Announcing the 2010-2011 LGIA Winners!

Thank you to the 30+ schools, cities and counties that submitted entries to the 2010-2011 Local Government Innovation Awards! Congratulations to our 13 winning innovators, including:

• Collaborative Fire & EMS Provision: Collaboration between Cloquet Area Fire District – City of Cloquet, Perch Lake Township, City of Scanlon, Fond du Lac Indian Reservation
• Eagan 150th Anniversary Food and Fund Drive: City of Eagan
• Excelsior Parking Impact Fee: City of Excelsior
• One Book One Rosemount: City or Rosemount
• Recreation Programming Joint Powers Agreement: Collaboration between the City of Maplewood and City of North Saint Paul
• Anoka County Emergency Management Paid On Call Program: Anoka County Emergency Management
• Crow Wing County Landfill Gas Fueled Boiler: Crow Wing County Sanitary Landfill
• Upfront Services to Keep Families Together: Anoka County Human Services
• W82go: Olmsted County
• Dropout: Collaboration between TIES, Hennepin County Juvenile Court, Bloomington School District, Brooklyn Center School District, and Intermediate 287 School District
• Flexible Learning Year-FLY: Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative
• Mobile Science Lab - Connecting Classrooms and Careers: Southeast Service Cooperative
• Shared Financial Services: Lakes County Service Cooperative: ISD #926

Information on the winning entries can be viewed by clicking WINNERS on the left. The 13 winning entities will be honored for their innovation in service redesign at the LGI Awards Ceremony on April 13. Thanks to all for participating!

Read more about the awards and past winners featured in this recent Star Tribune article from January 30, 2011.