8/19/2010 - CPWA Announces National Public Works Week Awards
During the Annual CPWA Luncheon held in conjunction with the APWA Congress and Exhibition, CPWA National Public Works Week Chairman Randy Borsa announced the winners for the 2010 National Public Works Week Awards program.
NPWW Chairman Randy Borsa has announced the winners in four categories:
The City of Richmond, British Columbia excelled in the category for first time entries (any municipality submitting to the awards program for the first time).
Other first time submissions were received from:
1. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
2. City of Port Moody, British Columbia
3. City of Burlington, Ontario
4. City of Selkirk, Manitoba
5. City of Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Cote Saint-Luc, Quebec took the top award in the category for small centres (Populations 75,000 and under).
Other small centre submissions were received from:
1. City of Port Moody, British Columbia
2. City of Selkirk, Manitoba
3. Town of Ladysmith, British Columbia
4. City of Moncton, New Brunswick
5. City of Dieppe, New Brunswick
The City of Richmond, British Columbia was named the winner in the medium centre category (Populations 75,001 - 250,000).
Other medium centre submissions were received from:
1. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta
2. City of Burlington, Ontario
3. City of Victoria, British Columbia
4. City of Richmond, British Columbia
5. City of Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Brampton, Ontario took the top award for the large centre category (Populations 250,001-650,000).
Other large centre submissions were received from:
1. City of Vaughan, Ontario
York Region was named the winner fFor the metro centres: (Populations 650,001 and larger)
Other metro centre submissions were received from:
1. City of Mississauga, Ontario
CPWA's National Public Works Week awards program is an annual event. The criteria for judging the entries included events held, public outreach, creativity, education, staff involvement and recognition, and charity. Chairman Randy Borsa noted that the judging was very difficult, due to the level of effort and creativity shown in the events and public outreach. "Every municipality who celebrated National Public Works Week is a winner!" said Mr. Borsa.
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