FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 1, 2010
Contact: Michele Leslie Potter, 206-587-4819, mleslie@psrc.org

Nominate Projects for the VISION 2040 Awards

SEATTLE — The Puget Sound Regional Council is now accepting nominations for its annual VISION 2040 Awards program. The awards recognize the superb work being done to achieve the region’s growth, economic, and transportation strategy, VISION 2040.

PSRC honors businesses, local governments, and non-profit organizations who do creative work to provide transportation access and mobility, enhance our natural environment, bring jobs closer to where people live, focus high quality housing where the infrastructure needed to support it already exists, and improve the quality of life in the central Puget Sound region.

Previous award winners include the Bel-Red Corridor Plan, Orting Valley Farms and Swift Bus Rapid Transit.

Nominations will be accepted until January 31, 2011. The awards will be presented at PSRC’s General Assembly in spring 2011. The selection committee will be composed of up to nine elected leaders who serve on PSRC’s Executive and Policy Boards, and two regional experts.

Award nomination materials are available online at http://www.psrc.org/ or by contacting Michele Leslie Potter at 206-587-4819, mleslie@psrc.org.

PSRC develops policies and coordinates decisions about regional growth and transportation planning in King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The Council is composed of over 80 county, city, port, transit, tribal and state agencies serving the region. It coordinates the distribution of about $160 million in Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration funds each year. PSRC sets priorities and evaluates the most efficient ways to target those funds to support state and local transportation and growth management plans.

Title VI Notice: PSRC fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, contact PSRC at 206-587-4819 or see http://www.psrc.org/about/public/titlevi.

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