Public-Private Partnerships

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For having one of the most remarkable city center transformations in the nation.

San José, CA

South Bay California’s largest provider of housing and other services for the homeless.

Bridge Builders Award

Ken Woodley of The Farmville Herald and the Commonwealth of Virginia for creating educational opportunity in the form of scholarships to individuals who were denied public education fifty years ago.

Bridge Builders Award (Prince George's County, MD)

Nick Francis, President, Gateway Community Development Corporation and The Honorable Jack B. Johnson,  County Executive, Prince George’s County, Maryland for their development and creation of the Prince George’s Gateway Arts District, the largest, single public/private arts and community revitalization effort in the nation. Gateway is an innovator on how to use arts-based development projects as a catalyst for commercial revitalization by exploring ways to support the artists living and working in its community.

An exploration of whether midsize cities should have a league of their own, i.e. are they unique and special and should they have a stronger voice on public plicies in the U.S. and on global business development abroad? The results of a conference of invited researchers and public policy leaders led by Tom Argus of Rochester and Laura Durham of Partners for Livable Communities.

Author: William Fulton, Solimar Research, 16 pages, November 2002. ($5) Or Download the Report for Free here