Chicago, IL
A non-profit art and design center that encourages creativity as a means of economic empowerment for youth and adults.
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Pittsburgh, PA
A multi-discipline and minority directed center for arts and learning that employs the visual and performing arts to foster a sense of accomplishment and hope in the urban community.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, Community Development, Creative Economy, Economic Development, Education, Life-Long Learning, Pittsburgh, PA, Social Capital, Urban, Workforce Development, Youth
Holyoke, MA
A grass-roots organization that promotes economic, social, and community development through food and agriculture projects.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, Business, CBC Best Practice, Community Building, Community Development, Community Engagement, Culture Builds Communities, Diversity, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Holyoke, MA, Immigration, Multicultural, Neighborhood Revitalization, Parks, Playgrounds & Gardens, Placemaking, Social Capital, Workforce Development, Youth
Chicago, IL
A bilingual, youth operated community radio station that connects the Latino community and empowers underserved kids.
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Colquitt, GA
A volunteer-based theater organization that engages Colquitt County in an effort to share and preserve the cultural heritage of the community.
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St. Petersburg, FL
A positive youth activity program which offers development opportunities for teens, grades 6-12, through entertainment and special events.
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San Francisco, CA
A program designed to engage youth in positive social dialogue through publication, public performance, educational workshops and mentoring initiatives.
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Queens, NY
A program that uses the rich cultural heritage of the community to engage and educate neighborhood youth
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Terms:Arts & Culture, CBC Best Practice, Community Building, Community Development, Community Engagement, Cultural Institutions, Culture Builds Communities, Heritage, Immigration, Multicultural, Museums, Neighborhood Revitalization, New York City, NY, Parks, Playgrounds & Gardens, Placemaking, Public Art, Social Capital, Urban, Youth
St. Paul, MN
A nonprofit theatre that has enhanced the community of downtown St. Paul through cultural and educational engagement for over forty years.
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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.
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New York City, NY
A non-profit organization that engages neighborhood youth, the arts and cultural heritage in order to improve the entire community.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, Community Development, Community Engagement, Economic Development, Education, Heritage, Neighborhood Revitalization, New York City, NY, Urban, Youth
San Francisco, CA
A professional theater that actively seeks to educate youth from communities that have been historically under-represented in the theater industry.
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Entrepreneurial American Community Award
For their success in supporting local artists, youth education mentoring and neighborhood transformation through their groundbreaking mural program.
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Terms:2009, Arts & Culture, Awards, Community Building, Community Development, Community Engagement, Design, Diversity, Downtown Development, Entrepreneurial American Community Award, Heritage, Image/Branding, Multicultural, Neighborhood Revitalization, Philadelphia, PA, Placemaking, Public Art, Social Capital, Tourism, Urban, Workforce Development, Youth
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.
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Terms:2009, Awards, Denver, CO, Design, Entrepreneurial American Community Award, Environment, Health & Wellness, Parks, Playgrounds & Gardens, Placemaking, Public-Private Partnerships, Town-Gown, Youth
Tucson, Arizona
A cultural organization that fuses arts and heritage to bring community members of all ages together.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, Community Building, Community Development, Community Engagement, Cultural Institutions, Economic Development, Education, Heritage, Tucson, Arizona, Youth
Bridge Builders Award
The National Children’s Museum and The Peterson Companies, Developer for National Harbor, for working together to create a stronger region through the development of a successful mixed-use destination for residents and tourists in Prince George’s County, and helping link National Harbor, a new riverfront project, to the nation’s capital.
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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.
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Terms:2007, Awards, Community Development, Economic Development, Education, Entrepreneurial American Community Award, Kalamazoo, MI, Social Capital, Town-Gown, Youth
Chicago, IL
A lively art studio transformed from a previously vacant, three-acre lot into a wonderful cultural resource and an educational tool for youth around Chicago.
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Terms:Arts & Culture, Chicago, IL, Community Development, Cultural Institutions, Education, Neighborhood Revitalization, Philanthropy/Community Foundation, Pre 2002, Urban, Youth
Bridge Builders Award
Allan Kullen, President, People of America Foundation, & Founder, Americans All, Bob Knight, Former Mayor, Wichita, Kansas and the Dedicated Employees of Todd Allan Printing for working toward racial reconciliation around the nation by designing, advocating and supporting programs that promote understanding of the ties that connect us, regardless of diverse backgrounds.
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Bridge Builders Award (St. Louis, MO)
Richard D. Baron, Co-Founder and CEO, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. and Stephanie Riven, Executive Director, Center for Contemporary Arts for their efforts towards creating The Center for Contemporary Arts, which has become an exemplary site for affordable arts and education programs for youth and family in the St. Louis community. Special recognition will be extended to Mr. Baron for his 30-year commitment towards using culture and heritage as a bridge for community improvement in residential and commercial development of mixed income neighborhoods.
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