Neighborhood Development Awards: See photos
(Crain's) — Two individuals, six projects and an organization were honored Thursday in the Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards.
The 14th annual awards were presented at ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Mayor Richard M. Daley and event chairwoman Valerie Jarrett, president and CEO of Habitat Co., attended the event, which included a Second City performance entitled "Community Improv-ment."
Here is a list of the winners:
Chicago Community Trust Outstanding Community Strategy of the Year: Lawndale Christian Development Corporation.
Richard Driehaus Award for Outstanding Non-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project: The Center on Halsted
Outstanding For-Profit Neighborhood Real Estate Project: Rancho Verde
Special Recognition Award: St. Leo's Campus for Veterans
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design
First place: Solid Ground housing facility
Second place: Pacific Garden Mission
Third place: Margot and Harold Schiff Residences
Friend of the Neighborhoods Award: Richard H. Driehaus
Norman Bobins Leadership Award: Carlos Nelson, executive director of the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation
