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## OCD’s Community Development Awards

**FY 2000 Nominees & Winners**

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Outreach and Grab Them Award NomineesFor bringing in new businesses or organizations into the EC's planning and execution this Fiscal Year

- Allendale County ALIVE EC -- SC
- Empowerment Alliance of SW FL EC
- Fort Peck EC -- MT
- Lock Haven EC -- PA
- Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Outreach and Grab Them Award WinnerFor bringing in new businesses or organizations into the EC's planning and execution this Fiscal Year

- Allendale County ALIVE Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Bootstraps Award NomineesFor picking themselves up, dusting themselves off, and moving right on despite extreme difficulties

- Central Appalachia EZ -- WV
- Jackson County EC -- FL
- Oglala Oyate Woitancan EZ -- SD
- Williamsburg EC -- SC

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Bootstraps Award Winner For picking themselves up, dusting themselves off, and moving right on despite extreme difficulties

- Jackson County
- Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Road Warrior Award NomineesUSDA State Rural Development Coordinator or State Rural Development Program Manager most likely to be out of his or her office meeting with clients

- David Gibson, WI
- Dennis Daniels, AZ (former)
- Glenn Walden, FL
- Jill Smythe, AK
- Jim Anderson, WV
- Marge Evanek, NY

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Jim Anderson

- Road Warrior Award Winner SDA State Rural Development Coordinator or State Rural Development Program Manager most likely to be out of his or her office meeting with clients

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Einstein Award NomineesUSDA Field staffer mentioned relatively (get it? Relatively, Einstein, relativity theory, get it?) more often in weekly reports or most often brought to the attention of the National Office across the space-time continuum

- Chris Sundstrom -- CA
- Mike Taylor -- LA
- Alden Turner -- ME
- Dennis Daniels -- AZ (former)
- Joan Evans -- TN

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Alden Turner

- Einstein Award Winner USDA Field staffer mentioned relatively (get it? Relatively, Einstein, relativity theory, get it?) more often in weekly reports or most often brought to the attention of the National Office across the space-time continuum

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Reader’s In-Digest Award NomineesFor the best executive summary from the 1999 Community Annual Report

- East Prairie EC -- MO
- Fayette EC -- PA
- Jackson County EC -- FL
- Robeson County EC -- NC

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Reader’s In-Digest Award WinnerFor the best executive summary from the 1999 Community Annual Report

- East Prairie
- Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## City of Lewiston EC -- ME
Empowerment Alliance of SW FL EC
Josephine County EC -- OR
Kentucky Highlands EZ -- KY
Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX

- Empowerment Alliance of SW FL EC
- Josephine County EC -- OR
- Kentucky Highlands EZ -- KY
- Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX

- Dot.Com.Dot.Award Nominees For developing the best descriptive, informative, web site highlighting or linked to empowerment objectives

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Kentucky Highlands
Empowerment Zone

- Empowerment Zone

- Dot.Com.Dot.Award Winner For developing the best descriptive, informative, web site highlighting or linked to empowerment objectives

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Empowerment Alliance of SW FL EC
Fayette EC -- PA 
Josephine County EC -- OR 
Kentucky Highlands EZ -- KY
La Jicarita EC -- NM
Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX

- Fayette EC -- PA
- Josephine County EC -- OR
- Kentucky Highlands EZ -- KY
- La Jicarita EC -- NM
- Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX

- Dr. J. Norman Reid Memorial Award NomineesFor outstanding community achievement in constructing a superlative annual report

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Dr. J. Norman Reid Memorial Award WinnerFor outstanding community achievement in constructing a superlative annual report

- Josephine County Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Dr. J. Norman Reid Memorial Award WinnerFor outstanding community achievement in constructing a superlative annual report

- La Jicarita
- Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Tooting Your Own Horn Award NomineesFor submitting the most "success stories" this Fiscal Year

- Arizona Border Region EC -- AZ
- City of Lewiston EC -- ME
- La Jicarita EC -- NM
- Southernmost Illinois Delta EZ -- IL
- Wichita County EC -- KS

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Arizona Border Region Enterprise Community

- Tooting Your Own Horn Award Winner For submitting the most "success stories" this Fiscal Year

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## The Irving R. Infallible Award NomineesUSDA State Director whose state submits the most items for the weekly report

- Alan Stephens -- AZ
- Celeste Cantu -- CA
- Cheryl Cook -- PA
- Laura Meadows -- GA
- Seth Bradstreet -- ME
- Stephanie Gonzalez -- NM

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Alan Stephens

- The Irving R. Infallible Award Winner USDA State Director whose state submits the most items for the weekly report

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Dental Crowbar Prize NomineesFor the communities with the highest leveraging ratios in the BMS -- “It’s like pulling teeth to get any money around here.”

- _Round I Nominees_
- Greater Portsmouth EC -- OH
- Greene & Sumter EC --AL
- Lake County EC -- MI
- Scott-McCreary EC -- TN/KY
- Watsonville EC -- CA

- _Round II Nominees_
- Allendale ALIVE EC -- SC
- Desert Communities EZ -- CA
- Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida
- Five Star EC -- WA
- Griggs-Steele EZ -- ND

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Dental Crowbar Prize WinnersFor the communities with the highest leveraging ratios in the BMS -- “It’s like pulling teeth to get any money around here.”

- _Round I_
- Greater Portsmouth
- Enterprise Community

- _Round II_
- Allendale ALIVE Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Midas Touch Award Nominees  Most funds secured by a community

- _Round I Nominees_
- Greater Portsmouth EC	-- OH
- Kentucky Highlands EZ	-- KY
- McDowell County EC	-- WV
- Rio Grande Valley EZ -- TX
- Scott-McCreary EC --TN/KY

- _Round II Nominees_
- Central California EC -- CA
- Desert Communities EZ -- CA
- Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida -- FL
- Fayette EC -- PA
- Southwest Georgia United EZ -- GA

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000

## Midas Touch Award Winners  Most funds secured by a community

- _Round I_
- Kentucky Highlands Empowerment Zone

- _Round II_
- Fayette Enterprise Community

- .          USDA     Rural Development     Office of Community Development

- June 2000