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City Manager's Office
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Dubuque, Iowa 52001
www.cityofdubuque.org
NEWS
RELEASE
Sept. 8, 2005 - For Immediate Release
Port of Dubuque Receives Phoenix Award
DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Port of Dubuque redevelopment project has been recognized as one of the
nation's outstanding brownfield redevelopment projects.
The 2005 Phoenix Award winners represent outstanding brownfield projects from each of the 10 US
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions. The Port of Dubuque project was awarded the 2005
Phoenix Award for EPA Region 7, which includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The
application was submitted by the City of Dubuque and its environmental project engineer, Terracon
Consulting Engineers and Scientists of Bettendorf, Iowa.
"The Phoenix Award is very prestigious award and is quite appropriate considering the transformation
that the Port of Dubuque area has undergone," said City Manager Mike Van Milligen. "This is the
preeminent brownfield redevelopment award in the country and we are honored to be competing for
the grand prize."
The 2005 winners are:
Region 1: Save the Bay Project, Providence, Rhode Island
Region 2: Rheingold Brewery Redevelopment Project, Brooklyn, New York
Region 3: Chester Waterfront Redevelopment Project, Chester, Pennsylvania
Region 4: Johnnie Ruth-Clarke Health Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
Region 5: Phalen Corridor, St. Paul, Minnesota
Region 6: Pinnacle Park Redevelopment Park, Dallas, Texas
Region 7: Port of Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa
Region 8: Platt River Commons & Salt Creek Heights Business Center, Casper, Wyoming
Region 9: Petco Park & The East Village Redevelopment Project, San Diego, California
Region 10: Rainier Court, Seattle, Washington
Community Impact Winner: Mountain Pine Pressure Treating Site, Plainview, Arkansas
Communitv Impact Winner: Chesterfield Square, Los Angeles, California
Community Impact -- UST Winner: Rosalia Visitor Resource & Interpretive Center,
Rosalia, Washington
Community Impact - Mine Scarred Lands Award Winner: AMD&ART Project,
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
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Phoenix Award project participants will be honored at an awards ceremony during the Brownfields
2005 conference in Denver, Colorado, November 2-4, 2005. Winners will showcase their projects with
case study presentations and exhibits during this environmental conference which is expected to draw
4,000 participants. The Phoenix Awards™ Grand Prize, the Regional Awards and the Community
Impact Prizes, and the People's Choice Award will be presented during a special plenary ceremony.
The People's Choice Award is presented to the project that receives the most votes from conference
attendees, based upon the case study presentations.
Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve the
critical environmental challenge of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses.
The Phoenix Awards™ are widely recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence
in Brownfield redevelopment, and often are called "the Brownfields equivalent of Hollywood's
Oscar." For the first time this year, awards are being presented for Community Impact - USTs
(underground storage tank cleanup projects) and Community Impact - Mine Scarred Lands. In
addition, two general Community Impact Award winners were honored.
Award included environmental improvement and long-term community economic benefits with
particular emphasis on: 1) magnitude of the problems and project, 2) use of innovative techniques, 3)
cooperative efforts of multiple parties to undertake the project, including financing solutions, 4)
positive impact on the environmental (e.g., green buildings, greenways, energy use) and 5) project's
general and long-term economic impacts on the community. An independent panel of state, regional
and federal government leaders, along with environmental, business and academic professionals
selected the winners. Evaluations were based on responses to specific questions related to the project's
overall effectiveness, use of innovative environmental solutions and impact on the environment and
local economy.
The Phoenix Awards™ were created and are coordinated by Denise K. Chamberlain, Esq., a
Brownfields expert, and are affiliated with The Phoenix Awards Institute, Inc., an environmental and
community service non-profit, located in Harrisburg, P A. To learn more information about The
Phoenix Awards™, visit www.phoenixawards.org.
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