Wed. June 8, 2005
The Downtown Business Improvement District recently celebrated another year of excellence at its annual Momentum Awards Luncheon held at the Renaissance Washington Hotel. The event, hosted by Downtown BID Board of Directors Chair, Kingdon Gould III of Gould Property Company, gave praise to outstanding individuals, business and agencies that have contributed significantly to the Downtown area’s resurgence.
“We are rapidly approaching the point of realizing the goal of a ‘living downtown,’ where residents, workers and visitors come together in a vibrant, inviting and beautiful environment that reflects the true spirit of a world class, capital city,” remarked Gould during his opening to the audience. “The persons and organizations that we honor today have had played a vital role in helping to promote that vision.”
The Downtown BID’s 2005 Momentum Award Winners are as follows:
Downtown Citizen
Kathy Smith, founder and former director of Cultural Tourism DC
Ken Roden, Metropolitan Police Department
Public Sector
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
District Department of Transportation & Department of Public Works
Private Sector
Gallery Place
Landmark Project
Landmark’s E Street Cinema
Partnership
Penn Quarter Partnership for Children & Families
Program
FRESHFARM Farmer’s Market
Detail
Marian Koshland Science Museum
Downtown BID Safety and Maintenance workers, also known as SAMs, received awards for outstanding individual performance. The honorees are:
Safety and Hospitality SAM of the Year
Frank Thompson
Maintenance SAM of the Year
Hector Segura
Featured guest speaker Martin Moeller, vice president for Special Projects at the National Building Museum, gave an enlightening presentation that highlighted the role of architectural structures in shaping the area’s development.
For more information about the Downtown BID, visit the website at www.downtowndc.org, and for exclusive photos from the Momentum Awards, visit www.downtowndc.org/annual/.
The Downtown Business Improvement District is a private, nonprofit organization that provides safety, hospitality, sanitation, homeless, economic development, transportation and streetscape and marketing services to Washington’s center city. Our mission is to help raise downtown to world class standards as a commercial, cultural and residential destination. The BID promotes Downtown DC as the site of the world’s best museums, cultural attractions, restaurants, shopping and entertainment.