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SACOG Salutes! Award CategoriesFollowing are the eight categories for the SACOG Salutes! 2009 awards:
Bill Hughes Elected Official AwardDescription:Bill Hughes was the driving force in the expansion of the SACOG Board, bringing voices from all of the region's cities and counties to the table. He was a tremendous supporter of the Blueprint project and was chair of the SACOG Board at the time of his sudden passing in 2003. This category recognizes leadership excellence by an elected official who has made a significant contribution to transportation, air quality, or land-use planning in the Sacramento region at the local, state, regional, or federal level.Selection Criteria:
Blueprint Excellence AwardDescription:The Blueprint project is a multi-year study to optimize our transportation system through "smarter" land-use planning. This category recognizes a project (implemented or completed in calendar year 2008 or 2009), organization, or business for unique approaches to smart growth. The nomination can be for a general plan, complete project, or program that addresses at least four of the following selection criteria and promotes the increased integration of transportation and land-use planning.Selection Criteria:
Citizen of the Year AwardDescription:This category recognizes a private citizen who participates and demonstrates leadership in public involvement activities of transportation, air quality, and/or land-use planning activities.Selection Criteria:This award will be selected based on contributions to the region through civic involvement and outreach to others in the community. Employee of the Year AwardDescription:This category recognizes an individual employee of an organization or business who has made a significant contribution in the region in transportation, air quality, and/or smart growth.Selection Criteria:This award will be selected based on contributions to the region through professional involvement. Mary Brill Youth Excellence AwardDescription:This award recognizes an individual or group of individuals in grades kindergarten through 12 who have made significant efforts on a project or campaign to promote peer education, engagement and behavior change in transportation, land use, air quality or climate change.Selection Criteria:
Regional Business of the Year AwardDescription:This category recognizes private businesses that have made significant contributions to the region in transportation, air quality, and/or smart growth.Selection Criteria:This award will be selected based on innovative projects, programs, or events held by the nominee to educate, promote, or acknowledge programs in transportation, air quality, and/or smart growth externally or internally within the business. Regional Organization of the Year AwardDescription:This category is for not-for-profit organizations or government agencies that have achieved overall excellence and made a significant effort to address, inform, and/or educate the public about transportation, air quality, or smart-growth issues.Selection Criteria:Examples of criteria used to evaluate this category are:
Regional Project of the Year AwardDescription:This category recognizes a project completed or implemented in calendar year 2008 or 2009 that has made a significant contribution to the region in transportation, air quality, and/or smart growth.Selection Criteria:
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