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Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards Dinner
May 26, 2016 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Pennsylvania Environmental Council invites you to join us on May 26 at the Pittsburgh Westin Hotel and Convention Center for the Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards. Held annually, the awards are presented to local organizations that demonstrate leadership, effectiveness, and results in making an impact on the environment.
Register for the Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards here.
The evening will begin with a cocktail reception and silent auction at 5 p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:30 and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn will provide the keynote speech.
Congratulations to this year’s winners, including four environmental programs and one individual, who will each designate a $5,000 cash prize to be used in support of a nonprofit environmental program of their choice. Click here for more information on each winner. Special recognition will also be awarded to the Garden Club of Allegheny County, as Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will present the award.
2016 Western Pennsylvania Environmental Award Winners
- Connoquenessing Watershed Alliance – Butler (Butler County)
- Crawford County Riparian Restoration Program – Meadville (Crawford County)
- Green Building Alliance – Pittsburgh 2030 District – Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)
- Pittsburgh Botanic Garden – Oakdale (Allegheny County)
- Edward Schroth – Leetsdale (Allegheny County)
Dinner Benefactors
- AK Steel Corporation
- Carnegie Mellon University-Scott Institute for Energy Innovation
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Dominion
- Duquesne University
- Environmental Planning and Design
- EQT Corp.
- Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds
- Katherine Mabis McKenna Foundation
- Peoples
- RT Environmental Services
- Shell
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Auction Donors
- Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
- big Burrito
- Cambpell Pottery, Cambridge Springs
- Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
- Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
- Coal Tubin’
- Conservation Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh
- Construction Junction
- Disney World, Florida
- Disobedient Spirits
- Dominion
- Eat’n Park
- EQT Corp.
- Fairmont Pittsburgh
- Fort Ligonier
- Giant Eagle, Inc.
- Green Gables Restaurant
- Hartwood Beer, Pittsburgh
- Hilton Harrisburg
- Huddleson Court
- Iron Bridge Restaurant
- Johnstown Area Heritage Association
- Just Ducky Tours, Inc., Pittsburgh
- Laurel Highlands River Tours
- Mountain Playhouse
- National Aviary, Pittsburgh
- Ohiopyle Trading Post & River Tours, Ohiopyle
- Omni Bedford Springs Resort
- Papernick & Gefsky
- Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
- Pittsburgh CLO
- Pittsburgh Glass Center
- Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
- Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Pittsburgh
- PromoWest North Shore – Stage AE
- REI
- Rivers Casino
- Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh
- Spoonwood Brewing Company, Bethel Park
- The Crow’s Nest
- Voodoo Brewery, Meadville
- Western Pennsylvania Conservancy-Fallingwater
- Westin Convention Center Hotel, Pittsburgh
- Wilderness Voyaguers Outfitters