AVCOG’s Recognition Awards Program is designed to acknowledge area municipalities’ efforts to try new and different approaches to serving its citizens and to promote those projects that have proven successful and effective as an example to others.
Selected recipients will be honored at the Spring General Assembly meeting to be held at Martindale Country Club in Auburn on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
Award Categories:
Business Development
Criteria: Recognizes achievements in activities/efforts which lead to increased business investment and associated job retention/creation and/or the creation of a suitable environment that can lead to business investment in traditional or “growth” industries important to the local economy.
Transportation Achievement
Criteria: Recognizes achievements in activities/efforts which lead to the development of transportation systems that promote safety, efficiency and intermodalism.
Environmental Achievement
Criteria: Recognizes achievements in activities/efforts which provide substantial protection or improvement to the natural environment, particularly in the areas of water quality or solid waste management.
Achievements in Planning
Criteria: Recognizes achievements in activities/efforts which serve as a model for public policy and implementation and which is consistent with the Growth Management Act.
Eligibility & Deadline
Any project of an AVCOG member municipality or member county may be nominated for an award. Nomination need not be submitted by the member municipality, agency or department that developed or operated the project. No more than three nominations per category may be submitted by a member municipality. The project must have been completed by December 31, 2017. Application Deadline: March 9, 2018
For more information or application contact Lisa Bonney Lbonney@avcog.org
Additional information Recognition Awards Application and Past Recipients