Voting for Top Downtown Green Spaces Opens Today for 2017 MDID Greening & Public Realm Awards
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Contact: Mark Remme (612) 656-3824 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Voting for top downtown green spaces opens today for 2017 MDID Greening & Public Realm Awards MINNEAPOLIS (August 24, 2017) — The Mpls Downtown Improvement District (MDID) today announced the public voting for the 8th annual Greening & Public Realm Awards is now open. The Greening Awards, an MDID initiative since 2010, celebrate outstanding examples of greening and placemaking that improve public space in Downtown Minneapolis. Winners will be selected by public vote at mplsdid.com/greeningawards. The vote will be open Aug. 24 through Sept. 15. This year, 40 unique finalists were selected through an interactive public nomination process were divided into 12 categories based on the project’s characteristics and size. Among the finalists selected were 18 unique new nominees—a continued sign of the growing diversity of greening in the downtown area—as well as 14 past winners. Eight of last year’s 12 winners are nominated again this year, including seven-time winner Loring Greenway and six-time winner Target Plaza South Entry. “We once again have an incredible group of finalists highlighting the vast array of public and private greening initiatives we enjoy here in our downtown,” said Steve Cramer, Mpls Downtown Improvement District President & CEO. “We thank all who enhance our public realm through their efforts and vision, and we look forward to celebrating this year’s winners once our public vote is complete.” Winners will receive a commemorative Greening Award created by Wood from the Hood, a Minneapolis-based company that reclaims discarded trees from urban neighborhoods and creates high-quality wood products. Each award will display the year the award was issued. Mpls Downtown Improvement District 81 South 9th Street, Suite 260 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Tel. (612) 338-3807 Fax (612) 338-0634 www.mplsdid.com The MDID Greening Awards are intended to inspire all to work toward making downtown greener and more vibrant. The MDID’s mission through the Greening Awards is to encourage all downtown businesses and organizations to participate in the greening effort. The public is encouraged to vote by visiting mplsdid.com/greeningawards and clicking on the interactive vote link. Each category will showcase the finalists along with a photo of each location for easy viewing and identification. This year’s 12 categories include the following finalists: Small Activated Space Brit’s Pub 100 Washington Square* HopCat* Gethsemane Episcopal Church McKinney Roe* North Loop Parklet* Monte Carlo* Small Green Space Streetscape Greening 20 Washington Square Maverick Apartments* American Academy of Rock Island Lofts Neurology Minneapolis Convention Center Target Corp – South Entry Target Commons Large Activated Space Streetscape Green Infrastructure Hennepin County Government Hennepin & Lyndale Center North & South Plazas Renovation* Target Field Station Machine Shop* The Commons Millwright* Walker Art Center* Large Green Space Cancer Survivors Park Entryway Greening Loring Greenway City Hall Mill Ruins Park* Haskell’s* Triangle Park Textile Building* Zenith Condos* Façade Greening Capella Tower* Public Realm Improvement JB Hudson Jewelers 100 Washington Square The Local Renovation* 1010 Currie Mural by Bianca Public Art Pettis & Erin Sayer* 1010 Currie Mural by Bianca Government Center North Pettis and Erin Sayer* Plaza Fountain Restoration* Hahn/Cock by Katharina Hahn/Cock by Katharina Fritsch* Fritsch* Inside Out Project* Hennepin/Lyndale Renovation* Orbicles by MINN_LAB* HopCat Outdoor Café* Inside Out Park* Outdoor Café Maverick Apartments Best Neighborhood Streetscape* Downtown East McKinney Roe Outdoor Café* Downtown West Millwright Building Streetscape* Elliot Park Orbicles by MINN_LAB* Loring Park Walker Art Center Grounds North Loop Renovation* *-New Nominee in this category The public is encouraged to not only vote on a winner for each category but to also celebrate greening on social media year-round. Send your greening photos to @MinneapolisDID on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #GreenAwardsMpls. For more information, visit www.mplsdid.com/greeningawards or log onto Facebook, Twitter or Instagram searching @MinneapolisDID. About the Mpls Downtown Improvement District: Founded in early 2009, after more than five years of formative planning and advocacy by the downtown business community, the Mpls DID delivers higher levels of service to make downtown cleaner, greener, safer and more vibrant throughout a 120-block area, as is the case with most Business Improvement Districts. For more information, visit www.mplsdid.com. ### .