# Presentation: 030189

## OCD’sCommunityDevelopmentAwards

- 2001

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Wichita County EC, KS**
**Jackson County EC, FL**
**Empower Lewiston EC, ME**
**Kentucky Highlands EZ, KY**
**Clare County EC, MI**
**Desert Communities EZ, CA**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Wichita County EC**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Williamsburg/Lake City EC, SC**
**Central Appalachia Empowerment Zone EC, WV**
**Oglala Sioux-Pine Ridge EZ, SD**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Oglala Sioux-Pine Ridge EZ**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Sergio Garcia, AZ**
**Sean LeBlanc, LA**
**Nancy J. Brewer, PA**
** ****Jim Anderson, WV**
**Christina Sundstrom, CA**
**Mark Wax, ND**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Chris Sundstrom

*Road Warrior Award Winner**USDA State Community Development Program Director or State Rural Development Coordinator most likely to be out of his or her office meeting with clients*

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## 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

**Marge Evanek, NY**
**Sheldon Keyser, IL**
**Sergio Garcia, AZ**
**Reggie Magee, MI**
**Alden Turner, ME  **

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Alden Turner
(12)

**(12)**

*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 2001

## Reader’s In-Digest-ion Award NomineesFor the best executive summary from the 2000 Community Annual Report

**Southeast Oklahoma EC, OK**
**Mississippi County EC, AR**
**Fayette EC, PA**
**McDowell County EC, WV**
**Clare County EC, MI**
**Watsonville EC, CA**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Reader’s In-Digest-ion Award WinnerFor the best executive summary from the 2000 Community Annual Report

**Southeast Oklahoma EC**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Wichita County EC, KS
Macon Ridge EC, LA
Tioga County REAP Zone, NY
Clinch-Powell EC, TN
Josephine County EC, OR
Griggs-Steele EZ, ND

**Macon Ridge EC, LA**
**Tioga County REAP Zone, NY**
**Clinch-Powell EC, TN**
**Josephine County EC, OR**
**Griggs-Steele EZ, ND**

*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 2001

## Griggs-Steele 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 2001

## Arizona Border Region EC, AZ
Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance, MS
Fayette EC, PA
Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson EC, NC
Clare County EC, MI
Watsonville EC, CA

**Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance, MS**
**Fayette EC, PA**
**Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson EC, NC**
**Clare County EC, MI**
**Watsonville EC, CA**

*Dr. J. Norman Reid Award Nominees**For outstanding community achievement in constructing a superlative annual report*

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Fayette EC**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Tooting Your Own Horn Award NomineesFor submitting the most "success stories" during the past 12 months

**Southernmost Illinois Delta EZ, IL**
**La Jicarita EC, NM**
**Lewiston EC, ME**
**Arizona Border Region EC, AZ**
**Wichita County EC, KS**
**Deming EC, NM**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone (56)

*Tooting Your Own Horn Award Winner **For submitting the most "success stories” during the past 12 months*

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

**Michael Aube - Maine**
**Richard Perryman ****(acting)**** - Texas**
**Ernest Wetherbee ****(acting)**** - Arizona**
**Roberto Salazar - New Mexico**
**Douglas Wilson - Illinois**
**Devin Nunes - California**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Douglas Wilson
Illinois

**Illinois**

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

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## 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**_
**McDowell County EC, WV**
**Jackson County EC, FL**
**Lake County EC, MI**
**Scott-McCreary EC, TN/KY**
**Greene & Sumter EC, AL**

_**Round II Nominees**_
**City of Bowling Green EC, KY**
**Clinch-Powell EC, TN**
**Northwoods NiiJii EC, WI**
**Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida EC, FL**
**Fayette EC, PA**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## 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**_
**Scott-McCreary**
**Enterprise Community**** (145:1)**

_**Round II**_
**Clinch-Powell Enterprise Community**** (834:1)**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

_**Round I Nominees**_
**Kentucky Highlands EZ, KY**
**Scott-McCreary EC, TN/KY**
**Rio Grande Valley EZ, TX**
**Southeast Oklahoma EC, OK**
**McDowell County EC, WV**

_**Round II Nominees**_
**City of Bowling Green EC, KY**
**Fayette EC, PA**
**Oglala Sioux - Pine Ridge EZ, SD**
**Southwest Georgia United EZ, GA**
**Upper Kanawha Valley EC, WV**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

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

_**Round I**_
**Scott-McCreary EC**
**($289,608,335)**

_**Round II**_
**Southwest Georgia United EZ ****($87,410,498)**

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## The Excelsior! Award NomineesOutstanding Achievement by a Community in Devising, Implementing, and Documenting a Best Practice

**Southeast Oklahoma Enterprise Community**
***“******One-Stop Housing Center”***
**Watsonville EC**
***“******Bridging the Digital Divide with Web Page Design Job Training Skills”***
**Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida EC**
***“******EC Community Calendar”***

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001

## Watsonville EC

Bridging the Digital Divide with Web Page Design Job Training Skills

***Bridging the Digital Divide with Web Page Design Job Training Skills***

*The Excelsior! Award**Outstanding Achievement by a Community in Devising, Implementing, and Documenting a Best Practice*

- USDA Rural Development, Office of Community Development

- June 2001