Being chosen an Athens Favorite in the 2025 Flagpole Athens Favorites contest isn’t a load of buffoonery. It means that Flagpole’s readers voted your business as their favorite in one of the 90-plus categories. And that’s no joke! We had thousands of votes come in, and the winners and runner-up are listed below and at flagpole.com.
How many clowns does it take to make our Favorites issue? A lot! Larry Tenner, Chris McNeal and Cody Robinson hammed up the designs for the theme logo, cover, awards and ads. Our sales team of Libba Beaucham and Dave Martin yukked it up with our advertisers for some amazing sales. Thanks to Chase Brantley for playing along with our shenanigans as our dashing clown model. Thanks to Jason Thrasher, of Thrasher Photo and Design, who goofed around with his camera to deliver these ridiculous shots, and to Kat Wood for photographing a few of our winning clowns. Finally, a big thanks to Hendershot’s, The National, Brown’s Barber Shop, Marvin’s Shoe Service and the Georgia Museum of Art for allowing our highjinks in their spaces.
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