better of Richmond: A message from the Richmond news editor (photographs)

Richmond news editor Eve Edmonds says this yr's "best of Richmond" suggests us the resiliency of the group

It's been a tricky year, but like loads of tough instances, that's once we see what we're manufactured from.

This yr's "best of Richmond" shows us this community is certainly fabricated from the appropriate stuff.

When the pandemic hit, it hit Richmond faster and harder than most B.C. communities. Even before it become declared an endemic, the coronavirus (as we known as it then) had all however worn out Richmond's chinese language New year celebrations, leaving native restaurants essentially empty at a time after they always had lineups around the block.

but whereas the "devastation," as Nancy Small, CEO of Tourism Richmond, referred to as it, changed into actual, so become the resiliency and innovation the group answered with.

Our "better of Richmond" celebrates that spirit.

right here, for the thirteenth yr in a row, we respect companies and businesses our readers have voted to be the foremost of their respective type.

The lists may additionally confirm what you already comprehend, or it could possibly introduce you to some thing new. Have a study through, and find out about one of the vital excellent eateries, fitness facilities and features in our group.

study a little additional and also you'll see how different sectors pivoted to accommodate the quite a lot of health rules in a bid to retain themselves afloat and the rest of us secure.

however as greater americans get vaccinate, case counts go down and health restrictions ease, we see a lightweight at the conclusion of the tunnel. finally, we will begin to let ourselves believe about the first issues we'll do when the pandemic is over. For some it's visiting family unit, for others it's going to a baseball game.

speaking of baseball, right through the part you'll see baseball playing cards that includes pictures of Richmond news body of workers telling what they most seem forward to doing as soon as it's protected to do so. this is our method of looking forward with hope and enthusiasm to the better of things yet to come back.

To read the digital version of the 2021 best of Richmond, click right here.