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Dorothy Richardson Awards for Resident Leadership

About the Resident Leadership Awards | 2012 Award Winners | Past Winners | Nomination Information

Celebrating 20 Years of Resident Leadership
For the past twenty years, the Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership has been an honor bestowed annually in recognition of outstanding contributions by dedicated community leaders. Awardees have often been lifetime volunteers and neighborhood advocates. Each of their stories and photos represents an important piece of our NeighborWorks history and serves as an example of what each of us can do for our community.

Dorothy Richardson Award Winners from NeighborWorks_America

Origins of the Award
The awards are named in honor of Dorothy Richardson, a pioneer in the community-based development movement who was the driving force behind the establishment of Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. in Pittsburgh, the forerunner of today's NeighborWorks America network.

Richardson and her neighbors banded together in the 1960s to save their declining Pittsburgh neighborhood from demolition. They recruited partners in local government and the business community. Together, they not only helped revitalize their community, but also set a precedent that changed the nation's approach to urban redevelopment and spawned the new field of community-based development. View 2012 Winners.

Past Winners

2011 Resident Leadership Award Winners

2010 Resident Leadership Award Winners

2009 Dorothy Richardson Award Winners

2008 Dorothy Richardson Award Winners

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