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City Wins Communication Awards

Several communication projects won the city of Golden Valley three awards.

The City of Golden Valley recently won three communications awards in the 2012 Northern Lights contest sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators (MAGC). The annual competition honors the best in government communications work. Since 2000, Golden Valley’s communications team has won a total of 24 Northern Lights awards.

Golden Valley’s honors include:

  • an award of merit in the Writing—Feature Article category for “Long-Time Residents Remember The Village,” a story about the community’s 75-year residents honored by the Golden Valley Historical Society as part of the Golden Valley’s 125th anniversary celebration
  • an award of merit in the Marketing or Advertising Plan category for “‘New Year. New Program. Never Easier.’ Recycling Transition Marketing Plan,” the communications plan developed to inform Golden Valley recycling customers about the major changes coming to the program in January 2012
  • an award of merit in the Video – Public Service Announcement category for “The New Guy,” a set of 30-second cable TV public service announcement commercials about the City’s changing recycling program

Golden Valley’s communications team includes Communications Manager Cheryl Weiler, Communications Specialist Ben Sandell, and Web/Graphic Designer Kristi Bucher. Recycling Coordinator/Engineer Mark Ray and videographer Chris O’Connor, of Northwest Community TV, collaborated on the recycling pieces.

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MAGC is a peer organization of communications professionals who are dedicated to improving public sector communications. For the 2012 contest, MAGC received 151 entries from across the state and presented 66 awards.

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