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 Impact Award
The Impact Award (formerly 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.
***Click here to apply for a 2020 NADO Impact Award***
Information about past years’ award winners are available below:
- 2019 Impact Award Winners / Esri Story Map (https://nado-app-2019 NULL.s3 NULL.amazonaws NULL.com/index NULL.html) (created by CivicLens (https://www NULL.civiclens NULL.com/))
- 2018 Innovation Award Winners / Esri Story Map (https://s3 NULL.amazonaws NULL.com/nado-app/index NULL.html)
- 2017 Innovation Award Winners / Esri Story Map (https://s3 NULL.amazonaws NULL.com/nado-app-2017/index NULL.html)
- 2016 Innovation Award Winners / Esri Story Map (http://s3 NULL.amazonaws NULL.com/nado-app-2016/NADO2016/index NULL.html)
- 2015 Innovation Award Winners / Esri Story Map (https://s3 NULL.amazonaws NULL.com/nado-app-2015/NADO2015/index NULL.html) or view the PDF booklet here
- 2014 Innovation Award Winners, or view the PDF booklet here
- 2013 Innovation Award Winners, or view the PDF booklet here
- 2012 Innovation Award Winners, or view the PDF booklet here
- 2011 Innovation Award Winners, or view the PDF booklet here
- 2010 Innovation Award Winners, or view the PDF booklet here
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.
- Congratulations to the 2020 Excellence Award winners!
Learn more (http://ruraltransportation NULL.org/excellence-awards-2/) about the winning projects. - For more information about the Excellence Award program click here (http://ruraltransportation NULL.org/excellence-awards-2/)
- Read the 2019 Award Snapshot (http://ruraltransportation NULL.org/excellence-awards-2/award-snapshot/) on a winning project: City of Williamsburg, Kentucky Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
- For more information about the Excellence in Regional Transportation Award, please contact Carrie Kissel at ckissel @ nado.org