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Better Community Awards

1000 Friends of Florida hosts the Better Community Awards program to showcase Florida's leading citizens, public servants, programs and communities that are contributing to an enhanced quality of life in this state.

The 2012 Better Community Award nominations are now being accepted. The deadline is January 31, 2012.

To find out more about 1000 Friends Better Community Awards, contact:

1000 Friends of Florida
P.O. Box 5948
Tallahassee, FL 32314-5948
Phone: 850.222.6277
Fax: 850.222.1117
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2011 Recipients -- 1000 Friends of Florida has presented Better Community Awards to the Town of Yankeetown, Gadsden County, and "Viridian" in the City of St. Petersburg, and the Community Steward Award to Martin County Commissioner Sarah Heard.

2010 Recipients -- In 2010,1000 Friends presented the Bill Sadowski Award to DCA Secretary Tom Pelham, the Better Community Award to the City of Coconut Creek and Villa Aurora, and the Community Steward Award to the Miami-Dade Area Plan Process, Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority, and Susan Woods and Lynn Reico of Marion County.

2009 Recipients -- In 2009, 1000 Friends presented three Community Steward Awards, to the Lee County Board of County Commissioners for its work to protect the Density Reduction/Groundwater Protection Area, the Smart Growth Coalition of North Central Florida for smart growth advocacy and springs protection in the Marion County area, and Chad Taylor for his community leadership regarding springs protection and visioning in Jackson County. 1000 Friends presented its Better Community Award to Kimco Properties for its SoDo redevelopment project in downtown Orlando.

2008 Recipients -- Over the course of 2008, 1000 Friends of Florida presented Better Community Awards to Golfair Estates in Jacksonville, Volusia Forever in Volusia County, the Genius Reserve Ecological Restoration Project at Rollins College, The Villagers in Coral Gables, Casa San Juan Bosco Farm Worker Community in DeSoto County, and the Coalition for Responsible Growth in Alachua County.

2007 Recipients -- 1000 Friends of Florida presenting awards to John Wheeler of Lake City, Eleanor Godwin of Pensacola, Guy Marwick of Marion County, Dennis Henize of the Florida Keys, Bill Belleville of Sanford, the Tallahassee Democrat and the City of Lake Helen.

2006 Recipients -- 1000 Friends presented awards to Jono Miller of Sarasota County, Bob and Sharon Blanchard and Jennifer L. Seney of Pasco County, Beaches Watch in Duval County, and the Public Officials Design Institute at Abacoa in Palm Beach County.

2005 Recipients -- Find out more about why the Apalachicola Riverkeepers, Collier Rural Lands Stewardship Plan, Miami River Commission and West Palm Beach's Northwood Renaissance were the 2005 award winners!

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