The Last Page - Awards Are Not Necessary to be a Winner
Well, the unbelievably exhausting task of choosing the top 30 projects for our CiCi Awards is finally completed. Whew! (And not a minute too soon!) This was the first time I was involved in the process, and while it was an overwhelming experience at times, it was also an eye-opening one. As mentioned in our CiCi article, we had the grueling task of scrutinizing over 1,000 submissions…only to narrow the list down to a mere thirty. It quickly became apparent that it’s not necessary to win an award to be a winner. As TID’s Publisher, Scott Swoger, so eloquently puts it, “Economic Development is not always about an award.” In studying each of the submissions, it was evident that an incredible amount of hard work and effort was put forth in order to close each and every one of those 1,000+ projects. Once the meetings came to an end and hands were shaken, all parties (whether they were with the state or local agencies, or they were members of the corporation), should have been pleased. Several... more....