Problem solvers set to be honored at Phoenix Awards.The Phoenix Award Executive Committee announced The Phoenix Award winners for 2005 for excellence in brownfield redevelopment. The project participants will be honored at an awards ceremony during Brownfields 2005 in Denver, Colorado in November. During the environmental conference with an expected crowd of 4,000 participants, these Phoenix Award winners will showcase their projects with case study presentations and exhibits. The Phoenix Awards Grand Prize, the Regional Awards and the Community Impact Prizes, and the People's Choice Award will be presented during a special plenary ceremony. The People's Choice Award is presented to the project that receives the most votes from conference attendees, based upon the case study presentations. The 2005 Phoenix Award winners represent outstanding brownfield projects from each of the 10 US Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and (EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. ) regions. This year, awards are also being presented for Community Impact--USTs (underground storage tank An Underground Storage Tank (UST), in United States environmental law, is a tank and any underground piping connected to the tank that has at least 10 percent of its combined volume underground. cleanup projects) and Community Impact--Mine Scarred Lands. In addition, two Community Impact Award winners will be honored. The 2005 winners are: Save the Bay Project in Providence, Rhode Island  “Providence” redirects here. For other uses, see Providence (disambiguation). Providence is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. ; Rheingold Brewery Redevelopment Project in Brooklyn, New York; Chester Waterfront Redevelopment Project in Chester, Pennsylvania; Johnnie Ruth-Clarke Health Center in St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg (often shortened to St. Pete) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important battleground in U.S. Presidential politics. ; Phalen Corridor in St. Paul, Minnesota; Pinnacle Park Redevelopment Park in Dallas, Texas; Port of Dubuque The Port of Dubuque (also known as the Ice Harbor, 4th Street Peninsula, or the Riverfront) is the section of downtown Dubuque, Iowa that lies immediately adjacent to the Mississippi River. in Dubuque, Iowa; Platt River Commons & Salt Creek Heights Business Center in Casper, Wyoming; Petco Park & The East Village Redevelopment Project in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. ;Rainier Court in Seattle, Washington; Community Impact Winner: Mountain Pine Pressure Treating Site in Plainview, Arkansas. Community Impact Winner: Chesterfield Square in Los Angeles, California. Community Impact UST Winner: Rosalia Visitor Resource & Interpretive Center in Rosalia, Washington. Community Impact--Mine Scarred Lands Award Winner: AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. & Art Project in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Created in 1997, the Phoenix Award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve the critical environmental challenge of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses. The awards are widely recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in brownfield redevelopment and often are called "the equivalent of Hollywood's Oscar." The awards are open to any individual, group, firm or government agency. A specially selected panel selects the winners. |
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