SPUR Impact Awards

Nominations

NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. 

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 2020 SPUR Impact Awards will honor those making a difference in government and the community at large. Department heads within city and county governments in Santa Clara County, general managers or CEOs at eligible public agencies, and executive directors and board members at eligible nonprofits may nominate individuals or teams within their organizations who have completed significant accomplishments in any of the following areas:

• Housing- Increasing supply and affordability
• Transportation- Giving people better ways to get where they need to go
• Placemaking and urban design- Building great neighborhoods
• Sustainability and resilience- Reducing our ecological footprint and making our cities resilient
• Community Advocacy- Promoting urbanist principles via community-based engagement and advocacy

Winners will be recognized at the SPUR Impact Awards luncheon to be held on March 20, 2020, at the Computer History Museum.

All nominations must be received by NOVEMBER 15, 2019, to be considered.

The SPUR Impact Awards is in partnership with the Cities Association of Santa Clara County.

For further information, please contact Kat Kester at impactawards@spur.org.

 

 

Sponsorships

Our sponsors are important partners who acknowledge the contributions and achievements of these remarkable leaders in Santa Clara County.

Sponsors receive tickets to the luncheon and recognition in all event promotion including the SPUR website, email invitations, program and signage.

 

Become a sponsor today!

 

 

2019's Impact Awards

Thank you to the guests and sponsors who joined us for the inaugural 2019 SPUR Impact Awards luncheon.

 

Congratulations again to the 2019 SPUR Impact Award Recipients:

 Martin Alkire
 North Bayshore Precise Plan
 City of Mountain View

 

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  Better BikewaySJ
  Peter Bennett, Anthony Do, 
  Octavio Duran, Shu Su, Kyle Tanhueco
  City of San Jose

 
 Consuelo Hernandez
 Office of Supportive Housing
 County of Santa Clara
 

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  Vallco Town Center Specific Plan
  Piu Ghosh, Catarina Kidd, Chad Mosley, David Stillman
  City of Cupertino
 

 

Special acknowledgment for regional collaboration:

Silicon Valley Clean Energy Core Staff Implementation Team
Kevin Armstrong (Santa Clara County), Steve Attinger (Mountain View), Don Bray (SVCE), Erin Cooke (Cupertino), Tim Kirby (Sunnyvale), Elaine Marshall (Milpitas), Misty Mersich (Cupertino), Demetra McBride (Santa Clara County), Andrea Pizano (SVCE), Melody Tovar (Sunnyvale)

 

Photos available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanists/

Videos of the award recipients can be viewed here - https://vimeo.com/spur

 

2019 Event Co-Chairs:

Dianne McKenna                                                   Larry Stone    
Former Santa Clara County Supervisor               Santa Clara County Assessor
Former Sunnyvale Mayor                                      Former Sunnyvale Mayor                    

 

2019 Awards Selection Committee: 

Fahmida Ahmed Bangert, Stanford

Leslye Corsiglia, SV@Home 

Fred Diaz, Retired, Fremont City Manager

Natalie Engels, Gensler

Sid Espinosa, Microsoft   

Alicia John-Baptiste, SPUR

Andi Jordan, Cities Association of Santa Clara County

Maya Perkins, Facebook

Liz Scanlon, Kimley-Horn

Tim Steele, The Sobrato Organization

 

In partnership with 

2019 Honorary Host Committee:

Cities Association of Santa Clara County Executive Board

 

Hon. Manny Cappello

President

Mayor,  Saratoga

 

Hon. Larry Klein

1st Vice President

Mayor,  Sunnyvale

 

Hon. Marico Sayoc

2nd Vice President

Councilmember, Los Gatos

 

Hon. Chappie Jones

Secretary/Treasurer

Vice Mayor, San José

 

Hon. Margaret Abe-Koga

Legislative Action Committee Chair

Vice Mayor, Mountain View

 

Hon. Rod Sinks

Past – President

Councilmember, Cupertino

 

James Lindsay

SCCCMA Representative

City Manager, Saratoga

 

Andi Jordan

Executive Director

2020 Sponsors

2020 SPONSORS