MDA Annual Awards

The Michigan Downtown Association is asking for nominations for its eighth annual MDA Awards. Winners will receive their awards during the MDA's Annual Statewide Michigan Downtowns Conference, held November 7-8, 2024, in Downtown Ann Arbor.  The deadline for award nominations is Tuesday, September 10, 2024.  Email nominations to director@michigandowntowns.com with "MDA Award Nominations" in the subject or post- marked letters sent to Michigan Downtown Association, P.O. Box 3591, North Branch, MI 48461.
 
There are two categories for awards:
Downtown Projects & Downtown Organization of the Year
 
Downtown Projects can fall into any of the following categories. Nominated projects can be completed by a downtown organization, city, or private developer within a member community and will be evaluated for their impact on downtown and on the community.
 

• Placemaking
• Promotions & Marketing
• Redevelopment Project

 
Downtown Organization of the Year is an award given to an MDA member whose leadership was exemplary in the year 2023 through their organization and execution of a project(s).
 
 
Award recipients will receive:

• Shareable social media images produced by New Moon Visions announcing receipt of organization/community/developer’s award
• Proclamation sent to community’s municipality announcing receipt of organization/community/developer’s award
• Template of a press release announcing receipt of organization/community/developer’s award
• Opportunity to present project, with other award recipients, during the MDA Annual Spring Workshop, March 2025

Please click here for more information and for the application forms.