The City makes awards for:
* Association President of Year,
* Newsletter of Year,
* Website of Year,
* Best Neighborhood Project
* Neighborly Neighbor of the Year.

Any neighborhood-based organization (e.g. neighborhood, business, homeowners, crime watches) within the City of St. Petersburg is eligible to apply. Muliple nominations from neighborhood associations are allowed for each category.

HONNA's Board will probably make some nominations for each of these categories. If anyone wants to offer their own nominations, please contact me at jturner@hough.com

Please act now! ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY Friday, April 11, 2003 TO BE CONSIDERED.

To make them easier to review, descriptions and criteria for each category are listed as separate ''Replies'' to this note.



By Julie Turner

Association President of the Yr

Any person (no self-nominations, please) or organization can nominate an association president for outstanding leadership and/or accomplishments during his/her tenure. President nominated must have served between January 2002 - February 2003 and/or is currently in office

1. List and briefly describe accomplishments (Be sure to include non-neighborhood organization affiliations; e.g. Code Compliance task force, board memberships

2. Why are you nominating this President?

Please attach supporting documentation (e.g. newsletter/newspaper articles)



By Julie Turner

Newsletter of the Year

Any person or organization can nominate an association newsletter and give reasons as to why it should be considered the best newsletter of the year. Please attach five issues.

1. Name of Newsletter

2. Number of issues/year

3. Is newsletter self-produced. If no, who completes layout?

4. How is newsletter distributed?

5. How is newsletter funded?

6. Is the newsletter provided to all residents in your neighborhood?

Please attach five (5) issues of newsletter.

By Julie Turner

Website of the Year

Any person or organization can nominate an association website and give reasons as to why it should be considered the best website of the year. Please attach copies of the information provided on the website.

1. URL Address of Website

2. Frequency of updates

3. Is website self-produced? Webmaster?’s name

4. Is there a newsletter provided to residents in your neighborhood who do not have access to a computer?

Please attach five (5) copies of information on website.


By Julie Turner