Welcome to the 2025 The Republic's Readers' Choice.
We're on the lookout for the Best of Local.
What does that mean? We want to know the best of local companies, not big box stores or chains. For a business to be approved for the voting ballot it must either do business in or be located inside Bartholomew County.
Those big box home improvement stores do not qualify, however, your hometown plumber does.
Important Dates to Remember:
Voting - August 10 - 27th
Winners Announced - November 8th, 2025 in a special publication in The Republic.
Join us for the Winners' Banquet on November 7th at The Commons
How to vote and use this ballot:
Chose a section from the menu, then start voting for your favorites. Once you finish voting for your favorites in a section, click "Submit and Continue" to move on to the next section. When you are finished and ready to cast your daily ballot, click "I'm done, cast my Ballot."
Do you own or manage a business that has been nominated?
CLICK HERE to download your FREE marketing kit.
No purchase is necessary to nominate or win. Users can vote for one business per category every 24 hours per valid email address. Users are randomly validated based on email and IP addresses. For issues and errors please email promotions@therepublic.com.