2016 Outstanding Local Government Achievement (OLGA) Award Winners

Information and honorees for the 2016 OLGA awards.

• Gateway Lifetime Public Service Award
  • Donald Feher
  • J. Wayne Oldroyd
• Exemplary Accomplishment by a Local Government Jurisdiction, Agency or Individual
  • Dr. Scott Spurgeon – Riverview Gardens School District
  • St. Charles County—Gateway Greenlight Program
• Exemplary Intergovernmental Collaboration
  • Kaskaskia Cahokia Trail Coalition—Monroe County, St. Clair County, Randolph County
• Exemplary Public/Non-profit Collaboration
  • Emerald Ridge Homes—Village of East Alton, Rise, Southwestern Illinois Development Authority, Madison County Community Development
  • A Visual Approach to Educating the Community on Air Quality—City of Granite City, Six Mile Regional Library District, United Congregations of Metro-East, Madison County Green Schools Program, Saint Louis University Center for Environmental Science
• Leadership in Planning and Design Innovation
  • American Bottom Levee Project—Southwestern Illinois Flood Prevention District Council, St. Louis Metro East Levee Issues Alliance
  • Public Media Commons—University of Missouri-St. Louis, Nine Network of Public Media, St. Louis Public Radio