Georgia Straight's 17th annual Best of Vancouver ballot now open

Dear readers, we need your help. Actually, we need your opinions—don't try to pretend you don't have one!.

Since this rainy Juneuary weather isn't letting up any time soon, take 10 minutes and fill out our Best of Vancouver ballot, the 17th edition of our annual survey that asks you (you!) to tell us about what makes Vancouver such an excellent place to live. (For our money, it's when the weather breaks and we can finally emerge from our mouldering caves into the bright West Coast sunshine.)

From your favourite Canucks player to the best doggie daycare, we leave no stone unturned in our ever-evolving quest to unearth the greatest people, places, and things in and around the Lower Mainland.

It's really easy: follow this link and you will be whisked to a list of over 250 questions (we're very thorough) that we want you to weigh in on. Who's your favourite morning radio DJ? What unsigned Vancouver band do you think deserves more recognition? Which employer would you recommend to friends? And just where do you take your out-of-town relatives to eat?

Need more incentive other than the feeling of a job well done? Fill out 25 of these hard-hitting questions before the ballot closes on July 11 and you'll be entered to win a $2,500 gift certificate from Flight Centre.

Check out #BOV17 on Twitter and find out what others are saying about our annual survey of all things awesome. And be sure to check out our September 20 issue to find out the results.

Good luck and happy voting!