The New Tacoma Award Winners Announced

The Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the “New Tacoma Awards” at their City Center luncheon today.  We feel quite honored to have been nominated for the Union Station Award.  Fellow purveyor of online words and community, Kevin Freitas, was nominated for the Popham Award.  Seeing our websites on a list with such notable individuals was stunning, humbling, and revealed to me the tremendous synergy between Tacoma’s virtual and real world.  Congratulations to all the nominees and winners.

The categories, nominees, and winners are:
(winners in bold)

Ghilarducci Award
Recognizing successful new development, renovation, or beautification.

• Paddy Coynes
• Prium

Popham Award
Recogning the individual that has done the most to build community.

• Lisa Fruichiante, Grand Cinema, underground artist, and community builder
• Kevin Freitas, kevinfreitas.net
• Alexa Folsom Hill, SOTA
• Jeff Rounce, Business Examiner

Union Station Award
Recognizing leading companies or individuals that have built or sustained momentum for revitalization.

• Bill Evans, Tacoma City Council
• Felix Flannigan, Martin Luther King Housing Development Authority
• Jim Merritt, Merritt Architects
• Derek Young, Exit133

Schoenfeld Award
Recognizing exemplory performance (and pizzazz!) as a retailer.

• Chuckal’s
• Dame Lola
• Matador
• Leroy Jewelers & The Art Stop