Finalist In This Year's DDN 'Best of Dayton' Poll

It was an honor to find myself being personally named a finalist in the 2025 Dayton Daily News 'Best of Dayton' poll. It was a nice recognition and even validation for some of the work I've been doing all these years with not only Big Beef Productions and It's All Happening, but UnCommon Sense Media, as well.

Being a runner up finalist to Heart Mercantile (one of my favorite follows) is itself an honor, considering the fantastic work they do via the social media world, including their HM 2.0 page as well. Big shout out to my long time colleague of cool the Rev. Cool and 'Around The Fringe' (which I've co-hosted for nearly two decades now as well) with his well-deserved recognition for the work he does here for our region and creative communities everywhere. Other deserved finalists include my long time creative compatriot Nick Kizirnis (whom those familiar with the music side of Big Beef know all about "), along with artist Wendy Wagener-Harris, whose work often adorns many an IAH episode.