OCDs Community Development Awards

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OCDsCommunityDevelopmentAwards

• 2001

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Outreach and Grab Them Award NomineesFor
bringing in new businesses or organizations into
the EC's planning and execution this Fiscal Year

• Wichita County EC, KS
• Jackson County EC, FL
• Empower Lewiston EC, ME
• Kentucky Highlands EZ, KY
• Clare County EC, MI
• Desert Communities EZ, CA

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Outreach and Grab Them Award WinnerFor bringing
in new businesses or organizations into the EC's
planning and execution this Fiscal Year

• Wichita County EC

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Bootstraps Award NomineesFor picking themselves
up, dusting themselves off, and moving right on
despite extreme difficulties

• Williamsburg/Lake City EC, SC
• Central Appalachia Empowerment Zone EC, WV
• Oglala Sioux-Pine Ridge EZ, SD

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Bootstraps Award Winner For picking themselves
up, dusting themselves off, and moving right on
despite extreme difficulties

• Oglala Sioux-Pine Ridge EZ

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Road Warrior Award NomineesUSDA State Community
Development Program Director or State Rural
Development Coordinator most likely to be out of
his or her office meeting with clients

• Sergio Garcia, AZ
• Sean LeBlanc, LA
• Nancy J. Brewer, PA
• Jim Anderson, WV
• Christina Sundstrom, CA
• Mark Wax, ND

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Road Warrior Award WinnerUSDA State Community
Development Program Director or State Rural
Development Coordinator most likely to be out of
his or her office meeting with clients

• Chris Sundstrom

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Einstein Award NomineesUSDA Field staffer
mentioned relatively (get it? Relatively,
Einstein, relativity theory, get it?) more often
in weekly reports or most often brought to the
attention of the National Office across the
space-time continuum

• Marge Evanek, NY
• Sheldon Keyser, IL
• Sergio Garcia, AZ
• Reggie Magee, MI
• Alden Turner, ME

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Einstein Award Winner USDA Field staffer
mentioned relatively (get it? Relatively,
Einstein, relativity theory, get it?) more often
in weekly reports or most often brought to the
attention of the National Office across the
space-time continuum

• Alden Turner
• (12)

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Readers In-Digest-ion Award NomineesFor the
best executive summary from the 2000 Community
Annual Report

• Southeast Oklahoma EC, OK
• Mississippi County EC, AR
• Fayette EC, PA
• McDowell County EC, WV
• Clare County EC, MI
• Watsonville EC, CA

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Readers In-Digest-ion Award WinnerFor the best
executive summary from the 2000 Community Annual
Report

• Southeast Oklahoma EC

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Dot.Com.Dot.Award Nominees For developing the
best descriptive, informative, web site
highlighting or linked to empowerment objectives

• Wichita County EC, KS
• Macon Ridge EC, LA
• Tioga County REAP Zone, NY
• Clinch-Powell EC, TN
• Josephine County EC, OR
• Griggs-Steele EZ, ND

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Dot.Com.Dot.Award Winner For developing the
best descriptive, informative, web site
highlighting or linked to empowerment objectives

• Griggs-Steele Empowerment Zone

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Dr. J. Norman Reid Award NomineesFor
outstanding community achievement in constructing
a superlative annual report

• Arizona Border Region EC, AZ
• Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance, MS
• Fayette EC, PA
• Halifax, Edgecombe and Wilson EC, NC
• Clare County EC, MI
• Watsonville EC, CA

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Dr. J. Norman Reid Award WinnerFor outstanding
community achievement in constructing a
superlative annual report

• Fayette EC

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Tooting Your Own Horn Award NomineesFor
submitting the most "success stories" during the
past 12 months

• Southernmost Illinois Delta EZ, IL
• La Jicarita EC, NM
• Lewiston EC, ME
• Arizona Border Region EC, AZ
• Wichita County EC, KS
• Deming EC, NM

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Tooting Your Own Horn Award Winner For
submitting the most "success stories during the
past 12 months

• Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone (56)

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The Irving R. Infallible Award NomineesUSDA
State Director whose state submits the most items
for the OCD weekly report

• Michael Aube - Maine
• Richard Perryman (acting) - Texas
• Ernest Wetherbee (acting) - Arizona
• Roberto Salazar - New Mexico
• Douglas Wilson - Illinois
• Devin Nunes - California

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The Irving R. Infallible Award Winner USDA State
Director whose state submits the most items for
the OCD weekly report

• Douglas Wilson
• Illinois

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Dental Crowbar Prize NomineesFor the
communities with the highest leveraging ratios in
the BMS -- Its like pulling teeth to get any
money around here.

• Round I Nominees
• McDowell County EC, WV
• Jackson County EC, FL
• Lake County EC, MI
• Scott-McCreary EC, TN/KY
• Greene Sumter EC, AL

• Round II Nominees
• City of Bowling Green EC, KY
• Clinch-Powell EC, TN
• Northwoods NiiJii EC, WI
• Empowerment Alliance of SW Florida EC, FL
• Fayette EC, PA

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Dental Crowbar Prize WinnersFor the communities
with the highest leveraging ratios in the BMS --
Its like pulling teeth to get any money around
here.

• Round I
• Scott-McCreary
• Enterprise Community (1451)

• Round II
• Clinch-Powell Enterprise Community (8341)

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Midas Touch Award Nominees Most funds secured
by a community

• Round I Nominees
• Kentucky Highlands EZ, KY
• Scott-McCreary EC, TN/KY
• Rio Grande Valley EZ, TX
• Southeast Oklahoma EC, OK
• McDowell County EC, WV

• Round II Nominees
• City of Bowling Green EC, KY
• Fayette EC, PA
• Oglala Sioux - Pine Ridge EZ, SD
• Southwest Georgia United EZ, GA
• Upper Kanawha Valley EC, WV

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Midas Touch Award Winners Most funds secured
by a community

• Round I
• Scott-McCreary EC
• (289,608,335)

• Round II
• Southwest Georgia United EZ (87,410,498)

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The Excelsior! Award NomineesOutstanding
Achievement by a Community in Devising,
Implementing, and Documenting a Best Practice

• Southeast Oklahoma Enterprise Community
• One-Stop Housing Center
• Watsonville EC
• Bridging the Digital Divide with Web Page Design
  Job Training Skills
• Empowerment Alliance of Southwest Florida EC
• EC Community Calendar

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The Excelsior! AwardOutstanding Achievement by
a Community in Devising, Implementing, and
Documenting a Best Practice

• Watsonville EC
• Bridging the Digital Divide with Web Page Design
  Job Training Skills