Bloomfield’s Holiday Window Contest Winners: 2017

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The winners have been chosen for the Bloomfield Center Alliance’s 2017 Holiday Window Design Contest.

For the second year in a row, the Bloomfield Center Alliance sponsored its Holiday Window Design Contest. The promotion, first started in 2016, encourages local downtown businesses to participate in a friendly competition for the best window design during the holidays.

Winners are named in two categories – Judges’ Choice which is determined by a panel of local VIPs and People’s Choice as chosen by visitors to the BCA’s Facebook page.

For the People’s Choice award, the winner was Ricciardi Brothers Paint (287 Bloomfield Avenue) a residential/commercial paint decorating business located on the eastern end of the town’s commercial district.

The Judges’ Choice this year was Gail Ann’s Beauty Salon (275 Glenwood Avenue). This is the second year that the small neighborhood salon with a loyal following has participated in the competition.

According to the BCA:

“Salon owner Gail Ann and her family take the job of decorating their windows for the holidays very seriously because last year they won in the People’s Choice category… Our judges obviously appreciated the level of detail shown in Gail Ann’s window decorating – down to the image of Santa Claus getting a haircut from one of his elves. It is this kind of creativity and enthusiasm the BCA was hoping for when it started the competition in order to help bring attention to our downtown and its great businesses.”

Heeding the BCA’s invitation to take part in the competition, more than 500 Facebook followers viewed the posted pictures of the decorated windows and “Liked” their favorites, the BCA stated.

Each business will receive a plaque acknowledging the victory along with bragging rights for their award-winning displays.

According to the BCA:

“Given their position in the final voting and level of creativity shown respectively, two businesses - Play Money Goods (55 Washington Street) and The Wooden Spoon Southern Kitchen and Saloon (285 Glenwood Avenue) – received an honorable mention. Other participating businesses included: Aamco Gas, AVI Design, Black & White Taxi, Gyro King, JT Murdoch Shoes, Satis Bistro, Shine Jewelry, Stobbs Printing and Universal Martial Arts.

The BCA thanked three Bloomfield residents who helped determine the Judges’ Choice winner – Holli Belli, Geoff Gove, and Louise Palagano and all those who voted through social media.

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Photos: Bloomfield Center Alliance