The awards presentation begins about 2:00 p.m. our time on Monday, November 26, 2007, but it appears to be a long banquet.
Assuming I have correctly deciphered the LivCom Web site, Toledo participates in the Whole City category, and according to the schedule, Whole City Awards will be presented at 4:50 p.m. Toledo time. [Nov 26: More like 5:30 p.m. Toledo time.]
I believe the awards banquet will be broadcast live on LivCom.tv.
Links where available for Wikipedia entries and LivCom presentations.
Category D, Population 200,001 – 750,000
| Edogawa City, Japan | Wikipedia | LivCom |
| Lyon, France | Wikipedia | LivCom |
| Malmo, Sweden | Wikipedia | |
| Manukau, New Zealand | Wikipedia | LivCom |
| Regional Municipality of Niagara, Canada | Wikipedia | |
| Toledo, USA | Wikipedia | LivCom |
| Wenjiang, PR China | LivCom | |
Toledo, Ohio, USA: 'Jeep and cheerful'
Toledo, Ohio, USA is the birthplace of the legendary Jeep Overland car. The Willy’s-Overland Company began operations in 1909. The original Jeep plant was demolished in 2005, but as a memento a lone smokestack bearing the imprimatur ‘Overland’ still stands at the site.
As this introduction would indicate, Toledo, which was founded in 1837 where the Maumee River connects with Lake Erie, serves as a manufacturing centre and a transport hub. It is the model Midwestern city combining a high quality of life with a low cost of living.
With this industrial heritage, environmental concerns at the start of the twenty first century, have become an important issue.
The most significant enhancement of the city’s landscape is underway on the east bank of the Maumee River near downtown Toledo. The Marina District is a 200 acre development that will mix retail, residential and recreational opportunities in an urban setting. As part of this project more than 200 acres of commercially dormant, polluted land along the shores of Lake Erie was remediated and will be put to beneficial use. A municipal marina was completed in 2007 and construction of a passenger terminal is underway.
Toledo was winner of the US EPA Region Five Phoenix award for its work to take more than 400 acres of polluted land and restore it to productive use as the site of the new Jeep production plant. Creative ideas for brownfield site clean-ups, a broad range of funding sources and a hands-on demonstration of community support led to Chrysler’s decision to remain within Toledo. The business, which employs 5,000 people, had threatened to relocate 50 miles outside the city.P.M. times are for EST (And hopefully correct)
| Monday, November 26, 2007 | |
| 1:15 | Delegates arrive |
| 1:15 | Welcome Drink |
| 1:50 | Welcome by LivCom |
| 1:53 | Welcome by Westminster – Sir Simon Milton |
| 1:57 | UNEP Speaker – Jan-Gustav Strandenaes |
| 2:03 | Presentation to five Chinese Projects |
| 2:08 | Special award |
| 2:14 | Signing of MoU |
| 2:19 | UNEP Speaker – Christophe Bouvier |
| 2:24 | Presentation of Project Awards |
| 2:45 | Banquet with music |
| 4:50 | Presentation of Whole City Awards |
| 6:30 | Transport to Hotel |
Monday, November 26, 2007 Toledo times :
Carty loose in London
Awards Banquet Entertainment. Final song was "White Christmas."
2007 LivCom 'Whole City' award winners in Category D for population 200,001 - 750,000 :
At 6:00 p.m. Toledo time, Toledo was announced as the 3rd place, silver award winner.
LivCom announcement :
| Enhancement of the Landscape | Lyon, France |
| Heritage Management | Manukau, New Zealand |
| Environmentally Sensitive Practices | Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Community Sustainability | St Walburg, Canada |
| Healthy Lifestyles | Richmond, Virginia |
| Planning for the Future | St Cloud, Minnesota |
| Whole City (up to 20,000) | Clonakilty, Ireland |
| Whole City (up to 75,000) | Kladno, Czech Republic |
| Whole City (up to 200,000) | Ipswich, Australia |
| Whole City (up to 750,000) | Malmo, Sweden |
| Whole City (over 750,000) | Wujin District, Changzhou |
1st Clonakilty (Gold)
2nd St Walburg (Silver)
3rd Lytham (Silver)
Bronze
Ville de Rosemere
Echo
Nieuwpoort
1st Kladno (Gold)
2nd St Cloud (Gold)
3rd Chrudim
Silver
Utena
Newark
Hoover
Fayetteville
1st Ipswich (Gold)
2nd Richmond (Gold)
3rd Oshawa (Gold)
Silver
Kakamigahra
Norwich
Bronze
Portsmouth
Pecs
Gran Canaria
1st Malmo (Gold)
2nd Lyon (Gold)
3rd Toledo (Silver)
Silver
Manukau
Edogawa
Wentjiang
1st Wujin District, Changzhou (Gold)
2nd Arriyadh City (Bronze)
2nd City of Johannesburg (Bronze)
3rd Abuja (Bronze)
1st King Abdulaziz Historical Centre (Gold Award)
2nd Flat Bush Town, Manukau (Gold Award)
3rd The Radisson SAS, Malta (Gold Award)
Silver Awards
Gardabaer: Urridaholt Masterplan
Bronze Awards
Retrofitting and sustainability – Soho
Asokoro Park: Abuja
1st Dorothy Nyembe Education Centre, Johannesburg (Gold Award)
2nd Wadi Hanifah Restoration, Arriyadh City (Gold)
3rd Ivory Park, Johannesburg (Gold)
Gold Awards;
Greening of Soweto, Johannesburg
Thokoza Park, Soweto, Johannesburg
Silver Awards:
Diepsloot Cemetery, Johannesburg
Energy and Education Project, Schwalm-Edier-Kries
Saltwell Park, Gateshead
Bronze Awards:
Catton Park, Broadlands
Salam Park, Arriyadh City
Environmental Management Strategy: Jo’Burg
Environmentally Sensitive Practices: Hoover
Bursary Award for £10,000: Greening of Soweto, Johannesburg
1st Beijing Riverside (Gold Award)
2nd Arcadia (Gold Award)
3rd Sanshen Center Park (Silver)
Silver:
Oceanwide
Fanyi
Joinin Crown International
Bronze:
Vanke East Coast
Miky Way, Jiang Shu
1. Enhancement of the Landscape, Lyon
2. Heritage Management, Manukau
3. Environmentally Sensitive Practices, Gran Canaria
4. Community sustainability, St Walburg
5. Healthy Living, Richmond
6. Planning For the Future, St Cloud
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