Awards

Bridge Builders Award

For his commitment to ensuring livable communities for generations to come through the conservation and sustainable use of forestland

William H. Whyte Award

For his contributions to creating more environmentally, socially, and financially sustainable communities through his work as a developer, academic, and author.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

For his contributions to the Baltimore community through his leadership at MICA and local organizations involved in the arts.

Bridge Builders Award

For the Initiative’s innovative approach to creating sustainable cities through the cross-disciplinary engagement of scholars, community leaders, and project partners.

Investors in America Award

For his influential work in developing new approaches to urban redevelopment, suburban growth and regional planning.

During the past 25 years at different intervals, Partners has honored communities with the title, "America's Most Livable" for their efforts to improve the livability of their communities by addressing such issues as smart growth, using a community's assets for economic and community development, innovative leadership strategies, undertaking programs for youth at risk and regional collaboration, just to name a few.

Partners' thirty years of experience have shaped its reputation as a leading expert in the livable communities movement. In creating this "Most Livable Communities" list, Partners is helping cities to brand themselves as the best, by bestowing our 'seal of approval' on this exclusive roster. These have set a shining example of what cities should strive for throughout the United States and the world.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

A life-long commitment to improving livability through design.

Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award

A leading expert in the fields of cultural organization development and preservation management.

Bridge Builders Award

An organization that uses dance to engage at-risk youth and teach valuable principles like work ethic, tenacity, responsibility and creative expression.

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

A city that embraces arts and culture as a significant way to effect economic and social change in the community.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

For her commitment to helping artisans world-wide through mentoring and connecting them to the global marketplace through Aid to Artisans.

Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award

A powerful couple who have worked to transform downtown D.C. into the lively urban center it is today.

Entrepreneurial American Leadership Award

A community leader who has fought to preserve and revitalize the rich cultural past of Paterson, New Jersey.

Investors in America Award

A husband and wife team that has worked to advance social and economic advancement through affordable housing.

Bridge Builders Award

A unique program that promotes a better understanding of Islamic culture through the study of art, architecture and cultural heritage.

Peter Harkness, Founder & Publisher, Governing Magazine for pioneering Governing as a crucial resource for leaders of state and local governments.

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For their role in strengthening Denver’s public elementary schools and their surrounding neighborhoods by designing new multi-dimensional school playgrounds.

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For their success in supporting local artists, youth education mentoring and neighborhood transformation through their groundbreaking mural program.

For their contributions to Omaha’s music culture and economic development, as seen in their redevelopment project, which has spurred a multimillion-dollar, mixed-use development in a previously depressed north downtown area.

For her passion for heritage and dedication to the study, enjoyment and protection of  important sites that matter to communities.