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Projects honored for design excellence
Hillsborough planning officials recognize projects for how they affect residents' quality of life.
By ANNE ARSENAULT
Published May 6, 2005
Projects ranging from the mayor's annual Hillsborough River cleanup to the expansion of the Academy of the Holy Names were among this year's winners of the Planning Commission's Community Design Awards.
"These are not architectural awards, but rather awards for programs and projects that make Hillsborough County and its three cities a better place to live," commissioner Christine Malzone said.
The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission held its 23rd annual Community Design Awards reception April 21 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.
Winners were recognized for their work in promoting excellence in planning, landscape architecture, community design and urban design.
Awards were given out in categories including affordable housing, residential, urban infill, historic preservation and restoration, and public participation.
A panel of judges from outside Hillsborough County determined the winners. Here are the award recipients from the South Tampa area.
Public Participation projects:
Tampa Mayors' Annual Hillsborough River & Waterway Cleanup.
East Tampa Community Redevelopment Plan.
Town 'N Country Community Plan.
Davis Islands' Vision for the Future by the Davis Islands Neighborhood Planning Task Force.
Jan Abell Award for Historic Preservation and Restoration:
Academy Prep Center of Tampa, which opened on the site of the historic V.M. Ybor School.
Institutional, Public and Quasi-Public projects:
Academy of the Holy Names' expansion project.
Rebuilding of Middleton High School.
Dr. Pallavi Patel Performing Arts Conservatory.
Stetson University College of Law's Tampa campus.
Pierce Street Parking Garage across from downtown's County Center.
Historic Preservation/Restoration projects:
West Tampa Library.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Environmental project:
Richard and Annette Block's Cancer Survivors Plaza across from Raymond James Stadium.
Urban Infill project:
Victory Lofts in the Channel District.
Livable Roadways project:
Orient Road at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, given by the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
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