| Duke Realty | Excellence in Development | For their innovative runoff-reducing features on the West End
development in St. Louis Park to substantially decrease pollutant laden
runoff, to improve water quality downstream. |
| City of Minneapolis | Innovation in Government | For their sustainability initiative, linking health, economy and the
environment and by targeting key areas and the interdepartmental teams'
creative approaches to problem solving. They have demonstrated
leadership through aggressive goals and actions. |
Tina Plant of Hedberg Landscape & Masonry Supplies and the
Go Blue! Team | Outstanding Partner | For spearheading the Go Blue! Diamond Lake Community
Makeover project, bringing together community, business, and government
partners in an effort to improve water quality by providing grant
funded clean water project opportunities. |
| Metro Blooms | Citizen Engagement | For strengthening communities through education and technical
assistance. They empower citizens to take action for clean water by
building raingardens and other clean water landscape features. |
MCWD
Rule Making Task Force | Outstanding Contribution | For this citizen-based group spent considerable time and effort -
exceeding the process outlined in the law –to shape rule language that
provides greater natural resource protection and streamlined regulatory
administration in a cost-effective and reasonable way. |
| Ginny Black | Lifetime Stewardship | For her 15 years of service on the Plymouth City Council, supporting
sustainable practices at city hall and throughout the community. She
promotes clean water, recycling, and green building through increasing
community awareness and promoting real change. In addition to her
professional career as organics recycling coordinator at the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency, Ginny has served on the MCWD’s Rule Making
Task Force and is the council liaison to the Plymouth Environmental
Quality Committee. |
