Special Districts Awards
Recognizing & showcasing innovations and best practices from around the country.
The Districts Awards Program recognizes and shares bright ideas across transit, transportation, libraries, fire districts, parks and recreation, airports, ports and more! Submissions will be featured online and in our monthly Districts Newsletter. Submit now! At the end of the year, we’ll recognize the top 10 submissions as our 2022 Innovation Award Winners (submit by August 5th) and announce our top award winner as the District of the Year.
This category recognizes districts that have utilized tech to improve service delivery to citizens – for example, making physical services available online, deploying new citizen engagement solutions, enhancing user experience, et al.
This category recognizes district leaders who have led innovative tech initiatives. The nomination should highlight vision, leadership and the use of information technology.
This category recognizes districts that have utilized tech to improve internal operations with employees – for example reengineering business processes, enhancing security measures, et al.
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Library offers free high-speed access and hotspot lending program. -
Library distributed tech bundles containing computer, WiFi hotspot, mouse and flash drive.
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The district deployed online bill payment based on customer feedback.
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The tool helps constituents resolve problems fast, while increasing internal efficiency and transparency.
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Online renewals improve convenience for constituents and reduce staff workload.
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Users can submit air quality complaints, with photos, directly from a smartphone
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New site delivers thousands of free water-saving devices to residents.
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New collaboration portal for docents offers new features and flexibility
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Central Contra Costa Sanitary District in California marks its 75th anniversary by launching immersive, multimedia site.
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Over the past year, SEPTA has conducted extensive outreach to current and potential transit users to make the transit system more convenient and useful to residents.
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Cloud-based system simplifies vaccine access and improves access to shot records.
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The authority replaced more than 350 legacy radios before the 3G shutdown.
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New system provides an array of self-service GIS operations to support greenbelt stewardship.
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The new technology increased project output by more than 30%.
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New system reduces labor, saves paint and improves accuracy.
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The program produces data that helps the organization reduce energy consumption and costs.
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The centralized system reduces manual labor and increases visibility of strategic information for all staff.
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Mobile-friendly web app provides real-time information to improve incident response.
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Automated workflow increases transparency and efficiency
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Web-based system replaces radios and paper spreadsheets.
