Mayors, Businesses Partner for Success: Excellence in Public Private Partnership Awards
By Judy Reid
January 31, 2011
The United States Conference of Mayors recognized outstanding partnerships between cities and members of the business community January 21 at The U.S. Conference of Mayors 79th Winter Meeting in Washington (DC).
Conference of Mayors President Burnsville (MN) Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz, who presided over the Business Council Luncheon, remarked, "The Business Council members' commitment to developing new partnerships with cities and promoting innovation is fundamental to success of the Business Council."
She emphasized, "Mayors have always understood the power of the private sector to affect change and improve lives and we can point to successful public private partnerships in cities across the nation."
Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran also participated in the awards program recognizing best practices in Chicago (IL), Port Arthur (TX), Sacramento (CA) and Schenectady (NY).
Cochran highlighted the importance of the Mayors Business Council stating, "The Conference's relationship with the business community is stronger than ever. We continue to strengthen our relationship with the business community by sharing best practices and identifying innovative solutions to the challenges cities face through our Excellence in Public/Private Partnership Awards program."
The Mayors Business Council established the awards to encourage businesses and cities to work together to bring innovative solutions to challenges facing local communities and to highlight successful public private partnerships.
Awards
The award winners are as follows:
Award of Excellence
- Chicago (IL) and Sprint Nextel for the "Smart Communications Broadband Adoption Program"
Outstanding Achievement Awards
Port Arthur (TX) and Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson LLP for the "Turning Disaster into Development: Port Arthur's Recovery Following Hurrican Ike" project
- Sacramento (CA) and Nehemiah Corporation of America for the "Township Nine" project
- Schenectady (NY) and Veolia Water North America for the "Schenectady, New York" project
See www.usmayors.org/buscouncil/ for additional information about the Public/Private Partnership Award winners.
An independent panel of judges was appointed by the Conference of Mayors to review the submissions. Criteria upon which their selections were made included: improvement in delivery of services, sustainability, cost savings, creativity of approach, benefits to both public and private partners, economic and business benefits, and measurable results.
Applications for the 2012 awards will be available at www.usmayors.org/buscouncil/ following the Annual Meeting in Baltimore June 17-21. Deadline for the 2012 awards is October 1.
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