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Jim Winkler. Chair
Fred Dominguez, Vice Chair
George Alongi. Member
Tare Cherveny. Member
Gary Washburn. Member
Ron Molendyk. Executive Director . .
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
PRESS RELEASE
SPECIAL MERIT AWARD
SEPTEMBER 23, 1993
The International Downtown Association (IDA) recognized the
City of Lake Elsinore and the Redevelopment Agency at its 39th
Annual Conference in Richmond, Virginia, with a special
achievement award for its marketing video. The IDA reflects
the creativity and the quality of work being done in downtowns
all over North America.
There were sixty submissions in response to the IDA's call for
entries. Detailed submissions of innovative downtown and
district related projects and programs were received from
several Canadian cities, the Caribbean and seventeen States
and the District of Columbia.
The City of Lake Elsinore'was judged in the area of marketing
- originality and creativity. The Master of Ceremonies said
that "Lake Elsinore had an amazing and creative way to promote
and market downtowns "Development in the future ".
The City of Lake Elsinore won a Special Achievement Award for
the Historic Downtown Video. Using computer technology we
created the "Demonstration Project" a computer generated
simulation of how Main Street would look when improvements
were completed.
Representing and accepting the award for the were Mayor Gary
Washburn, Mayor Pro -Tem Fred Dominguez and Councilman George
Alongi.
Mayor Washburn indicated "it was exciting to see our City
compete and be recognized internationally for our contribution
in marketing a new concept to downtown development. Also to
see our video "showcased" at the Awards Program.
Other cities which were acknowledged were: Allentown, PA;
Buffalo, NY; City of Milwaukee, WI; Kalamazoo, MI; City of
Orlando, FL; City of Philadelphia, PA; City of Vancouver, BC;
Tempe, AZ.
This is the third year that the City of Lake Elsinore has won
an award for its innovative and creative application in
conducting public services.
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