Two Years of Phoenix Awards Announced
by
Sean Tolliver
October 26, 2009
The Phoenix Award Executive Committee is proud to announce The Phoenix Award winners for 2008 and 2009 for excellence in brownfield redevelopment. The project participants will be honored at an awards ceremony during Brownfields 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16-18, 2009. During the environmental conference with an expected crowd of 5,000 participants, these Phoenix Award winners will showcase their projects with case study presentations and exhibit information.
The Phoenix Awards Grand Prizes, 1st Runner-up Prizes, the Regional Awards and the Community Impact Prizes, and the People’s Choice Awards will be presented during a special plenary ceremony. The People’s Choice Awards are presented to one 2008 project and one 2009 project that receives the most votes from conference attendees, based upon the case study presentations and exhibit information.
For the first time at this conference, awards are being presented for two years because the national brownfields conference is now on an 18-month cycle. The Phoenix Award winners represent outstanding revitalization projects from each of the 10 US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions as well as projects having a special community impact. The winning projects were specially selected by a panel of environmental professionals and business and government leaders based on a set of five criteria: magnitude of the project, innovative techniques, solutions to regulatory/social issues, and impact upon the community.
The 2008 winners are:
Region 1: Coastal Brownfields and Wetlands Restoration Project, Stamford, Connecticut
Region 2: Hutchinson Worldwide, Trenton, New Jersey
Region 3: Southeast Federal Center, Washington, DC
Region 4: Tupelo Fairpark, Tupelo, Mississippi
Region 5: Detroit Diesel Redford Renaissance, Redford, Michigan
Region 6: Shreveport Convention Center / Hotel Complex, Shreveport, Louisiana
Region 7: Lewis & Clark Landing, Omaha, Nebraska
Region 8: Northside Aztlan Community Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
Region 9: City of Stockton Events Center Project, Stockton, California
Region 10: Banner Bank Building, Boise, Idaho
Community Impact Winner: Roberto Clemente Park, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The 2009 winners are:
Region 1: Eastern Fine Paper Redevelopment, Brewer, Maine
Region 2: Millville Housing Project, Millville, New Jersey
Region 3: Annapolis Towne Center, Parole, Maryland
Region 4: Midtown Miami Redevelopment Initiative, Miami, Florida
Region 5: Menomonee Valley Industrial Center & Community Park, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Region 6: Metropolitan Area Projects, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Region 7: 4th Street Place Project, Sioux City, Iowa
Region 8: Idalia Court Landfill Redevelopment, Aurora, Colorado
Region 9: West Covina Commercial Center and Sportsplex Project, West Covina,
California
Region 10: Watershed@Hillsdale, Portland, Oregon
Community Impact Winner: Homes for Our Troops, Taunton, Massachusetts
These winning projects include the latest in housing initiatives with affordable, senior and veteran and urban housing, LEED-certified green buildings, major waterfront redevelopment projects, wetlands restoration, job creation and retention with “next-generation” manufacturing, and mixed-use complexes with significant community, entertainment and cultural assets that are destinations for both residents and tourists. A list of contacts for each of the winning projects can be found on the award program’s homepage at www.phoenixawards.org
Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve critical environmental and community challenges when transforming formerly used real estate into productive new uses. The Phoenix Awards are widely recognized as the premier award of excellence in Brownfield redevelopment and revitalization. The competition is open to any individual, group, company, organization, government body or agency.
Affiliation/Sponsors
The Phoenix Awards were created and are coordinated by Denise K. Chamberlain, a brownfields expert, and are affiliated with the Phoenix Awards Institute, Inc., an environmental and community service non-profit, located in Mechanicsburg, PA (Harrisburg area). The Executive Committee members include: Denise K. Chamberlain, ARCADIS, Phoenix Executive Committee Chair; Dennis Alvord, U.S. EDA; Charlie Bartsch, ICF International; Linda Garczynski, Brownfields expert; Don Green, U.S. HUD; Ken Komoroski, K&L Gates; David Lloyd, U.S. EPA; Terri Smith, Environmental Liability Management, Inc.; and James P. Snyder, ARCADIS.
Public and private sector sponsors support the program, including ALCOA, ARCADIS, K&L Gates, Koppers, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.