2011 Trailblazer Award

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2011 Trailblazer Award

Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 NADO Trailblazer Award! For the second year, all NADO Innovation Award and Excellence in Regional Transportation Award-winning projects were judged by a group of peers at the NADO Annual Training Conference and the National Rural Transportation Conference. The top winners selected by the peer judges were honored as Trailblazers, projects that show significant evidence of unique innovation.

During NADO’s 2011 Annual Training Conference in Miami, four projects were selected from among the 60+ Innovation Award winners to receive Trailblazer Awards. Two additional projects were selected as Trailblazer Award winners at the National Rural Transportation Conference in Washington, DC from among the16 Excellence in Regional Transportation Awards Winners.

The 2011 NADO Trailblazers are:

Florida Regional Councils Association, Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program
Northeast Michigan Council of Governments, U.S. 23 Heritage Route
Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission, Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development District and Ohio Mideastern Governments Association, Connecting Appalachia Middle-Mile Fiber Optic Network
Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development, Inc., Southern Oregon Angel Investment Conference
Lower Savannah Council of Governments (SC), Cross County Connection
Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (VA), Roanoke Valley Greenways

NADO would like to thank Lisa Dawson (Northeast Oregon EDD); Rick Hunsaker (Region XII COG, IA); Jeff Kiely (Northwest New Mexico COG); Bethany Remmers (Northwest Regional Planning Commission, VT); Gena McCullough, Bi-State Regional Commission, IL); Betty Riley (South Central Oregon EDD); and Shawn Seager (Mountainland Association of Governments, UT) for serving as 2011 Trailblazer Award judges.

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2023 Impact Awards

Organization Name

The primary applicant must be a NADO member. Project partners, both NADO and non-members, can be recognized under "Project Partners" below.

Primary Project Contact:
This person will be the designated point of contact for all future awards-related correspondence.

First Name

Last Name

Title

Phone

Organization Address

Street Address

Address Line 2

City

State

Zipcode

Project Location (if different from Organization Address)

Street Address

Address Line 2

City

State

Zipcode

Executive Director

First Name

Last Name

Additional Organizational Information

Organization Website

Organization Logo

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Facebook Page Link (if applicable)

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Project Information

Project Title

This title will be printed on the award certificate for winning projects and in all 2022 NADO Impact Award materials and cannot be changed.

Project category (choose one)

If you chose "Other" above, describe your project category in 3-5 words.

Project Website (if applicable)

Project Summary & Questions
Please craft clear, thoughtful, and engaging responses to the following questions. Use the following sections to tell us how your project has made an impact, such as its use of creative funding mechanisms, efforts to create efficiencies or reduce costs, unique partnership models, and emphasis on building resilience and/or enhancing your region's quality of life.

For award-winning projects, the information provided below may be used verbatim to inform project descriptions that will be published in the 2023 NADO Impact Awards materials and included on the NADO website.

Please describe your project in one sentence

Brief Project Summary

What was your organization's direct role in the project?

What are the project's accomplishments or results to date?

How does this project support your region's vision for economic development and improved quality-of-life?

What makes this project impactful and deserving of an award?

Does this project support or relate to your region's Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS)? If yes, in what ways?

Project Partners (please list each partner, separated by a semicolon)

Project Photos

Please submit at least one photo showing your project in action. Please keep file size to a minimum (<2Mb) and use JPEG format. If uploading multiple files, ZIP files prior to submitting. If you have trouble uploading images they can be directly emailed to Brett Schwartz at [email protected]. Include the project title they correspond to in the subject line of your email.

Note: Submitted photos may be used in NADO Impact Awards materials and in other NADO published materials with credit to your organization. Please also consider submitting photos for NADO's 2023 Photo Contest, which will be held this summer.

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