Learn More About Our Great Region Awards

The Our Great Region Awards will recognize outstanding projects in the region that are advancing the goals and strategies identified in the Our Great Region 2040 plan.

Plans, programs, projects, or policies that have furthered or implemented a strategy of the Our Great Region 2040 plan within the 13-county region in the past three years will eligible for submission (from January 1, 2013, to present). Any organization may apply for the award(s). Award submissions will open in early September.

Awards may be given in the following categories:

• The Connection Award
  Honors a project that advances two or more of thethe Our Great Region 2040 plan’s Big Ideas through innovative partnerships.
• The Diligence Award
  Honors an implemented project that executed a creative and tenacious project approach to overcome challenges to implementation.
• The Reach Award
  Honors a project that demonstrates exemplary public participation.
• The Opportunity Award
  Honors a project that helps to overcome disparities in access to opportunity .
• The Excellence Award
  The highest honor bestowed in the Our Great Region Awards, recognizes projects that are best advancing the vision of the Our Great Region 2040 plan in urban, rural, suburban, and coastal areas of the region.