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Excellence Award COMMUNITY

Avery Miller shared with the crowd her piece titled "Unity and Community." This piece represents what community means to her by how the hands are all working together to form the word unity. Although they are all different colors, they all are equally important and vital to the overall piece of artwork. Just as in a community, everyone, no matter how different they are, they are important in making up our community.

Replicability Outdated, unsafe commercial corridors with haphaz- ard access are only too common across the state. The key to replicating a project like this is being intentional about securing stakeholder input from the onset and

keeping them engaged and informed. The city wanted to take the future of this corridor into its own hands and began with a simple corridor study that involved various stakeholders, most notably representatives of the residential neighborhood and business community as well as city council representation to determine how best to enhance the area in the best interest of all involved. Including these key stakeholders from the beginning of this planning effort proved extremely beneficial as the project evolved from a road reconstruction project to a truly transformative placemaking initiative which has proven to help reinforce the sense of community in the Brooklands neighborhood. It became crystal clear early on that taking over ju- risdiction of the road from MDOT would be the easiest way for the city to achieve its goals and help ensure the long-term success of the corridor.

For more information on the Community Excellence Awards, visit cea.mml.org.

THANK YOU 2021 CEA FINALISTS