LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards
Support Community Development In New
Jersey: 
2008
LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards
Thursday, November 6th, 12noon - 3 pm
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
RSVP by emailing Petra Lee:
plee@lisc.org. Space is limited!
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Deadline: October 8, 2008
The LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards (NJNAA) recognize community development leaders who are committed to building healthy and vibrant communities in
New Jersey. With an established selection criteria in hand, the judges evaluate candidates on their vision, action and results achieved as a community development practitioner. There are six categories:
- Deborah Barnes Community Development Champion Award
Recognizes tremendous leadership, action, and dramatic impact on community revitalization efforts, long term vision for revitalization. - Exemplary Private Partner Award
Recognizes a bank, foundation, business or private sector partner that has created public-private partners to revitalize communities. - Exemplary State/Municipal Partner Award
Recognizes consistent advocacy efforts of a state or local official on behalf of community development. - Outstanding CDC Award
Recognizes an exemplary CDC that provides leadership, dedication, and achieves substantial outcomes in its community. - Neighborhood Impact Award
Recognizes a neighborhood group or CDC who has had a significant long term impact on the revitalization of its community.
- Inspirational Advocate Award
Recognizes a group's or individual advocacy efforts, passage of legislation, or raising awareness about community development. - Local Entrepreneur Award
Recognizes an entrepreneur or small business that has created or advanced a commercial enterprise with significant neighborhood impact.
Nominations for the 2008 LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement
Awards are no longer being accepted.
Previous Honorees (2003-2007):
"Each of these award winners have identified and created new and unique approaches to tackling the issues plaguing our inner cities. We commend them for their excellence and we support them in their efforts to create thriving urban neighborhoods." --Gerard Joab -- Senior Program Director, LISC, 2003
Download a snapshot of past honorees (2003 - 2007) here.
2007 Awards Event
The 5th Annual LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards was held Thursday, November 1, 2007 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Presented in partnership with PNC Bank, The Community Preservation Corporation (CDC) and New Jersey Community Capital, Greater Newark-Jersey City LISC welcomed over 200 guests to honor eight exemplary groups and individuals working across the State of New Jersey.2006 Awards Event
The 4th Annual LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards, held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey on November 2nd was presented in partnership with New Jersey Community Capital, Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation, Wachovia as the lead sponsor and sustaining support from Living Cities, Anheuser Busch, JP Morgan Chase, Prudential Foundation, Victoria Foundation, PNC Bank, Bank of America, TD Waterhouse, HSBC, Victoria Foundation and Washingtron Mutual. Please click here for a complete listing of this year's award recipients.
Positive Community, November Issue: Gerard Joab speaks on Award's purpose and LISC role in community development.
2005 Awards Event
2005 Award Winners' Biographies
The 3rd Annual LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards event was held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey on November 3rd. The Awards event was presented by LISC, New Jersey Community Capital, New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute with PNC Bank.
2004 Awards Event
2004 Award Winners' Biographies
The 2nd Annual LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards were presented by LISC, in partnership with New Jersey Community Capital and the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute and sponsored by Bank of America. The recipients were honored during a luncheon at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, Tuesday - October 12th, 2004. For photos, please click here.
2003 Awards Event
List of 2003 Award Winners
The first Annual LISC New Jersey Neighborhood Achievement Awards luncheon was held at the official residence of the governor, Drumthwacket, in Princeton, New Jersey in conjunction with New Jersey Multi-City LISC (which is no longer in existence). (Pictured right: Gerard Joab, LISC Senior Program Director presents Mary Puryear, Program Officer at Prudential with the Exemplary Private Partner Award for Prudential's extraordinary work in supporting community development).
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