It's time to recognize the visionary leaders, and innovative projects and programs that benefit Washington, D.C. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2012 Vision Awards. The annual awards represent efforts that rise above the ordinary, showing sound judgment about land use and demonstrating design excellence.
The Vision Awards will be held in June, 2012. Ticket information will be available soon.
Submission deadline is 5:00 pm, Friday, April 6, 2012.
The Committee of 100 on the Federal City honors planning and land use that promotes its mission to advocate “responsible planning and land use in Washington, D.C….guided by the values inherited from the L'Enfant Plan and McMillan Commission, which give Washington its historic distinction and natural beauty, while responding to the special challenges of 21st century development.” In support of its mission, the Committee advocates for Planning, Zoning, Parks & Open Space, Transportation, and Historic Preservation.
Since 2001, the Committee of 100 has annually presented Vision Awards to recognize projects, programs, plans, and individual lifetime achievements that are visionary and innovative and provide notable benefit to the District of Columbia.
Types of Awards:
- Vision Award: Awarded for a project, program, or formal plan that has been developed to benefit the District of Columbia as a whole or to serve as an exemplary neighborhood achievement to be copied and duplicated in other areas of the District of Columbia, performed by a public, private, or non-profit organization or individual located or residing in the District of Columbia; or
- Vision Award for Lifetime Achievement: Awarded to an individual who has devoted significant professional or voluntary time and effort to planning and land use in the District of Columbia. The focus of the individual may be on citywide planning and land use or he/she may have demonstrated a more local neighborhood focus or a project by project focus.
- Includes the Barbara Zartman Lifetime Achievement Awards for Planning and Zoning Advocacy established in 2010 to honor the longtime effective efforts of a former Committee of 100 president and chair of several subcommittees. (Awarded at discretion of Trustees.)