NADO sponsors two annual award programs to nationally recognize the impressive efforts of regional development organizations. Both awards provide an excellent opportunity for members to promote their successes to a national audience and with their regional and local partners. Applicants must be members of NADO, and projects must show substantial quantitative or qualitative results in your region.

The Innovation Award

Application for the 2013 Innovation Award (https://www NULL.surveymonkey NULL.com/s/2B3BW3N)

The Innovation Award honors significant advances in community and economic development, including but not limited to small business finance, energy and infrastructure projects, housing and human services, sustainable development, workforce development, and more.

• The 2013 Innovation Award application process opens March 29 and ends May 31, and recipients will be honored at NADO’s 2013 Annual Training Conference August 24 – 27, in San Francisco.  For a list of the 2012 Innovation Award Winners click here, or view the PDF booklet here.
• For more information about the Innovation Award, please contact Keith Shoop at kshoop@nado.org (kshoop null@null nado NULL.org).

The Excellence in Regional Transportation Award

The Excellence in Regional Transportation Award, a program of NADO’s RPO America and the NADO Research Foundation’s Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development, recognizes noteworthy projects and practices in rural and small metropolitan transportation planning, programming, and service delivery.

• For more information about the 2013 Excellence Award program click here (http://www NULL.ruraltransportation NULL.org/pages/page NULL.asp?page_id=99494).
• For more information about the Excellence in Regional Transportation Award, please contact Carrie Kissel at ckissel@nado.org (ckissel null@null nado NULL.org).