December 30, 2008 – 7:04 am
Here they are at last: the winners of the first-ever Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate! Swamplot’s real-estate-obsessed readers swarmed over the official nominees in 10 distinct award categories. The results celebrate the best and most in a tumultuous year.
This announcement caps an almost month-long process that began with calls for nominations in each award category. After the official nominees were presented, voting opened up to all readers.
The competition was fierce. In some categories, only a few votes separated the winners from the runners-up. Swamplot salutes the award winners for their special contributions to this city. Thanks are due also to the many Swamplot readers who offered brilliant or well-considered nominations, for raising the stakes; to the many others of you who worked hard to promote your favorite candidates, for making this a more exciting contest; and to all participants in Houston’s peculiar real-estate scene, for giving us so much to write about every day.
Who ended up on top?
Presenting the winners of the 2008 Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate:
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December 29, 2008 – 7:35 pm
The first-ever Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate went . . . swimmingly! More than 500 votes were cast in support of nominees in 10 separate categories. Thanks again to all of you who voted, nominated, commented, and cajoled in support of your favorites. Many readers, with their eyes on the prizes, sent out emails to friends and neighbors, Twittered, and annoyed their Facebook friends . . . just to get them to vote.
So what were the results?
We’ll get to the winners in an upcoming post. First, though, come the runners-up. You know what it means: If, for any reason, a winner of the Swamplot Awards is unable to fulfill its duty at any time during the upcoming year, the runner-up in the category will be asked to step in.
Yes, they are ready! Yes, they are willing to serve! A big round of applause, please, for the 2008 second-place winners of the Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate . . . the Swampies!
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December 29, 2008 – 7:45 am
Voting has ended in the first-ever Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate: The polls closed at midnight, after a flurry of last-minute votes.
Swamplot’s election judges have already begun tabulating the results, and we’ll announce them just as soon as they are ready right here. A big thank you to all who got involved by making nominations, rallying friends to your cause, or voting! Your participation heightened the competition and improved the value of the awards considerably.
If you’re one of the many Swamplot newcomers who found this site as a result of the awards, please have a look around — and be sure to check back regularly. You’ll find interesting new stories posted here about the latest in Houston real estate, neighborhoods, architecture, landscape, and related topics several times during the day.
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December 28, 2008 – 2:10 pm
There are still a few good voting hours left in the Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate. But the polls close at midnight tonight!
A few of the categories are being very hotly contested. Round up like-minded real-estate-fan friends and help sway the results! You can find details on the categories and voting in this post below.
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December 24, 2008 – 3:55 pm
Just a reminder: there’s still time to vote! All votes in the Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate must be in by midnight this Sunday, December 28th.
Here, again, are the categories:
All of them are listed on this page. Complete voting rules and suggestions are here.
And we’re off! Swamplot wishes everyone a safe and dry holiday. We’ll be back on Monday.
Photo of Brown Promenade, Discovery Green: Flickr user sulla55
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December 24, 2008 – 9:54 am
A lot of votes have already come in for the first-ever Swamplot Awards for Houston Real Estate! But some categories have been more popular than others.
If you want to know where your vote can make a real difference in the results, take a look at these individual awards categories. Read all about the worthy nominees, then add your vote!
Every vote counts!
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