Summer is heading toward its end, but there’s still lots of warmth left before those leaves start to fall and plenty of peaks left to summit. We asked you to pick those trailblazers in the community that deserved a very special merit badge, to tell us about your favorite businesses, leaders, restaurants, and community members who earned a shot at competing for it. And now we have the winners of the Best of Northern Santa Barbara County readers poll. So grab a snack, set that camp chair out, and open up the paper.
This article appears in Best of Northern Santa Barbara County 2022.