Awards

CIC established the Community Indicators Innovation Awards Program in 2005 to identify, through a nominations process, indicator projects (US or international) that best demonstrated positive change in their communities and the power of indicators to drive that change. The purpose of the Awards is to
  a. celebrate the successes of outstanding indicator projects and the people who create and manage them and
  b. add to the public body of knowledge about community indicator projects' best practices.

The Urban Markets Initiative at The Brookings Institution has generously supported the Awards and helped to make them possible.

CIC has been excited about breadth and depth of what it has seen and the many ways and places in which communities are coming together to use indicators to drive positive change. The choices have never been easy, but CIC is especially excited about the winners during the first two years and invite you to visit the links below to see the winning projects.

CIC hopes that you will discover new connections and find ways to add value to your projects through learning about the work and success of others.

Take a look at the work of these Award Winners by clicking on the individual links below.

2007 Winners

First place:   Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project

Second place:  CitiStat, City of Baltimore, Maryland

Third place:  Community Report Card, Osceola County, Florida

Honorable mention:  Georgia Indicators of Child and Family Well-Being

Honorable mention: Detroit Data Partnership

2005 Winners

First place:   Truckee Meadows Tomorrow, Reno, NV

Second place:  New Yorkers for Parks, New York City, NY

Third place:  West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, Oakland, CA (EIP's new site is under construction and is expected to be completed in early October 2007)

Honorable mention:  City of Santa Monica, CA. Sustainable City Plan

Honorable mention: Community Vision, Osceola County, FL

Honorable mention:  Jacksonville Community Council Inc., Jacksonville, FL

Honorable mention: Vision for Children at Risk, St. Louis, MO