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Vitality Awards

The Downtown Vitality Awards are given annually to businesses and organizations in recognition of significant achievements in enhancing the vitality of Downtown Calgary, as a premiere place to work, live and play.

These businesses and organizations help to meet the Calgary Downtown Association's mission to champion a vital, prosperous, attractive and livable downtown community for everyone to enjoy.

The categories can change year-to-year depending on what is occurring downtown, however there are 8 main categories:

Social and Safety
Arts and Culture
Community integration and Vibrancy
+15 Vitality
Streetscape improvement/environmental
Community Partnerships
Urban Design
Business Development

2012 recipients — May 2, 2013 Annual General Meeting

	Urban Design Newly renovated Devonian Gardens – City of Calgary Parks and 20 VIC Left to Right: Bashir Jamal, Acting Director, City of Calgary Parks and Domenic Mazzocchi, Director Property Management, 20 Vic
	Enhancing the Downtown Through Streetscape Improvements, Hoarding 8th Avenue Place Left to Right: Melissa Gerry ad Amanda Verge, Hines Management Co.
	Enhancing the Downtown Through Streetscape Improvements, Wayfinding Center City Implementation Team, City of Calgary Left to right: Graham Gerylo, Project Manager, Centre City Implementation Team, Land Use Planning & Policy, City of Calgary
	Enhancing the Downtown Through Streetscape Improvements, Bike Racks Sled Island and Alberta Bike Swap Left to right: Chris Grant & Laura Grant, Directors, Alberta Bike Swap, Peter Maitland, Director, Sled Island, and Colin Smith, Green Island Sustainability Coordinator, Sled ISland
	Increasing +15 Vitality with the Downtown Culinary Campus SAIT Tom Bornhorst, Dean, Hospitality and Tourism, SAIT
	Social and Safety, Best Bar None Initiative Centre City Implementation Team, The Calgary Police Service, Alberta Gaming & Liquor Commission Left to Right: Inspector Kathy Grant, District 1, CPS, Cathy Taylor Project Manager, Centre City Implementation Team, Land Use Planning & Policy, City of Calgary, and Jan Kowalyk, Industry Programs – Program Services, Social Responsibility and Licensing/Compliance, AGLC.
	Arts and Culture, “100 days to Stampede” event at Olympic Plaza Calgary Stampede Bob Thompson, President and Chairman of the Board, Calgary Stampede
	Arts and Culture, Nuit Blanche Nuit Blanche Festival Left to Right: Kristopher Weiunmann, Project Coordinator/Community Liaison, Paula Dozois, Director and Wayne Baerwaldt, Director/Curator
	Arts and Culture, Shakespeare in the Park Theatre Calgary Unable to attend AGM
	Community Integration and Vibrancy, Busker Piano Initiative MRU Criminology Class Unable to attend AGM

 

Some of our past recipients over the years are:

• Enhancing the Downtown through Urban Design - Eighth Avenue Place
• Enhancing the Downtown through Urban Design - Bow Valley College North Campus - GEC Architecture
• Enhancing the Downtown through Urban Design - University of Calgary's Downtown Campus, Marchall Tittemore Architects
• Increasing +15 Vitality with the 2011 +15 Parade - One Yellow Rabbit / Hiigh Perfromace Rodeo
• Streetscape and Environmental Improvements with The CORE, TD Square, HOlt Rebfrew - 20 VIC
• Streetscape and Environmental Improvements with the 20 Minute Makeover - Centre City Implementation Team
• Excellent Community Partnerhsip - Clean to the Core
• Improving Overall Vitality with the WEST Patio - Concorde Group
• Improving Overall Vitality with NYE Bash at Olympic Plaza - City TV Calgary
• Improvements to Downtown Safety — Constable Mark Kane, Calgary Police Service
• Beautifying the Downtown - Jamieson Place, Bentall LP
• Beautifying the Downtown - Joe Fafard's - Do Ra Me Fa Sol La Si Do, Seiben Family, PennWest Energy and Stampede Public Art Committee
• Increasing Downtown Vibrancy - SNOWBLOWER, High Performance Rodeo
• Community Integration and Vibrancy - Heritage Tours, TransAlta Retirees Group
• Streetscape Improvements and Environmental Stewardship - Riverwalk, Calgary Municipal Lands Corporation
• Streetscape Improvements - Olympic Plaza Temporary Art Installations, Park 100 year Celebration
• Community Partnerships - Community Gardens, Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada
• Urban Design Excellence - Fifth and Fifth, GWL Reality Advisors, Kasian Architecture
• Urban Design Excellence - Hotel Le Germain, Groupe Germain Hospitality
• Heritage Preservation - Fashion Central, Encorp Management
• Advocacy of the Downtown — Mayor Dave Bronconnier
• Improvements to downtown safety in 2009 - Calgary Police Service, District 1
• Increasing downtown vibrancy in 2009 with the Grey Cup Festival — The Grey Cup Festival Committee
• Downtown Communication — The Calgary Herald
• Community Integration and Vibrancy — Aboriginal First Nations Conference
• Beautifying the Downtown — John Torode "The Root"
• Beautifying the Downtown through Public Art — Brookfield Properties Corporation
• Revitalizing the Streetscape at Gulf Canada Square — Great West Life Reality Advisors
• Enhancing Streetscape — Holt Renfrew
• Increasing Vibrancy and Community Integration — Harvard Property Management
• Terry Rock (Calgary Arts Development) and Marco De Iaco (Tourism Calgary) for endless effort in bringing the JUNOs to Calgary in 2008.
• Steve Eichler for leading the growth of Downtown Calgary's most significant festival — Folk Fest. Recognition also to Kerri Clark who worked closely with Steve to make it all happen.
• Downtown Bylaws Team for focus on safety and cleanliness
• Darryl Cariou from the City of Calgary for preserving and enhancing Calgary's downtown heritage buildings.
• GWL Realty Advisors for architectural significance of the Courthouse building

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