Awards 2006
2006 notable awards received by the City of Vancouver
- City Manager named as one of 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada
- Mole Hill Project wins CMHC Housing Award
- City of Vancouver chosen as one of Canada's top 100 employers
- Park Board Receives Prestigious Landscape Design Awards
- SEFC wins national transportation award
- Vancouver receives Municipal Energy Award
- Vancouver receives Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism
- Vancouver ranked first in North America for quality of life for third straight year
- Working group on homelessness, mental illness and addictions wins Premier's Award for partnership
- Everett Crowley Park Management Plan Wins Award
- Vancouver receives Industry Achievement Award for trenchless technology
City Manager named as one of 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada
For the fourth consecutive year, the City of Vancouver's chief administrator, Judy Rogers, has been ranked in the top 100 of Canada's most powerful women by the Toronto-based Women's Executive Network.
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Mole Hill project wins CMHC Housing Award
The Mole Hill Housing Project was one of the winners in the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation Housing Awards Program, which recognizes housing initiatives that have contributed to improving the affordability of housing. The project is a redevelopment and restoration of 27 City-owned downtown houses, which provide 168 units of non-market housing for low-income singles, families, seniors and long-time residents of the block. The project protected and restored the houses' heritage features and incorporated green building techniques and energy efficient features. In addition, one new building was constructed, and the development is home to three daycares, community gardens and greenways, as well as the Dr. Peter Centre for persons with HIV/AIDS.
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City of Vancouver chosen as one of Canada's top 100 employers
The City of Vancouver has been selected for the 2007 edition of Canada's Top 100 Employers. The City has also been chosen as one of BC's top 30 employers for 2007. The October 16, 2006 issue of Maclean's features a cover story on the competition, and a listing of the 100 finalists.
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Park Board Receives Prestigious Landscape Design Awards
The Vancouver Park Board received three prestigious awards from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, a national professional association that represents landscape architects in Canada. These awards represent high caliber achievement on a national level recognizing expertise and quality in landscape architecture.
SEFC wins national transportation award
The City of Vancouver has won a Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM)-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community Award for its ambitious Southeast False Creek Sustainable Transportation Strategies. The award, in the sustainable transportation category, was presented at the annual FCM conference in Montreal on Saturday June 3.
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Vancouver's sustainable transportation initiatives
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Vancouver receives Municipal Energy Award
Vancouver received a Municipal Energy Award from the Canadian District Energy Association at their annual conference in May 2006. The award recognizes "Visionary Municipal Leadership Encouraging Community Sustainability Through District Energy."
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sustainability initiatives
Vancouver receives Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism
Vancouver's Living First Strategy for Inner City Growth and Revitalization through the Central Area Plan was selected as one of five winners of a Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism in "The Region: Metropolis, City, and Town" category.
The Charter Awards honour exceptional designs that complement, enhance, or even repair their built and natural environments.
The City of Vancouver award was conferred based on the success with which the Living First Strategy achieved its objectives, for the quality of the design and planning, and the degree to which it fulfilled and advanced the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism.
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Vancouver ranked first in North America for quality of life for third straight year
For the third consecutive year, Vancouver is the top-ranked North American city -- and third overall -- in a worldwide quality of living survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Zurich tops the list of over 350 cities, scoring 108.2, followed closely by Geneva (108.1) and Vancouver (107.7).
The survey is designed to help governments and multinational companies place employees on international assignments. Each city is based on an evaluation of 39 criteria, including political, social, economic and environmental factors, personal safety and health, education, transport, and other public services. Cities are ranked against New York as the base city, which has an index score of 100.
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Working group on homelessness, mental illness and addictions wins Premier's Award for partnership
The City of Vancouver was part of a working group on homelessness, mental illness and addictions that was recognized with a Premier's Award for Partnership.
Nominated for their work in support of the provincial task force on homelessness, mental illness and addictions, the group was a partnership between provincial ministries, the federal government, municipalities and other agencies to identify and deliver innovative shelter and support services to the homeless population.
During the 2004/05 winter season, the task force was responsible for a 40 per cent increase in base funding for the Emergency Shelter Program which lead to an increase in the number of beds as well the provision of new equipment for use in local emergency shelters. In addition, 12 housing developments consisting of 533 units were approved in nine communities. These developments were made possible through funding partnerships with municipalities, provincial and federal governments and non-profit service providers.
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Everett Crowley Park Management Plan Wins Award
The Vancouver Park Board along with LEES + Associates Consulting Ltd. and the Management Plan's steering committee (comprising numerous community partners) have been selected to receive British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA) Environmental Leadership Award.
This 38 hectare area was formerly a closed landfill for 25 years before its official opening as a park in 1987. The site is named for Everett Crowley, long time resident and owner of Vancouver's last working dairy called "Avalon." Everett Crowley was also a Park Board Commissioner serving from 1962-1964.
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Vancouver receives Industry Achievement Award for trenchless technology
The City of Vancouver has been selected to receive an Industry Achievement Award from the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) for its contribution in the development and support of the trenchless technology industry.
By reducing the need for surface excavation, "no-dig" technology can help to minimize environmental damage and the associated costs of underground work.
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