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Co-Directors of the Asset Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University, for their great contributions to the entire field of community development through their asset-based neighborhood development and community building research.

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

Bill White, Mayor, City of Houston, Texas and Robert Eckels, County Judge, Harris County, Texas, for their collaboration in coming to the aid of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

Bridge Builders Award

Kathleen Guinan, Chief Executive Officer, Crossway Community, Inc. and Douglas Duncan, County Executive, Montgomery County, Maryland, for creating an education and housing facility that low-income, at-risk families can use as a resource for taking control of their lives.

Bridge Builders Award

Jane Lang, Trustee, Sprenger Lang Foundation and Tishman Construction Corporation of DC, Jim Sherwood, Vice President for renovating a community-based performing arts center that has served as the catalyst for the revitalization of Near Northeast in Washington, DC.