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Better Community Awards

1000 Friends of Florida hosts the Better Community Awards program to showcase Florida's leading citizens, public servants, programs and communities that are contributing to an enhanced quality of life in this state.

Submit a nomination for 1000 Friends' 2008 Better Community Awards. Deadline is January 31, 2008.

To find out more about 1000 Friends ' Better Community Awards, contact:

1000 Friends of Florida
926 East Park Avenue
P.O. Box 5948
Tallahassee, FL 32314-5948
Phone: 850.222.6277
Fax: 850.222.1117
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2007 Recipients -- Over the course of 2007, 1000 Friends of Florida is presenting awards to John Wheeler of Lake City, Eleanor Godwin of Pensacola, Guy Marwick of Marion County, Dennis Henize of the Florida Keys, Bill Belleville of Sanford, the Tallahassee Democrat and the City of Lake Helen.

2006 Recipients -- 1000 Friends presented awards to Jono Miller of Sarasota County, Bob and Sharon Blanchard and Jennifer L. Seney of Pasco County, Beaches Watch in Duval County, and the Public Officials Design Institute at Abacoa in Palm Beach County.

2005 Recipients -- Find out more about why the Apalachicola Riverkeepers, Collier Rural Lands Stewardship Plan, Miami River Commission and West Palm Beach's Northwood Renaissance were the 2005 award winners!

Previous Recipients