Chicago River Blue
Blue Ribbon Awards
Overview
In 2010, Friends of the Chicago River launched the Blue Ribbon Awards to honor and acknowledge the work of developers, designers, municipalities, and others for their creative approach to river sensitive design and implementation and whose work exemplifies the river ideal as described by the objectives in People, Water and Wildlife: Blue Principles for River Design.
The inaugural award winners were:
Blue Ribbon
Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
Silver Ribbon
West Fork Corridor Habitat Project, Village of Glenview
Silver Ribbon
Whole Foods Market Lincoln Park, Wolff Landscape Architecture
Green Ribbon
Fay’s Point, Fay’s Point LLC and OKW Architects
Green Ribbon
Chicago Main Branch Riverwalk, Ross Barney Architects
Green Ribbon
Chicago Riverwalk Main Branch Framework Plan, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
The award recipients and their projects were honored at Friends’ 2010 Big Fish Ball June 9 by event honorary co-chair Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and 400 guests.
2011 Award Submission Deadline
March 1, 2011
For more information contact:
John Quail, Director of Watershed Planning
Friends of the Chicago River
28 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60604-2272
(312) 939-0490, ext. 20
jquail@chicagoriver.org
Award details and the 2011 application will be posted here August 9, 2010.
Winners will be announced at the 2011 Big Fish Ball.
The Jury
As in 2010, an independent jury comprised of recognized professionals and environmentalists who have excelled in the areas rewarded will choose the 2011 winners. The jury process is blind, which means that the entrants’ identities are not revealed to the jury and therefore will not influence the decision making process. The jury will remain anonymous until after the awards have been decided.
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