Excellence in Economic Development Awards 2005 award recipients IEDC Excellence in Economic Development Awards IEDC’s professional economic development awards recognize excellence in the economic development profession. These prestigious awards honor individuals as well as organizations for their efforts that have created positive change in urban, suburban and rural communities. 2005 Award Recipients HONORARY & LEADERSHIP AWARDS .............................................................................................................1 Fellow Member Designation Honorary Life Member Designation Outstanding New Economic Developer Of The Year Leadership Award For Public Service Citizen Leadership Award Richard Preston Award Chairman’s Award For Lifetime Achievement In Economic Development 2005 Edward deLuca Lifetime Achievement Award PROMOTIONAL AWARDS ..............................................................................................................................9 Annual Report Brochure - General Purpose Brochure - Special Purpose Memento Newsletters/Newspapers/Magazines Overall Marketing Award Paid Publication Advertising Campaign Promotion - General Purpose Research Report/General Special Event Website - General Purpose Website - Special Purpose BEST PRACTICE AWARDS ...........................................................................................................................31 Cluster-Based Strategies College/University Economic Development Training Achievements Multi-Year Economic Development Program Results Performance Technology-Based Economic Development Award PARTNERSHIP AWARDS ..............................................................................................................................37 2005 IEDC AWARDS JUDGES ...................................................................................................................41 Honorary & Leadership Awards The Honorary Awards include the Fellow Member Business Administration, has completed a six-year designation, the Honorary Life Member designation, program in Organizational Management at the the Edward deLuca Lifetime Achievement Award University of Colorado, and is a 1992 graduate of for Excellence in Economic Development, and the Economic Development Institute, University the Chairman’s Award for Lifetime Achievement of Oklahoma. Ms. Bowen earned her Certified in Economic Development. These individuals Economic Developer (CEcD) designation from maintain an unparalleled excellence in community the American Economic Development Council in development and economic growth. 1993. Currently, she serves on the IEDC Board of Directors and Education Committee, and the The Leadership Awards are presented in the Heartland Economic Development Course Board following categories: Outstanding New Economic of Directors; and holds membership with the Iowa Developer of the Year, the Leadership Award for Chamber of Commerce Executives, the Professional Public Service, the Citizen Leadership Award, and Developers of Iowa, Mid-America Economic the Richard Preston Award. Development Council, and IEDC. W. Andrew Burke FELLOW MEMBER DESIGNATIONS W. Andrew Burke is a graduate of the University of Texas and holds a master’s in Business The designation of Fellow Member is given by IEDC Administration from the Citadel. He has more than to an active member who has attainted “unusual 36 years experience in marketing, management, and stature” in the field of economic development and economic development. He is currently President of closely related disciplines. Unusual stature is defined the Forward Greensboro Economic Development as significant contributions to the profession through Partnership, Greensboro, NC. He has held positions service to IEDC and/or academic endeavors directly with the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of related to the practice of economic development. Commerce; the City of Virginia Beach, VA; Sierra Pacific Resources; the South Carolina Public Service LaDene Bowen Authority; and Texas Utilities. Mr. Burke graduated LaDene Bowen joined the professional staff of from the Economic Development Institute and has the University of Northern Iowa in 1990. She served on the Boards of the Southern Economic is Senior Project Manager for the Institute for Development Council, AEDC, and IEDC. Decision Making in the Business and Community Services Division of the College of Business Diane Lupke Administration. She serves as the primary contact Diane Lupke, CEcD, is President of Lupke for Iowa communities as they request specific & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in technical assistance in economic and community community economic development intervention development. She has primary responsibility in the for governments and non-profit organizations 011 design and delivery of programs specifically in areas throughout the United States. Since its founding & leadership awards honorary such as: community needs assessment, community in 1990, Ms. Lupke, her Associates, and staff marketing, strategic economic and community have worked in more than 75 communities using development planning, tourism development, its unique brand of compassion and intellect to organizational development, business and industry empower residents to recognize their assets and create retention and expansion assistance and fundraising. change in their lives and for their communities. Lupke & Associates has earned distinction for Prior to joining the University of Northern Iowa, its work with distressed communities. Many of she was Executive Vice President of the Butte its clients are located in urban neighborhoods, Chamber of Commerce in Montana, a nationally struggling downtown areas, and isolated rural recognized can-do community. Before joining the economies that offer particular challenges. Lupke & Butte Chamber of Commerce, she was with the Associates has a national reputation for its superior Montana Tech Foundation as Assistant Director, knowledge, innovation, and creativity in the field of specializing in annual fundraising and capital community economic development. campaigns for the #1 ranked small comprehensive engineering college in the U.S., Montana College Ms. Lupke is an authority on the use of enterprise of Mineral Science and Technology. She holds zones and other special tools for development. a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology and She is best known for her work in the design and honorary & leadership awards honorary direction of a program aimed at the comprehensive with developers and businesses looking to invest in redevelopment of Indiana’s most distressed areas downtown Cleveland. using enterprise zones. During her tenure with the Indiana Enterprise Zone Board, Indiana’s program As Vice President of Real Estate Development attained the highest per capita job creation of for Cleveland’s Playhouse Square Foundation, he all programs nationally and remains among the directed real estate activities for the country’s second more successful programs. She continued this largest theater district. He developed a master plan work as a consultant to the Lilly Endowment, Inc. for the theater district and oversaw the construction on community development issues. Ms. Lupke and operation of a 205-room hotel, the design and designed a $4.2 million grant program for the Lilly construction of a 40,000 square foot urban plaza and Endowment, Inc. that strengthened the work of the acquisition and management of 750,000 square Indiana’s enterprise zones by providing a laboratory feet of commercial buildings. Mr. Marinucci also for new and creative work in community-based developed and directed governmental affairs strategies development in low income communities. Since to obtain public and private funding to implement the the initiation of the Federal Empowerment Zones real estate initiatives of the Foundation. and Enterprise Communities program, she has worked with the U.S. Department of Housing Mr. Marinucci has been involved in leadership roles & Urban Development (HUD) to assist local in numerous downtown organizations and initiatives. 02 communities in improving the effectiveness of From 1997 - 2002, Cleveland’s Mayor and their programs. Most recently, she testified before Cuyahoga County Commissioners appointed him the Congressional Committee on House Ways and Chairman of the Gateway Economic Development Means Subcommittee on Oversight regarding its Corporation, where he oversaw the operations of deliberations on federal Empowerment Zones. the Gateway sports complex, home of the Cleveland Indians’ Jacobs Field and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Highly regarded nationally for her success in economic Gund Arena. This organization’s principle mission development initiatives, Ms. Lupke has helped is to ensure that the community’s $450 million numerous states develop policy and draft legislation investment continues to provide a state-of-the-art for programs addressing economic needs. Faced with entertainment experience for its residents. the loss of vital investment funds and the businesses it supports, Ms. Lupke assisted policy makers in He created the Cleveland Theater District North Dakota in drafting legislation to attract venture Development Corporation and served as the capital, build capital reserves, and promote investment organization’s first Executive Vice President. This in existing property. Among other varied requests, self-assessment mechanism allows stakeholders in she provided expert testimony to the New York the Playhouse Square area to raise capital