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Awards and Recognition

• 2005: Selected by Southern Growth Policies Board as a "Promising Practice".
   
• Received the 2004 Outstanding Program Award from the international  Community Development Society.
   
• Selected to present a one-day pre-conference workshop: "Thinking and Acting Strategically in the 21st Century – Ten Principles for Strategic Leadership and Innovation" at the 2003 Community Development Society Annual Meeting in Ithaca, New York.
   
• Subject of an independent evaluation conducted by Mary Dillard, Dillard and Associates. The report showed "very, very positive results," with 97.5 percent of the participants stating they now have a shared vision of their community’s future.
   
• Selected by the Heartland Center for Leadership Development to be included in the book, Field Guide to Community Building, funded by the Kellogg Foundation.
   
• Received the 2001 Innovative Program Award from the international Community Development Society.