Thank you so much to everyone who made tonight’s Regional Transit Awards dinner a great success!
Over 150 people enjoyed a hors d’oeuvres reception, silent auction, dinner, and awards ceremony. Model D provided a nice summary and a few photos. Additional photos coming soon.
Join me in congratulating the Award winners (and all the very deserving nominees):
- Forward Motion Award for the Most Effective Public Servant:
- Senator Tom Casperson (R – UP), RTA bill sponsor and Transportation Committee Chair
- Transit Activist of the Year:
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- Patty Fedewa, TRU’s lead bus advocate
- Corporate Transit Champion:
- Quicken Loans on behalf of M-1 Rail
- Exemplary Regionalism & Innovation Award:
- Transform Woodward (the Transit Oriented Development Task Force of the Woodward Avenue Action Association)
- Transit Employee of the Year:
- Michael Patten, SMART’s ADA Coordinator
- Plus a special Lifetime Achievement Award:
- The Kendrick-Hands family