ROYAL LEPAGE CONTEST DUBBS THREE OF CANADA’S NEIGHBOURHOODS THE GREATEST IN THE COUNTRY
Three lucky Canadians receive cash prize for winning submissions
TORONTO, DECEMBER 13, 2011 – Canada is known as one of the leading countries in the world to live, with its dynamic big cities and charming small towns. In a contest created by Royal LePage called “My Great Neighbourhood,” three Canadians have proclaimed their cities the finest in all of Canada.
Entries for Collingwood, ON (first place), Ladner, BC (second place), and Marysville, NB (third place), rose to the top of more than 500 submissions by Canadians nationwide this past summer and fall. Now, with cash prizes of $20,000, $3,500 and $1,500 respectively, the winners are celebrating with their communities.
“We love Collingwood,” said first place winner Chris Lesage, “and were so excited to share the city with Royal LePage and Canadians across the country! Our neighborhood is a safe and friendly place for us to live and grow as a family, and we couldn’t be more proud to have been named number one.”
Highlighting Collingwood’s best attractions in a creative and high-quality video, Lesage included the community’s green spaces, safe streets, historic downtown and more, as reasons Collingwood is his ‘great neighbourhood’.
Second place winner Melissa VanDiermen used the neighbours themselves to share Ladner’s great features, showcasing the close-knit community, the focus on locally owned shops, and the town’s proximity to other popular destinations.
Rodney Mann, Marysville’s third place winner, leveraged the city’s 150th anniversary for his submission, teaching viewers about the town’s history and importance in Canada’s past.
“It was such an honour to host a contest like this, because we gave Canadians an outlet to express their love for where they live,” said Phil Soper, President and Chief Executive, Royal LePage Real Estate Services. “At Royal LePage we know how many great neighbourhoods there are in this country, and reviewing the submissions was a testament to how proud people are to live in them.”
All contest entrants were asked to upload a video, or as many as five images to the My Great Neighbourhood web site, along with a short explanation outlining what it is that makes them so passionate about their community.
After the voting period for the public, the entries were evaluated by a jury. The numbers of Facebook votes were tallied for consideration, and then winners were selected based on how creative, original, informative, and compelling their entry was.
About Royal LePage
Serving Canadians since 1913, Royal LePage is the country’s leading provider of services to real estate brokerages, with a network of 14,000 real estate professionals in over 600 locations nationwide. Royal LePage is the only Canadian real estate company to have its own charitable foundation, the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, dedicated to supporting women's & children’s shelters and educational programs aimed at ending domestic violence. Royal LePage is a Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc. company, a TSX-listed corporation trading under the symbol TSX:BRE.
