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1. The work

2. The agency

3. The result

4. Reach and reuse

5. About you

The work

One initiative, program or project — not the department as a whole. Entries about everything score badly against entries about a specific piece of work.

Category

Public Spaces & RecreationParks, plazas, trails, waterfronts, libraries, recreation programming and the stewardship of land held in common. Mobility & TransportationPublic transit, streets, active travel, freight, curb management, road safety, congestion reduction, transport simulations, and the movement of people who do not drive. Local Economic GrowthSmall business, workforce, downtown recovery, programs and events, permitting reform, business improvement districts, commercial zones, industrial land and the local tax base. Community EngagementParticipation that changed a decision — budgeting, consultation, language access, service design and trust-building.

Choose the category this work belongs in.

Pick the closest fit. If it genuinely spans two, choose the one where the measured outcome sits — we will move it if the judges disagree.

What is it called?

Describe it in one sentence

This sentence is what appears on the honoree roll if the entry places, so it is worth getting right.

Your email

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The agency

Who did the work. If a partnership, name the public agency that led it — a public body must be the lead for the entry to be eligible.

Agency or authority name

Use the name as it should appear on the award if this entry places.

Type of body

Country

State, province or region (optional)

Population served

Used to balance each list across sizes of jurisdiction, so a small county is not competing against a metropolitan authority on budget alone.

Agency website (optional)

The result

This is the part that carries the most weight. Numbers and links beat adjectives every time.

When did it deliver?

Approximate budget (optional)

Judges are asked to reward results per dollar, so a small budget helps you.

What measurably changed?

A few sentences is plenty — a figure, the period, and where it came from beats three paragraphs of description.

Show me a strong answer

“Weekday boardings on the two rerouted lines rose from 3,100 to 4,850 between March 2025 and March 2026, measured by farebox and APC data published in our quarterly report.”

Link to public evidence

A dashboard, council report, evaluation, audit or dataset. A news article is acceptable but scores lower than a primary source.

Second link (optional)

Third link (optional)

About you

So we can verify the entry and tell you the outcome. Your details are never shown to judges and never published.

Your name

Your role

Your organization (optional)

Leave this blank if it is the agency you named on step 2 — we will fill it in for you.

Your relationship to the work

I work for the agencySelf-nomination. Entirely welcome — and the most common route. I was a partner or supplierDeclared and redacted. We will confirm with the agency before shortlisting. Neither — I just think this deserves recognition We will contact the agency for evidence before the entry goes forward.

Please tell us how you are connected to this work.

Best contact at the agency, if not you (optional)

Only used to verify the entry, and only if it is shortlisted.

Their email address (optional)

Everything in this entry is accurate to the best of my knowledge Entries found to contain material inaccuracies are withdrawn, at any stage, including after announcement. If this entry places, GovTen may publish the agency name, jurisdiction, category and the one-sentence description Nothing else from this form is published. Your name and email never are. Email me about this cycle's outcome and next year's opening Optional, and not assumed just because you started an entry. Two or three emails a year, and no sales contact — that is a published policy, not a preference setting.

Please confirm the two required statements.

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