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Urban Excellence

Urban Excellence Awards

The Urban Excellence Awards celebrates businesses, organizations, individuals, events and projects that have made significant contributions toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse downtown environment – and have made a lasting, positive impact on Downtown Tampa. Each year an awards jury representing a cross-section of Downtown constituencies selects award winners honoring the leadership, innovation, hard work, talent and community spirit.

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Award Categories (click each category to expand):

This award recognizes a public sector project that has made a positive and significant contribution to Downtown; and has demonstrated a strong impact in revitalizing the Downtown area.

This award recognizes a private sector project that has made a positive and significant contribution to Downtown; and has demonstrated a commitment to assist in revitalizing the Downtown area.

This award recognizes a group partnership that has made a unique, positive contribution to Downtown; and has been responsible for a project or program that has complemented the work of the City of Tampa and the Tampa Downtown Partnership.

This award recognizes an iconic building that serves as a magnet to attract people to Downtown by improving the physical environment or by enhancing the economic, cultural or social well-being of the area.

This awards recognizes an event, entity or idea that involved people in or exposed them to a positive Downtown experience, thus enhancing their enjoyment while visiting the area.

This award recognizes a person, organization, business, project or initiative that has made a positive and significant contribution to a Downtown space or has created a more attractive pedestrian atmosphere, and commercially vibrant environment through activities, street level store front improvements or design elements.

This award recognizes a person, business, project or initiative that has made a positive and significant contribution to the Downtown marketplace or has improved Downtown by contributing a new or unique retail experience.

This award recognizes an organization, event or initiative that has had a significant and lasting impact on downtown’s arts and cultural life, stimulates economic growth, encourages tourism and enhances downtown’s cultural image.

This award is voted on by the public and recognizes a business, organization, individual, event, project or initiative that has made a significant contribution toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse Downtown, and has made a positive impact on the Downtown community.

This award recognizes an individual that has made a positive and significant contribution to a program or project in Downtown; has added to the Downtown visitor experience and/or that has demonstrated strong leadership in revitalizing the Downtown area.

2023 Category Finalists

Public Sector Project Award

“Litter Skimmer” Boat – City of Tampa Solid Waste Department 

Channelside Drive Redesign – City of Tampa Mobility Department and the Channel District Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)

 

Private Sector Project Award

Tampa Museum of Art (TMA) Vinik Family Education Center 

University of Tampa Riseman Fitness and Recreation Center 

 

Downtown Collaboration Award

Ardent Mills Flour Mill Demolition

Tampa Union Station Baggage Building Renovations 

 

Landmark Development Project Award

The Tampa EDITION 

Legacy Encore Apartments 

 

Downtown Experience Award

Tampa Bay History Center Walking Tours

Tampa, Kansas to Tampa Bay – Visit Tampa Bay 

 

Activating Spaces Award

The Holiday Promenade at Water Street

Tampa Zumba In the Park/Meagan Floco 

 

Marketplace Award

Hampton Chocolate Factory

Supernatural Food and Wine 

 

Arts & Culture Award

Jobsite Theater at Straz Center

Tampa Fresh Foods by Lucy Sparrow / Vinik Family Foundation 

 

Christine Burdick Downtown Person of The Year Award

This year we will honor Christine M. Burdick, former President and CEO of the Tampa Downtown Partnership, posthumously for her visionary leadership in the Downtown community. 

 

People’s Choice Award

“Litter Skimmer” Boat – City of Tampa Solid Waste Department

Ardent Mills Flour Mill Demolition

Bay Rocket Tampa

Bloom on Franklin

BODYBAR Pilates

Brooks, Sheppard, Rocha, PLLC

Channelside Drive Redesign – City of Tampa Mobility Department and the Channel District Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA)

Clrty agency

Eric Soto, The Soto Group

Fit Bowl Co.

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts

Hampton Chocolate Factory

Jobsite Theater at Straz Center

Jonathan Moore, InVision Advisors

Legacy Encore Apartments

Maven Designs

Pirate Tikis

Proper House Group

ReliaQuest HQ

Roberto Torres, Blind Tiger Coffee

Roger Germann, The Florida Aquarium

Supernatural Food and Wine

Tampa Bay History Center Walking Tours

Tampa Bay Holistic Wellness

Tampa Fresh Foods by Lucy Sparrow / Vinik Family Foundation

Tampa Museum of Art (TMA) Vinik Family Education Center

Tampa Union Station Baggage Building Renovations

Tampa, Kansas to Tampa Bay – Visit Tampa Bay

The Holiday Promenade at Water Street Tampa

The Tampa EDITION

University of Tampa Riseman Fitness and Recreation Center

Zumba In the Park/Meagan Floco

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