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Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For its strategic planning and budgeting process that links funds in the budget directly to eight major goals to create more effective budgets.

Entrepreneurial American Community Award

For its spirit and risk-taking in the implementation of the Kalamazoo Promise, a tuition assistance program for the Kalamazoo residents.

Founders Award for Civic Leadership

Senior Advisor at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, for furthering cultural heritage development and historic preservation for over 40 years.

William H. Whyte Award

Principal at the Townscape Institute, Urban Planner and Designer, Preservation Advocate, Environmental Educator and Critic, for his visionary discussions of visual literacy and place making in the American community.

Investors in America Award

Who has been a key local asset and figure in economic development and equal opportunity lending at Bank of America