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2007 winner, the Bancroft Community Clinic in Bancroft, IA.
The site before the Bancroft Community Clinic was built.
Central City Main Street Renovations, CDEA award winner 2005
 Mount Pleasant Public Library, CDEA Award winner 2005
 John and Diane Strawn's Mid-Iowa Publishing Building State Center, CDEA Award winner 2005
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Community Design Excellence Awards
Bancroft Community Clinic wins 2007 CDEA!
This year’s award recipient is the Bancroft Community Clinic located in downtown Bancroft, IA. The Clinic was brought to life as a collaborative effort amongst three groups: The Bancroft Community Foundation, the city of Bancroft, and Kossuth Regional Health Center of Algona.
The Clinic brings much needed medical resources to the area and its location brings life to Bancroft’s downtown. Various sites were examined for the Clinic, but the vacant lumberyard downtown was the best fit for the community. Other sites were less expensive to acquire and build upon, but the downtown location was chosen because of it’s potential.
The decision is already proving to be catalyst in revitalization efforts as period lighting is currently being installed in Bancroft
Read about the 2006 winners.
The year 2000 was the beginning of the Community Design Excellence Awards, a new Iowa Architectural Foundation program. This program recognizes governmental organizations, subdivisions, non-governmental not-for-profit organizations, and/or local citizen groups for significant achievements in the promotion of new quality architecture, preservation of existing quality architecture or community design. The awards place emphasis on a project’s quality of design, the built environment’s impact on the quality of life within the community where the project is built, and the impact the project has had in bringing the community together in its support.
Projects have ranged from adaptive re-use of dilapidated buildings, to entire community revitalization projects. Consideration is given to community design projects that significantly impact the quality of life of a city or neighborhood and to groups that understand the importance of the built environment on a community’s social fabric and, through the rehabilitation of that environment, maintain a continued functionality and use. In addition, consideration of new construction of architectural significance that contributes to or enhances the surrounding community environment is examined to be worthy of an award.
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Past recipients include:
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City of Corning, Iowa, for their positive influence on the built environment, 2000
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Anawim Housing, Inc., Des Moines, Iowa, for their work to provide affordable housing, 2000
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City of Perry, Iowa for their community revitalization efforts and restoration work, 2001
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River Action, Inc. for their riverfront development work, Davenport, Iowa, 2001
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Community Housing Initiatives, based in Des Moines, 2002
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Jason and Megan Kirk for restoring their business building in State Center, 2002
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City of Adel for renovating the former Ideal Glove and Sunbonnet Factory, 2003
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Mason City' s Rockcrest, Rockglen Neighborhood, 2003
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J & H Properties for renovating the Lyric Theater, 2003
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City of Waverly for the Big Six Renovation, 2003
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City of Iowa Falls for restoring the Carnegie-Ellsworth Library, 2003
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Cedar Falls Main Street for renovating the First National Bank Building, 2003
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Jim Boyt of East Des Moines for his building at 524 East Grand, 2003
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John Butler for his renovation/restoration of the Clock Tower Building in Dubuque, 2003
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Eloise Thorson, owner of The Story City Herald building, 2004
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John & Diane Strawn for refurbishing the Mid Iowa Publishing Bldg., 2005
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Central City for their streetscape project, 2005
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Mount Pleasant for turning the old school into the Public Library, 2005
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Strand Theater, Grinnell, 2006
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Dan & Kathy Tindall for their work restoring the Blackhawk Hotel in Cedar Falls, 2006 |
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