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March 8, 2007
Nominate Your Heros
The Coalition for a Livable Future is seeking nominations for its 2007 Robert L. Liberty Regional Leadership Award. The Regional Leadership Award recognizes and rewards leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the livability of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region during the past year. Community members are invited to nominate an individual who has demonstrated initiative and creative leadership for community health and vitality, social justice and/or environmental protection in our region during the past year. The award will be presented at this year's Regional Livability Summit on April 19, 2007.
The deadline for nominations is March 19, 2007.
The Award is named after Robert L. Liberty in recognition of his outstanding service to the citizens of the Portland metropolitan region, and to the protection of community livability. In past years the Regional Leadership Award has been presented to Diana Lobo, Damascus area citizen leader; Jim Labbe, Urban Conservationist for the Audubon Society; and Jeri Sundvall, Executive Director of Environmental Justice Action Group. All have been tireless advocates for protecting and improving the region’s quality of life, and ensuring that all our region’s residents have the opportunity to live in healthy and sustainable communities.
To submit a nomination for the award, please send an email to info@clfuture.org that includes your name and contact information, your nominee's name and contact information, and 500 words or less describing why this nominee should receive the Regional Leadership Award. To download complete nomination information, visit:
http://clfuture.org/2007%20Award%20nomination%20form2.pdf/download
Posted by Jill Fuglister at 9:58 AM
Comments
March 10, 2007 12:29 PM
Adron Says:
Heroes. Why don't we nominate the CEOs that come to Portland and provide real living income jobs even though it isn't the most business friendly place in the US. Those people stand by an ideal, a plan, and the metaphysics of the whole livability concept. They functionally, do far more than the politicians do and receive functionally, none of the credit for this. Without those companies, without those leaders, we'd have not a dollar to put forth into a real plan. We'd not have money for light rail, streetcars, or other notions of transit. Without them we'd not have money for multi-billion dollar Pearl Districts. Politicians are merely incentive providers, usually at the cost of the taxpayer (which is questionable under American ideals and intentions).
...I digress... I'll send some nominations.
