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Best Shopping
From the tastiest scoops to the splashiest influencers, here are your winners of the 2024 readers’ choice awards!
best florist
Farm Nine
With beautiful market arrangements to make your kitchen island more vibrant, or the creative team to bring flowers to life for your next special event, Farm Nine is the perfect florist for any occasion, big or small. Founder Niesa Putigna says it best: “Flowers give you their entire lives. From the moment they are picked, they are cherished and gracefully arranged, and chosen by you to be a part of your life—to love, nourish, and be loved in return.”
Runner-Up: Betty J’s Florist
best car dealer
Headquarter Honda
Genuine advice, expert staff, and a personalized buying experience. All wrapped up with a red bow.
Runner-Up: Past & Present Motorcars
best gift shop
Swalty Sisters
A funny, funky, and—dare we say—swalty boutique shop where you can spend the afternoon laughing with your friends.
Runner-Up: Polka Dotz
best home goods
LiveTrends Boutique
Rooted in Winter Garden, this boutique has sprouted into an international phenomenon, offering unique greenery galore.
Runner-Up: Jake McKenna | Jake of All Trades
best golf cart dealer
Ultimate Carts
With a service-focused team and various brands, you’ll find the “ultimate” ride that suits your needs and budget.
Runner-Up: Creative Cartz
best car dealer
Headquarter Honda
Genuine advice, expert staff, and a personalized buying experience. All wrapped up with a red bow.
Runner-Up: Past & Present Motorcars
best specialty shop
Ruby & Rust
More than just an “indoor jungle,” this tiny space has a huge personality. Houseplants, botanicals, apothecary, teas, and more.
Runner-Up: LiveTrends Boutique
best farmer’s market vendor
The Fairy’s Elderberry
Paris Bacchus is (elder)berry excited to spread some natural healing goodness in the community.
Runner-Up: Gingers Baking Co
best clothing store
Doxology
Created by two best friends with a heart for service, this bespoke shopping experience blends fashion, accessories, jewelry, books, gifts, and home decor, all in a beautiful setting with a dedicated chapel, giving you a moment to pause.
Runner-Up: Apricot Lane
best specialty shop
Ruby & Rust
More than just an “indoor jungle,” this tiny space has a huge personality. Houseplants, botanicals, apothecary, teas, and more.
Runner-Up: LiveTrends Boutique
best farmer’s market vendor
The Fairy’s Elderberry
Paris Bacchus is (elder)berry excited to spread some natural healing goodness in the community.
Runner-Up: Gingers Baking Co
best clothing store
Doxology
Created by two best friends with a heart for service, this bespoke shopping experience blends fashion, accessories, jewelry, books, gifts, and home decor, all in a beautiful setting with a dedicated chapel, giving you a moment to pause.
Runner-Up: Apricot Lane
Putting Your Money
Where Our Mag Is
$10,000 for local charities!
To everyone who voted, shared, and rallied behind our second annual Readers Choice Awards—thank you! Your enthusiasm helped spotlight the people and places that make this community shine.
We’re also incredibly grateful to those who donated, purchased event tickets, or sponsored this year’s Award Gala celebration at Pilar’s. Whether it was generosity, marketing savvy, or a deep love for your community—you helped raise $10,000 for two incredible local causes.
Matthew’s Hope
Matthew’s Hope fosters the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the homeless men, women, and children of our community by meeting basic needs, developing skills, and restoring dignity and independence.
Funds Raised: $5,000To Support: matthewshopeministries.org
Greater Clermont Cancer Foundation
Most cancer foundations focus on the future; their funds go to national-level research, aimed at one day finding a cure. What makes GCCF unique is that it focuses on reaching the people fighting cancer right here, right now.
Offering financial aid such as quality-of-life assistance, scholarships, and screening/test grants, as well as providing support, resources, education, and comfort, GCCF lessens the daily challenges encountered by patients and their loved ones. And as a volunteer-run organization, GCCF can ensure that 100% of funds raised go directly to the people who need it most.
Funds Raised: $5,000To Support: gccf.us
