and recognized at a special event shortly thereafter. All winners will be contacted with details following the voting period.<\/p>\n<p>To reach CJ HADDAD, please email <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoralbreeze.com\/news\/local-news\/2026\/08\/21\/voting-for-best-of-cape-coral-begins-today\/mailto:cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cjhaddad@breezenewspapers.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time to decide who Cape Coral thinks is the best of the best. Starting this weekend, residents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-377567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}