Riverside, California Inland Empire News Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Online votes to help decide winner of Downtown Window Decorating Contest
Who will win the contest this year?: Click below to learn how you can vote.
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Craig Fiegener
InstantRiverside.com
We hope it will become a long-running tradition. For the second year, the Riverside Downtown Partnership, and InstantRiverside.com, are presenting a way for Riversiders to participate in the window decorating contest in downtown Riverside.
Nine downtown storefronts have decorated their businesses in a friendly competition that results in a winner who is announced just as the Festival of Lights begins in downtown Riverside.
Videos to watch: 
Video: Antonious Pizza competes in window decorating contest
Video: Maria’s Antiques/Mission Galleria competes in window decorating contest
Video: Garden Gate Boutique competes in downtown window decorating contest
Video: Mission Wine Gallery competes in downtown window decorating contest
Video: Mrs. Tiggy-Winkles competes in the downtown window decorating contest
Video: Magnolia’s competes in the downtown window decorating contest
Video: Our Treasure Chest is competing in the downtown window contest
Video: Wendie Monrroy on Main competes in downtown window decoration contest
Pictures: Parrott competes in downtown decoration contest
The Riverside Downtown Partnership scores the windows with a team of judges– they view the windows in person.
InstantRiverside.com has produced individual stories on the businesses and the windows, and if you like what you see, you can vote online, “instantly,” between November 16 through November 23.
2009 was the first year the competition included online voting, and it resulted in thousands of votes, and for the first time scores from the judges were combined with scores from the public.
We hope you have a chance to visit the businesses in person during this special time of year, and cast your votes online.
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