"It's a great honor to be recognized as the favored family vacation destination among the many other first-class, famous resorts in the state," says Bob Spizzo, Breezy Point's owner. "I want to extend my thanks to the readers of Parent magazine, and my congratulations to the hundreds of Breezy Point employees who made it possible."

Results of the magazine's annual readership poll were announced in the "Family Favorites" July issue.

Published in Minneapolis, Minnesota Parent is read by 125,000 metropolitan area residents each month. Its cover bills the magazine as "the complete monthly resource for families."

A sister publication of the highly successful City Pages, an arts and entertainment magazine. Minnesota Parent is distributed free from news racks. It is owned by Stern Publishing of New York City.

Breezy Point Resort, created by publishing magnate Billy Fawcett in the early 1920s, has a long tradition of meeting the needs of Minnesota's vacationing families. Its amenities include two 18-hole golf courses, tennis courts, sandy beaches, two indoor pools with kiddie pools, children's activity programs, game rooms, and plenty of good, healthy food.

To say nothing about great fishing on beautiful Pelican Lake, one of the best-known lakes in the state.

In recent years, the resort has been in a fast-growth phase, expanding accommodations and amenities through its Whitebirch, Inc. parent company to meet the demands for upscale vacation ownership. A 120 room hotel is nearing completion. Opened in April 2000 is a new Ice Arena.

"Family traditions are created here every day," says Dave Gravdahl, the resort's long-time general manager, who oversees a staff of about 400 people during the peak of the summer season.

"Breezy has long been considered a great place for a Minnesota vacation," he says. "And it only gets better with age, as the readers of Minnesota Parent have discovered."

In addition to Best Resort, the "Family Favorites" issue contains more than 130 picks for favored family activities, outings, games, foods, festivals    -- even "best place for kids to play Pooh sticks" and "best cool game on a hot day."