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By Thomas Doucet

Award wins

Downtown Prince George wins multiple Best in the West awards

May 9, 2022 | 10:18 AM

PRINCE GEORGE—Downtown Prince George has won two Best in the West awards at the 2022 BIABC and IDA Pacific Northwest Conference.

The Annual Business Improvement Areas of British Columbia and IDA Pacific Northwest conference was hosted from May 1, to May 4, 2022, in Coquitlam B.C. The awards were presented at the reception hosted on May 3.

The Clean & Safe Program received the award of excellence in the safety and security category. This program showcases the partnership between Downtown Prince George, the city of Prince George, the Prince George Brain Injured Group, DART, GroundWork PG and ACME Janitor Services. The program saw a comprehensive and coordinated approach to street and alleyway clean-up, Graffiti cover-up, preventative and call-out services for biohazard removal in the downtown zone.

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Downtown Prince George says the program has been crucial in dealing with the increase in garbage, needles, biological waste and graffiti.

Downtown Prince George also received an award in the marketing category for its Downtown Prince George Multi-Media Marketing Campaign. The award was won for the redesign of the city’s website and for adding community and business pages. The redesign was made possible through the Northern Development’s Marketing Initiative Grant.

“These two Awards of Excellence mean that our colleagues have acknowledged that our work in Downtown Prince George exceeded the criteria and shone as examples of strategic excellence in these categories”, says Colleen Van Mook, Executive Director, Downtown Prince George. “Considering the many challenges, we have faced in the last two years, it is encouraging to know that we are bringing good value to our members, our community and our industry colleagues.”