 Harrisburg, PA (August 30)
The Executive Committee of the national Phoenix Awards for Excellence in Brownfield Redevelopment have announced this year’s Phoenix Award winners. The 2002 Phoenix Awards will be presented during Brownfields 2002 in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 13-15, 2002.
The Phoenix Awards are nationally recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in brownfield redevelopment. Created in 1997, the prestigious Phoenix Awards honor individuals and groups who are working to solve the critical environmental problem of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses.
The 2002 Phoenix Award winners represent the outstanding brownfield project from each of the 10 US Environmental Protection Agency regions. This year, two Community Impact Award winners will also be recognized. The awards ceremony will be held on the last day of the national conference. At this time, the regional and Community Impact Award winners will be honored and the 2002 Phoenix Awards Grand Prize will be announced as well as the winner of the People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award will be presented to the project that receives the most votes during the conference.
This year’s recipients are:
EPA Region 1: PGRD Headquarters Project, New London, Connecticut
EPA Region 2: Lafayette Yard Hotel and Conference Center, Trenton, New Jersey
EPA Region 3: South Side Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EPA Region 4: A Riverfront Reclaimed, Louisville, Kentucky
EPA Region 5: Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago, Illinois
EPA Region 6: American Can Renewal Project, New Orleans, Louisiana
EPA Region 7: Jordan Valley Park, Springfield, Missouri
EPA Region 8: Englewood City Center, Englewood, Colorado
EPA Region 9: Dean DeCarli Waterfront Square, Stockton, California
EPA Region 10: The Old Mill District, Bend, Oregon
Community Impact Winner: South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South Carolina
Community Impact Winner: Textile Systems, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan
This year a record number of Phoenix Awards applications were received from all over the country. The geographic diversity of applications submitted demonstrates that brownfield redevelopment is not just an issue for a portion of the United States but a national phenomenon with economic and environmental rewards that benefit a diverse array of communities nationwide.
To learn more about these outstanding projects, join us at Brownfields 2002. For national conference information, visit www.brownfields2001.org, and for more information on the Phoenix Awards, visit www.phoenixawards.org.
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