2015 Reshaping Rochester Awards Community Design Center of Rochester

2015 Reshaping Rochester Awards
Community Design Center of Rochester

Finalist Submittal Form

Robert Macon Award for Innovation

This award, named in honor of Rochester activist Betty Strasenburgh, underscores the importance of civic spirit, persistence, and determination that translates visions into reality. It recognizes individuals who have made a personal effort to go beyond conventional boundaries to achieve a goal. It recognizes a creative idea that may have transformed a particular process or inspired a piece of writing.

A jury, made up of individuals from a range of backgrounds, will determine the winner and honorable-mention recipient.

Finalists are judged according to the following criteria:

Passion, endurance and advocacy to move forward a difficult undertaking that may have included multiple steps and phases
Actions that exhibited a visible change in a community to meet community needs
Achievements that have made a categorical change in a place
Efforts to involve community members who would then also pursue challenging paths

Finalist Submissions
All materials should be e-mailed to , mailed or hand delivered to the Design Center, 1115 East Main Street, Door #4, Rochester, New York 14609.

Please submit these additional materials by September 25, 2015, 5pm:

A concise description (500 words or less) of the project, program, organization or individual including purpose, accomplishments and impact.
Two testimonials/references as to the credibility of the applicant’s work.
Five or more digital images (resolution of 400 dpi and horizontal format). Images can be submitted on one CD that includes the other nomination materials or through a file sharing service such as Dropbox, WeTransfer, Hightail etc. to .
Images for projects should illustrate the nominated project, organization, or individual. Images should illustrate various aspects of the project or program – before and after conditions, overall exteriors from a variety of angles, interior shots. Images should include people and activity around the site, including an image of the project in the context of the greater community.
Images for individual achievement must include at least two different headshots of the nominee, and the nominee in action. The balance should illustrate the body of work for which the individual is being nominated.
All images must be labeled; include a credit line for publication.
Questions should be directed to Victoria McGarril at .
Deadline: Completed submissions are due at the Community Design Center by5pmSeptember 25, 2015.
You will receive an e-mail confirmation of the receipt of your submission by Friday, October 2, 2015. Please do not call.

Incomplete submissions cannot be accepted.

All materials should be e-mailed to , mailed or hand delivered to the Design Center, 1115 East Main Street, Door #4, Rochester, New York 14609.

Step 4: Winners Announced

The winner and honorable mention will be announced on December 9, 2015 at the Annual Reshaping Rochester Awards Luncheon to be held at Temple B’rith Kodesh.

Community Design Center of Rochester 2015 Awards

Finalist Submittal Form for the Robert Macon Award for Innovation

Name of Nominee (Project, Individual, Organization):

Provide a concise description of the project, program, organization or individual including purpose, accomplishments and impact. (500 words or less)

I give permission to the Design Center to use submitted materials for promotional purposes.

Signature of NomineeDate