The WESTY AWARDS 2010: Saluting West Side Stars
each year, west side spirit, the largest community paper on the west side of manhattan, takes a moment to salute some of the best of our neighborhood.
we call our civic awards the westys, which stands for west side spirit thanks you. the requirements for a westy are simple. the awards go to new yorkers who live or work in the community and whose accomplishments help improve the neighborhood. nominations are made by prominent west siders, by spirit readers and by our editorial staff. we then narrow the lists in each category and select a handful of nominees to honor in person and in the pages of the newspaper.
we hope you enjoy reading about these accomplished neighbors in the following pages, and we look forward to hearing more from them in the coming year.
sincerely, tom allon, president and ceo and allen houston, executive editor west side spirit
****************************************************************** west sider of the year ruth messinger
bravest and finest david echevarria
bravest and finest christopher mccormack
charity doreen wohl
charity dr. andrew kaplan
charity aaron de broux
clergy adena berkowitz
clergy rev. heidi neumark
clergy john duffell
community builders don evans
community builders andrew albert
culture holly hotchner
culture lisa gugenheim
culture nanci callahan
educators michelle ciulla lipkin
educators eva moskowitz
entrepreneur nora lavori
entrepreneur derek aucoin
healthcare pros angela schramm
healthcare pros david orelowitz
real estate rachel erlich
real estate deanna kory
restaurateurs larry good