INC NEWS - Durham's Golden Leaf Winners Announced

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  May 23, 2008

 

2008 Golden Leaf Award Winners Honored at Last Night's Ceremony

Community Appearance Awards Recognized Best Visual Contributions to
Durham

 

Durham, N.C. - Last night, 18 winners of the 2008 Golden Leaf Awards
were honored for the best visual contributions to the Durham community.


 

The goal of the sixth annual Golden Leaf Awards Ceremony, co-sponsored
by the Durham City/County Appearance Commission and Keep Durham
Beautiful, Inc., is to encourage better designed and better maintained
properties in Durham.  According to Nakira Carter, chairwoman of the
Golden Leaf Awards Committee, several of this year's winners followed a
national trend and all of them demonstrated their understanding of the
important role that appearance plays in improving the quality of life in
Durham. "It was exciting to see many of our winners follow the national
trend of 'green' building and development practices," Carter said.  "Our
winners truly helped to make Durham a more special place through their
personal commitments to beautifying their properties.  We hope they
serve as an inspiration to other Durham residents and property owners."

 

Over 70 entries were received this year in the following categories:
Community Properties, Commercial Properties, Residential Properties,
Landscaping and Maintenance, Sustainable Properties, and Keep Durham
Beautiful.  The Sustainable Properties and Keep Durham Beautiful awards
were new categories for this year's event.  

 

The 2008 Golden Leaf Awards Winners honored last night were:

 

Commercial Properties

Honor:            Studebaker Building

Merits:            Sutton Station; Venable Center

 

Community Properties

Honor:            Stanford L. Warren Library

Merits:            Downtown Streetscape Improvements; Julius L. Chambers
Biomed/Biotech Research Institute

 

Residential Properties

Honor:            The John Cheek House

Merits:            The Sweaney House; Lofts at Lakeview

 

Landscaping & Maintenance

Honor:            Mad Hatter's Bakeshop

Merits:            Legacy Tower; Washington Duke Inn

 

Sustainable Properties

Honor:            The Home Depot Smart House

Merits:            Eno Commons Co-Housing; W. G. Pearson Elementary
School

 

Keep Durham Beautiful

Honor:            Nathalie Williams' Cigarette Litter Prevention Program

Merits:            Tuscaloosa-Lakewood Tree Planting Program; The Scrap
Exchange

 

Judging was done by an independent panel of local professionals
representing architecture, landscape architecture, development and the
arts community.  Selection criteria included excellence in design of a
new development and/or improvement of an existing structure; raising
community awareness of the value of good appearance and stewardship;
improving the character, environment, or livability of an area; and a
commitment to ongoing property maintenance in landscaping, signage and
general upkeep.

 

The Durham City-County Appearance Commission is a 15-member volunteer
advisory board that provides leadership, expertise, and oversight in the
promotion of design excellence, visionary planning, and preservation of
the best and most livable community standards.  Keep Durham Beautiful,
Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization working to engage and
inspire individuals to take greater responsibility for their community
environment.

 

For additional information about the ceremony, contact Lisa Miller,
planner/urban designer with the Durham City-County Planning Department,
at (919) 560-4137, extension 270 or via e-mail at 
lisa.miller at durhamnc.gov.

 

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