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2009 Columbia Choice Awards
Columbia Green and the Columbia Tree & Appearance Commission sponsor the Columbia Choice Awards for Landscaping and Beautification each year. The mission of the awards is to bring recognition and publicity to individuals, businesses and organizations making an effort to improve the looks of Columbia. The entry form can be downloaded here and submitted to Columbia Tree & Appearance Commission, c/o Forestry & Beautification, 2910 Colonial Drive, Columbia, SC 29203. The winners will be recognized during the Columbia Green Annual Meeting on November 11, 2009 at the Columbia Museum of Art.
Past Columbia Choice Awards Winners
NEW CONSTRUCTION/SITE DEVELOPMENTFive Points Plaza (2001)
Municipal Association of SC Headquarters (2003)
Cox & Dinkins, Inc. (2004)
USC Sumter Street Streetscaping (2005)
Palmetto Health Heart Hospital (2006)
Serenity Garden at the South Carolina Oncology Center (2007)
Hilton Hotel Columbia Center (2008)
RENOVATION/REUSE
South Carolina State House Grounds (2001)
Dunbar Funeral Home’s Devine Street Chapel (2003)
First Presbyterian Church Thornwell Education Building (2004)
DiPrato’s Delicatessen (2005)
USC Wheat Street Streetscaping (2007)
Beckham Garden, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church (2008)
SITE BEAUTIFICATION/MANAGEMENT
Bank of America Plaza (2001)
The Church of the Good Shepherd (2003)
Jake’s Bar & Grill (2003)
Columbia College (2005)
National Advocacy Center (2006)
Palmetto Baptist Hospital (2007)
Kings Grant Subdivision Entrance Way and Median Renovation (2008)
EDUCATION
USC West Quad Living and Learning Center (2005)
South Carolina Governor’s Mansion (2006)
Historic Columbia Foundation’s Seibels House Garden (2007)
Heathwood Hall Middle School Native Garden (2008)
NEIGHBORHOOD/COMMUNITY
Hollywood Park & Garden (2001)
College Parkway (2003)
Cottontown Neighborhood (2004)
Columbia College (2006)
Arbor Hill Development (2007)
Columbia Housing Authority’s Celia Saxon Development (2007)
Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary (2008)
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Preserve Subdivision (2004)
USC Le Conte Gibbes Garden (2005)
First Citizen Bank Headquarters (2006)
Grounds of the South Carolina State House (2007)
