This year, City Cast DC is excited to present our second annual City Cast 6 awards, presented by Christopher Nace and the trial lawyers at Paulson & Nace.
We'll be recognizing six local leaders transforming six distinct industries in 2024 — Politics, Food & Drink, Business & Development, Arts & Culture, Music, and for the first time ever, a Local Hero nominated by readers and listeners. We will announce the six visionaries on Dec. 9, selected alongside our panel of D.C. reporters and experts.
Stay tuned! And check out last year's winners below.
An unlikely hero, but no one has had a bigger impact on D.C.’s business and development this year than Senator L. Louise Lucas. By almost single-handedly stopping Monumental Sports’ move to Virginia, Lucas secured her spot as the winner of the City Cast 6 business & development award for 2024.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
D.C. is full of culinary visionaries. It even has the highest density of Michelin-star restaurants in the U.S. But, after months of research, interviews, and deliberations, we've selected Chef Michael Rafidi as the winner of the City Cast 6 Food & Drink category for 2024.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch is keeping go-go alive in D.C. — and giving NPR’s Tiny Desk a run for their money while they’re at it. Noochie’s success and impact in the DC metro area is undeniable, earning them the title of City Cast 6 winner in the music category.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
We're excited to announce that 2024's City Cast 6 Arts & Culture winner is Flower Factory! This volunteer-based queer party & DJ collective has been gaining momentum and reflects a new type of nightlife in D.C.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
It’s the City Cast 6 – our end of year awards recognizing DC’s most influential people. After months of deliberation, we're proud to announce Mayor Muriel Bowser as the 2024 winner in the Politics category.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
When WAMU suddenly shut DCist down last February, laying off 15 employees, it left a gaping hole in local journalism. To fill it, six former DCist reporters started the 51st, a non-profit publication committed to covering hyper-local news. We're proud to have them as our people's choice winner City Cast 6 2024.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 10, 2024
Vote in City Cast DC's 2024 City Cast 6 awards, an annual event where we recognize six local leaders who have transformed six distinct categories.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannOct 21, 2024
Children's book author Jason Reynolds' career has focused on writing about antiracism and the Black experience in America for young readers.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 4, 2023
The Washington, D.C., resident recently helped win a decades-long fight to create a community center in Ivy City, an area with almost no recreational spaces.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 4, 2023
The Washington, D.C.-based band blends the sounds of soul, funk, folk, and rock, creating music with “warm and sexy vibes.”
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 4, 2023
The winner of the 2023 City Cast 6 Award for Business and Development, Schulman's Mediterranean restaurant company CAVA went public this year with a stunning Wall Street debut.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 4, 2023
Washington, D.C.'s "guru of Persian cuisine" branched out from cookbook writer to restaurateur this year with her upscale Iranian restaurant in Tysons Corner.
Kaela Cote-StemmermannDec 4, 2023Free · 5 days a week
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